The other night I was reading the Malt review of Mount Gay and it rekindled a couple of memories in me as to why I have always had a bit of a soft spot for Mount Gay. One memory of Mount Gay was a bit of a cloudy one, I used to share a house […]
I was in a bar in Japan
I was in a bar…. in Japan, when I had the worst whisky I have ever tried. As with many of my stories, this one started in a bar in Japan. Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned up side down when I tried the worst whisky I have […]
The Liquid Antiquarian
I am sure many of you will be aware of the new Youtube sensations that are Dave Broom and Arthur Motley and their excellent new series The Liquid Antiquarian. Arthur and Dave are people I have known for a long time and have huge admiration for – not only are they two of the nicest […]
When is a Finish not a Finish? When it’s Rested.
I am not generally a huge fan of finished whiskies, I tend to find that often the balance is not quite right, or the whisky and whatever liquid was in the secondary cask clash and don’t really come together, but almost remain as two separate drinks. What can also happen is the secondary cask can […]
The Electric Coo is out of The Bag
As many of you will have seen on social media already Campbeltown Whisky Company Ltd (CWC Ltd) have released a second brand of whisky – The Electric Coo Series; a selection of six whiskies all bottled from a single cask, at cask strength and without chill filtering or colouring. To paraphrase the famous song – […]
I was in a bar in…Craigellachie
The Horrors of Blind Tastings I have to admit I love and hate blind whisky tastings in equal measures. I love hosting them and trying to trick people like I did at Maltstock a few years ago when two of the whiskies in the line up were exactly the same whisky with very few […]
Reconnecting with Drinkers
“This job would be so much easier if it wasn’t for customers” is a line heard in offices and work places all around the world everyday, but as a new business about to launch our first products we are acutely aware how important our future customers are, and we hope to embrace and interact with […]
First Blog
If there was ever a good time to start a new company, doing it whilst Kate was heavily pregnant with our new daughter Jo, throughout a global pandemic and just prior to the joy of Brexit this is certainly not what most people would call an ideal time. That said things have progressed relatively smoothly […]