Edinburg Whisky Blog

The all new super-mega-ultra-premium Mortlach series

A few years ago when I was first broadening my whisky horizon, I was introduced to a bottle of Mortlach Flora and Fauna 16yo. I can still remember that moment to this day; I tried it at the Scotch Whisky Experience with a couple of friends, then immediately phoned my mum and sobbed down the [...]...

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Edinburgh Whisky Blog Prohibition Tasting Part 1

Over the last couple of years, myself and Tiger have been hosting tastings for student whisky societies. It is always an honour, privilege and pleasure to do these tastings, as once we have a budget in mind we have a lot of freedom in terms of what bottles we buy, as we tend to find [...]...

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Johnnie Walker Director’s Blend: a dream within a dream?

Imagine this. You meet a girl or a guy (depending on your preference), you get to know each other and soon it turns out he or she is quite simply perfect. The person in question has the looks of an angel, keen intelligence, lightness of heart and soul that brightens up the world, more money [...]...

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Balvenie – The Intelligent Hand

Craft is the word of the moment. The alcohol industry alone gives birth to a new ‘craft’ product every second and as Bono was (probably) heard saying: “every time I clap my hands, a new craft beer appears in the local drinking hole.” It has become a buzzword in recent months as absolutely everything is [...]...

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Ballantine’s Ballance Competition

Yes, I realise I’ve spelled balance with two ‘l’s. I assure you there’s method in the madness, let me explain. Ballantine’s recently launched Ballantine’s Ballance, one of the coolest and craziest servings of a whisky you’re ever likely to see. As you can see from the photo, there are five parts to the Ballance serve, [...]...

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Why is my Facebook filled with neknominate videos?

As someone who is quite heavily involved in the drinks industry I always feel a certain sense of responsibility and obligation when around alcohol. A lot of the time this is simply ensuring that folk who attend my tastings don’t knock their whisky back in one go and move on swiftly to the next. Perhaps [...]...

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Dramboree 2014

It doesn’t matter who are, where you’re from and what you’re into but we all have our geeky little obsessions that even those closest to us might not understand. You know what? Lets just be honest-they don’t understand. What they probably do is tolerate. They don’t know why you spend hours of your free time [...]...

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AnCnoc 1999

As some of you will know, AnCnoc have been releasing whisky from consecutive years over the past wee while. I’ve previously reviewed the 1997 vintage while Graeme has given his thoughts on the 1998 vintage. AnCnoc have released the most recent member of this series and, unsurprisingly, it’s the 1999 vintage. This whisky was matured [...]...

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Monkey Shoulder Burns night à la Springfield

If there was not photographic evidence (or physical scarring – more on that in a bit…) then I would never have believed that the Monkey Shoulder Social Club Burns Supper had not been a dream. Hazmat suits, three-eyed-fish soup, human/greyhound races, Carolynn Cumhardy, radioactive haggis, lots of green shit and a stuffed Polar Bear…if anything [...]...

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Lady of the Glen Caperdonich

It’s been a little while since I last spoke about this new, up and coming independent bottler, but things have gone rather well over the past year for Lady of the Glen. I previously reviewed their first two single cask bottlings, a 14yo Benrinnes and 24yo Invergordon, which were very different drams and a solid [...]...

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The Stars Align

Sometimes, without an apparent cause or a as much as a moment’s warning, the stars align and the great cosmic cycle of chaos and order reaches one of its notoriously elusive peaks. This maj come in various guises to different people but for us, the self-confessed get-a-life drinks enthusiasts, this will more often than not [...]...

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The Glenlivet Guardians Chapter

The Guardians of Glenlivet. An ancient order sworn to protect the legacy of Guardian General George Smith. Protecting the land and the stills from ruin since the signing of the Distillers License in 1824. Facing trials of sabotage, assassination and reputational ruin. They have now been asked to undertake their biggest challenge to date, the [...]...

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