Tag: bladnoch
While Whisky Squad started out at The Gunmakers, with even the initial formation of the idea happening at the bar, over the last year or so we’ve been letting Jeff have his upstairs room back from time to time to make a foray out into the world. For Whisky Squad #41 we took that to [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2012 under Cocktails, Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: bladnoch, glenkinchie, inverleven, mizuwari, port dundas, rosebank, whisky squad
Comments: 2
So, Thursday has been and gone and my pre-Burn’s Night whisky tasting at The Alma has gone with it. It was a rather enjoyable evening and I thank those who came along to listen to me witter about whisky. Well, drink whisky while I wittered noisily in the background at least. As promised to those [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2011 under Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: ballantines, bladnoch, clearac, clynelish, glenfarclas, glenglassaugh, lagavulin, signatory, the alma
Comments: 1
In a way I’ve copied one of my booze related goals from recently elevated Malt Maniac Keith Wood – to try as many whiskies from as many distilleries as I can. I may have started along that route before I saw Keith’s website but it’s an admirable goal that I’m pleased to be sharing. Along [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2011 under Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: an turas mor, arran, balblair, bladnoch, Dominic Roskrow, linkwood, port charlotte, whisky tasting club
Comments: 3
Old Malt Cask 15 year old Bladnoch – A baby single cask bottle that I grabbed from The Vintage House a while back. The nose has white wine, a light savouriness and a hint of charcoal. The taste is sweet to start but quickly fades to lightly coloured wood, sawdust and a dry slightly fruity [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2010 under Quick Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: bladnoch, brewdog, bridge house, draft house, guzzler, junction, old malt cask, pure gold, purity, sambrooks, the rake, tm10, york
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Being a science fiction fan I spent the long easter weekend just gone hidden away in hotel by Heathrow airport attending Eastercon, the yearly british sci-fi convention. While the con committee managed to rustle up a bar full of London Pride and Old Rosie (even if the cider did its traditional thing and disappeared a [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2010 under Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: ardbeg, auchentoshan, bladnoch, dalwhinnie, eastercon, glenlivet, Iain Banks, laphroaig, macallan, odyssey 2010, smws, st georges, yamazaki
Comments: 2