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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: February 2015
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Monday, 23 February 2015. Come Fly With Me: The Redbreast Mano a Lamh, Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. As we speed away from Burn’s night and head towards St Patrick’s Day, it’s time to start cracking open some Irish whiskey. Scotland is a fairly simple place when it comes to whisky-making. You’ve got your single malts, with only one distillery fully triple distilling ( nb:. Currently the fastest growing category of dark spirit in the world, Irish whiskey is on a roll (driven by the popularity of Jameson...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: November 2014
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Friday, 7 November 2014. TequilaFEST Is Coming To London - Win Tickets! Wow, what a month for spirits November is turning out to be. This week has seen us already attend the launch of a brand new gin from French masters G'Vine. More on this next week) as well as the expansion of Sipsmith. One of London's finest craft gin distillers. In addition we had our whisky hats on for the launch of Diageo's Special Releases. Which you can read about here. And Neil was in action on the BBC's International News.
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: January 2015
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Monday, 26 January 2015. The First of The Last Great Malts: Craigellachie Single Malt Scotch Whisky. The relationship between beauty and functionality is one I struggle with. I'm Scandinavian and subscribe to the ideal that, as far as you can make it, everything should be " both beautiful. There are plenty of excellent examples of this, from coffee makers. Through to oyster shucking kits. But every so often in life there is an example of extreme functionality without. While back at his home town club of ...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: Come Fly With Me: The Redbreast Mano a Lamh, Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
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Monday, 23 February 2015. Come Fly With Me: The Redbreast Mano a Lamh, Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. As we speed away from Burn’s night and head towards St Patrick’s Day, it’s time to start cracking open some Irish whiskey. Scotland is a fairly simple place when it comes to whisky-making. You’ve got your single malts, with only one distillery fully triple distilling ( nb:. Currently the fastest growing category of dark spirit in the world, Irish whiskey is on a roll (driven by the popularity of Jameson...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: September 2014
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Monday, 15 September 2014. Objects of Desire: The Diageo Special Releases 2014 Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. None of this quenches the thirst for ‘want’, however. And once again the carrot of desire is being dangled in front of the Scotch drinker with the annual release of Diageo’s ‘Special Releases’. 1999* (apparently youngest whisky in vatting). The first one to call out, is the Cragganmore. Gave it a vibrant finish for such an old whisky. For those of you that love a heavy malt, the Benrinnes. With ano...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: July 2014
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Wednesday, 30 July 2014. I Come From The Land Of The Ice And Snow: Benromach Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Snow Joke: My Trip To Benromach. One of the scariest drives I have ever done in my life was early one March morning from Perth to Forres, a small town near Inverness. It was a Monday and I was up around 4am with the aim of arriving at the Benromach distillery at 8am, to start a day working at the distillery to learn about how the distillery works and document it for an article in Whisky Magazine. Seein...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: May 2014
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Monday, 26 May 2014. Mon Sherried Whisky: The Balvenie SIngle Barrel 15 Year Old and The Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso Edition. There is something quite glorious about a summer’s day. To be honest, here in London, it isn’t quite summer just yet, but we are at the start of a rather warm snap which will, fingers cross, will last across the weekend. In the UK, this is the sign for women to raid their wardrobe for flowery Laura Ashley. Moving from the freezer to the fridge, ensure you have some cans of tonic.
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: June 2014
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014. Absent Friends: Lagavulin and Caol Ila Feis Ile Bottlings. Bling comes to Paradise Island. This year however, our diaries did not allow for a trip up to the whisky isle during festival time, due to other presenting and writing commitments. Fortunately we had already popped in to say a quick hello to the good people of Islay with a visit a few weeks beforehand. With the most recent Caskstrength post. It's simply a case of dammed if they do, dammed if they don't. For the distillers...
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014. Scandimania: Glenmorangie 10 Year Old Original Single Malt Whisky. I do love modern technology. When you really sit back and think about some of the technological advances we have at our finger tips, it really does amaze. In fact, as I write this I am a living embodiment of how incredible technology is: I have a battery powered bluetooth keyboard. Which is connected to an iPad mini. Longer than most of my whiskies last me. But as technology develops, some (which were hyper-exci...
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www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog: Great Odin's Ravin'
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Saturday, 21 February 2015. The history of 'Truly Great Limited Edition Whiskies'. Is few and far between really. Odd ones pop up getting consumers frothy and excited, then every other brand decides to follow suit in some way, before we all end up gazing forlornly at an overpriced Whisky Auction Site: either regretting missing out on a sold-out purchase, or regretting drinking and finishing a matured investment. Sad really. It's like the words 'Landfill Indie'. True Game Changers. Milburn. They got every...
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