Auchentoshan 21

Auchentoshan Located on the outskirts of Clydebank, Glasgow just beside the Kilpatrick hills, the Auchentoshan distillery sits nestled on the edge of a housing estate and besides a busy main road. Take a look about and you see the rolling hills, headstones in a nearby cemetery and the mighty Erskine Bridge, so just a typical…

Clonakilty Single Grain Irish Whiskey

Irish Whiskey The history behind Irish whiskey is rather interesting, add to it the argument that the Irish introduced whiskey to the scots and it takes another turn.. Tracing its heritage way back Irish whiskey was once a major contributor to the infrastructure and backbone of the Irish economy. Dating back to somewhere in the…

The English Triple Distilled

St Georges Distillery Set in the tranquil countryside of Norfolk lies St George’s Distillery, founded back in October 2005 when planning permission was applied for which was granted in January 2006 the first English distillery for over 100 years was built. James Nelstrop and son Andrew set up the distillery on the outskirts of Roundham,…

Auchentoshan 1988 PX Sherry Cask Finish..

Auchentoshan Everyone who knows me knows this Distillery is my kryptonite, well the more illusive, single cask and indie bottles and the odd core range bottling’s do let’s forget the gimmick bottling that might be out there.. Founded officially in 1823 this is one of the distilleries that might have been producing liquid previously but…

BenRiach 10yo Triple Distilled.

This expression is a little different from the usual Malts produced at BenRiach and most other Scotch producing distilleries as the majority of distilleries in Scotland practice double distillation with the odd one using either 2.something or the triple distillation technique for which the Irish whiskies are more well known for.. Generally the use of…

A Benromach Tweet Tasting.

Last night ( 18-9-2017) I had the pleasure of tasting two new expressions from Benromach as part of a twitter tasting organised by Steve Rush from @thewhiskywire, the first one tasted on the night was a new triple distilled whisky that had matured in first fill bourbon casks and bottled at 50% abv but age…