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I'm deviating from my regular schedule of tasting notes to share some thoughts about sexism and misogyny in our whisky community. If you don't already think this is an issue, I just hope I'll be able to convince you of its gravity.
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Over hundreds of years whisky has evolved into a drink made to enjoy. But when it comes to whisky, enjoyment doesn't always seem to be the focus anymore.
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Nick Morgan of Diageo was criticized heavily for comments he made on No Age Statement-whisky. Today he elaborates on those comments on Words of Whisky.
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Edradour and I. The two of us have a love-hate relationship. There was a point in time when it was only love. That changed when I actually visited the distillery.
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Will The Glenlivet 12 be discontinued or not? I'll give you some answers in this blogpost.
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For ages now, GlenDronach has been bottling whisky that's actually (much) older than the label indicates.
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There is not a single standard expression in my whisky collection. I love Aberlour, so why is there no 10 or 12 year old in my cabinet? Or a Laddie Ten, Clynelish 14 or a Talisker 10?
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Maybe the Special Releases are like a world-class athlete who doesn't quite realise it might be time to retire.
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Bacardi's announcement of brand new, natural colored single malts with age statements was received with a lot of excitement. But don't celebrate just yet...
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How do we know for sure that cask strength whiskies are actually bottled at cask strength? The term cask strength should be pretty self explanatory, but the same can be said for single cask, and obviously we were wrong about that one.
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"What?! Just a couple of days ago this guy whined about how terrible his visit to Edradour was and now he's posting a review of a whisky from that distillery? I'm not sure what to make of this."