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The Whisky Show Old & Rare Naked Distillate Masterclass offered a fascinating deep dive into distillate driven Scotch single malts from a bygone era.
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Legendary whisky collector Valentino Zagatti passed away today, on October 21st in 2021. I only ever met him briefly three years ago, but he left a lasting impression.
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A look back at Bruichladdich's Feis Ile 2021 masterclass with quick fire tasting notes of all drams, including the distillery's first-ever biodynamic spirit.
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The Whiskybase Gathering should be on the bucket list of every whisky enthusiast. In this blog post I'm going to tell you why...
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Brace yourselves for an extravagant Glenfarclas tasting, ranging from 2004, all the way back to 1963. That's five decades!
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It was ridiculous and over the top, but also a lot of fun.
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I never really write about private tastings I attend, but I finally decided to make an exception for an epic Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting I took part in this past Saturday.
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The first ever international judging session of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards was held in Amsterdam last Friday. I went to check out what all the fuzz was about.
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The best whisky tasting in the world. Now that's quite the statement. But after taking it for the second time late last year, I'm convinced that the Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting fits that bill.
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Every once in a while you attend a tasting and just know beforehand it is going to be an awesome one. This was the case a couple of days ago, when the Dutch Usquebaugh Society held their 26th anniversary tasting.
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How great is the Lagavulin Warehouse Demonstration with Iain 'Pinkie' MacArthur? This time he even let us taste from a Lagavulin 50 year old from 1966!
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At a recent tasting I had my first encounter with a fake whisky. Luckily it didn't ruin the tasting, but it got me thinking.
