Archive for August, 2011
As ever I have been lax in posting up random bits of booze that I’ve been trying – the last few months have been quite overwhelming with new boozes thanks to my new job, but every now and again I do sit down and try some booze for non-work reasons. A good recent excuse for [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2011 under Beer, Quick Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: 8 wired, brewdog, de molen, deuchars, edinburgh, lochside, mikeller, orkney, stewart, stone, west, williams
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Another month and another chance to show my dedication to the cause that is Whisky Squad. We were in The Gunmakers as usual but my head was partly elsewhere – it was IPA day. I’m a big fan of beer and IPA day sprang up quite quickly and quietly, thus clashing with Whisky Squad – [...]
Posted: August 17th, 2011 under Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: amarone, arran, black art, bruichladdich, gaja barolo, glen moray, glenmorangie, longrow, whisky squad
Comments: 1
It’s summer, the Edinburgh festival has begun, everyone seems to be on holiday…that means I’ve not yet got round to writing up my visit to the Great British Beer Festival yet again. In an effort to get it off the todo list here is a special Quick Tastings post (I used to do these more [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2011 under Beer.
Tags: gbbf
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One spirit that I have severely lacked any knowledge of in the past is absinthe. I know that most of the stories about its mysterious ‘effects’ are rubbish and I’ve only really had two interactions with it: Firstly there’s my love of the Sazerac, which is turned from good into excellent by the absinthe washing [...]
Posted: August 2nd, 2011 under Absinthe, Tastings.
Tags: enigma, ian hutton, liqueur de france, purl
Comments: 3
