WhistlePig Collabs With Alice Cooper
Vermont-based WhistlePig has collaborated with rock and roll icon Alice Cooper and released an alcohol-free pre-mixed Old Fashioned cocktail infused with adaptogens called Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry Old Fashioned. Adaptogens are described as ‘non-psychoactive ingredients’. The limited edition Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry old Fashioned ready-to-pour cocktail has been crafted with WhistlePig’s non-alcoholic 100% […]
Glenfiddich Reveals Lunar New Year Whisky
Glenfiddich has collaborated with ink artist Zhang Yu on limited edition whisky releases celebrating the Lunar New Year 2025 – the Year of the Snake – though Yu’s design skips the snake and instead features an encounter between the Glenfiddich stag and a mythical deer king. Glenfiddich will showcase Yu’s work on the Glenfiddich 21-year-old […]
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Whisky Cocktail: Lingon
If you’ve ever had meatballs in IKEA, you will have been offered “jam and gravy” or more specifically “lingonberry jam and gravy”. Like me, you may not have had a clue what the heck “lingonberry” actually is. One thing is for sure, though, the Swedes absolutely love the stuff – it seems to me that they have it with just about anything! So far I’ve been served it as an […]
Glenlivet 18 Year Old
Glenlivet is one of those distilleries that I’ve never really been able to bond with. They are a big name, and their sale levels indicate that a lot of people have become rather more affectionate with them than have I. As such, I keep thinking that there must be something I’m missing. By all means, the expressions I have tried have all been perfectly fine, good even, but not good […]
Beam, Jack, Cola
I was invited to join a few friends for a picnic in the Meadows (a big park area in central Edinburgh) today – cue the coldest day in 3 weeks – and on the way there I went to a store to pick up some beer, and I happened to spot a can of ready mixed Jim Beam Kentucky Bourbon & Cola. I’ve noticed Jack Daniels & Cola popping up […]
Stewart Brewery Pilsen and my pick of the Fringe
It was Tuesday, and I was going out to see a show. Environmentally conscious as I am, and a decent enough evening as it was, I decided to ride my bike to the bar where I was meeting my dear friend before going to a comedy show (the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which is the world’s biggest comedy/arts festival, is on at the moment). Inevitably, I ended up having just one […]
Whisky Ice Cream
It must have been some 10, perhaps more, years ago that I watched some cooking show or other on TV and this little recipe caught my eye. As with so many another things, though, my memory of it slipped away along with the piece of paper on which I had scribbled down the recipe. I don’t know about you, but I like when that happens – I like having a […]
Cutty Sark
As I’m not the biggest drinker of blended malts in the world, I’ve only really had a select few and out of them I only like half a handful. To cut a long story short, I thought it was about time I added another expression to my list of blends that have had the pleasure of ending up in my belly. As I didn’t really have one in mind when […]
Glenfiddich Secret Box
I’m officially excited, guys. Glenfiddich got in touch with me a while back asking if I might be interested in sampling one of their products – and who would I be to say no to that? I’ve had a couple of samplers sent to me from distillers before, and what normally happens is that they send out a small 1.5oz teaser bottle. Glenfiddich, however, decided to put a rather different […]
Whisky Region: Lowlands
We’ve already dipped into the Highlands, Islay, Speyside and Campbeltown regions and the end of this little series of the Scottish distillery regions is getting close. With only two regions to go, namely Lowlands and Islands, I’ve decided to leave Islands until last and look now at the region which comprises the distillery which lays nearest my own home town – Lowlands.
Benromach 10 Year Old
Founded in 1898 by Duncan McCallum and F.W. Brickman, the Speyside Benromach distillery was purchased by Gordon & MacPhail in 1993 after 10 spending 10 years in hibernation who reopened it in 1998. Since then they’ve released a few different bottling to different acclaim, and in late 2009 their first 10 year old expression saw daylight – and that’s what I’ll be dowsing my palate with today.
Whisky Cocktail: Lynchburg Lemonade
While this isn’t a complicated cocktail as such, it may take a bit more work than the others I’ve posted so far. This is due to the fact that you may not be able to find one of the ingredients, Sour Mix, in your local shop and thus would either have to order it online or make it yourself. For the great number of Jack Daniel’s fans out there, though, […]
Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak
After browsing my cupboard for whiskies not yet reviewed on the blog, I found my bottle of Macallan 10 year old Fine Oak, a most suitable whisky indeed. Macallan was founded by Alexander Reid in 1824, and has since grown to become one of the most popular and well-known single malts in the world. For good reason, too, as most of their expressions are worthy of the price they carry. […]
Whisky Region: Islay
For the fourth article in this little series on the regions of Scotland, as I’ve come to call it, and having already taken a look at the Highlands, Speyside and Campbeltown regions, it’s time to move on to something a bit more fiery – or smoky, at least. Having risen to quite some fame in the last few decades, the Islay region is cherished by many for its exceedingly potent […]
The perfect chocolate
According to the Scotsman, the Scotch Whisky Experience has engaged in a little joint venture with Edinburgh chocolatier Coco Chocolate with the aim to create the perfect chocolate to go with a glass of whisky. Whether this is possible or not – I personally think certain chocolates go better with certain whisky – I like the idea, and may have to head over there and see if I can pick […]
National Scotch Day
I received an e-mail a couple of days ago informing me that July 27th is National Scotch Day. It would seem that national scotch day is an American celebration, and I’ve never actually heard of it before… So I decided to give it a quick Google to see if I could find out more, which unfortunately I could not. All I found was the odd post on various blogs where […]
Penderyn Madeira Finished
It’s summer, it’s rainy, I’m sat indoors and I’m bored of Scotland. Really bored, in fact, as the weather has been horrible these past few weeks and I’m about as tanned and healthy as a dead sperm whale. With the forecast promising another 5 days of heavy rain showers, stupid clouds and temperatures soaring to some 17 degrees, I can’t wait to go down south for my holiday which will […]
Whicky Cocktail: Manhattan
I’ve already posted a recipe for Rob Roy, which may seem a bit backwards, seeing as it is basically a variation of Manhattan, which is seen as the “original”. The difference between a classic Manhattan (there are many varieties) and a Rob Roy is basically the Whisk(e)y used – while Rob Roy uses Scottish whisky, a Manhattan is made with Bourbon or Rye. You’ll need: 2c of Rye whiskey or […]
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