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A whisky festival in the stadium of my teams rivals? I should hate it, but I actually liked it a lot.
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If you ask 100 people what their first malt whisky was, I think Glenfiddich would win, hands down. I recently attended a Glenfiddich-tasting, because I thought it would be fun to go back to my roots, so to speak.
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I've been looking forward to this trip for over six months, and tomorrow my great adventure will finally start. A sailing trip on the impressive tall ship Thallasa to the West Coast Isles of Scotland. On board will be about 25 like-minded whisky enthusiasts. It is going to be great!
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Alex Bruce, director of Adelphi Distillery, gives us some insight into indy bottler Adelphi and talks about their new Ardnamurchan distillery. And we also tasted some whisky.
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The Usquebaugh Society celebrated its 24th anniversary with a host of 24 year old whisky.
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Brand ambassador Scott Adamson visited my local liquor store. He lined up six Tomatin expressions for us to taste.
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It’s not every day that you get the chance to attend a masterclass hosted by Frank McHardy, the legendary former distillery manager from Springbank.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
