Girvan Grain Range
Girvan Grain distillery was founded in the early 1960′s. At the time, it was seen as a pretty big move from William Grant & Sons, to invest in such a big grain distillery. This investment secured...
View ArticleTalisker Neist Point
I remember going to a Talisker sponsored Burn’s night a few years ago, and it being pointed out to me how hard headed and driven the founders of Talisker were. To build a distillery on Skye, which at...
View ArticleTo Rise With the Lark
Written by friend of the blog; Lara S. Williams There are few things nicer than Hobart in the sunshine. Unless, that is, you take a trip out to Lark Distillery, nestled amongst dry land vineyards and...
View ArticleA Quick Dram, a New Year & a New (ish) Bar
To begin 2017, Tiger, Graeme, Jason & I have vowed to blog more, and get Edinburgh Whisky Blog back to being a busy website again. Tiger has been doing well to keep it going, but we 3 will be...
View ArticleOld & Rare Whisky Show
The Old & Rare Whisky Show Glasgow is a festival showing an older style of whisky. Modern day whisky tends to be made with distillers yeast, powerful fresh casks, wood finishes and condensers. At...
View ArticleA couple of Old & Rare Whisky Show Drams
In the build up to The Whisky Show Old and Rare (18th-19th February), Angus and Jonny kindly let me sample some examples of the kind of whisky on offer at the show (Tickets for Saturday sold out-Sunday...
View ArticleTales of the Cocktail: Tales on Tour Edinburgh
Tales of the Cocktail, one of the world’s most well-known cocktail festivals, comes to Edinburgh over the next 6 days in the form of Tales on Tour. Naturally, myself and the EWB team will be attending...
View ArticleAuchentoshan & Ale
Auchentoshan, started in the 1820′s, have for a few years tried to break the mould when it comes to whisky marketing. Cocktails, appearances at beer festivals, and now beer and whisky mixed together....
View ArticleSpirit of Yorkshire Distillery
Where there is access to good barley, and good water, good beer and good whisky should follow. For both, patience, and a good business sense are required. Business needs ideas, an ability to be...
View ArticleOvenbird Whisky Aged Coffee
The nice thing about becoming obsessed with flavour, as I am with the flavours of whisky and beer, is this obsession transfers to the other parts of the culinary world. Coffee, like whisky and beer,...
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