Whisky: The Islay Edition
If you happen to have an hour on your hands, then you may want to spend it watching the The full-length documentary entitled “Whisky: The Islay Edition”…
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Whisky Island, Bob Simon’s Final Toast For 60 Minutes
CBS correspondent Bob Simon died in an automobile accident earlier this year, while he was working on a segment for the television show “60 Minutes” featuring the famous Scottish “whisky island” of Islay. Simon’s unfinished segment was finished by the CBS show staff…
Grand MacNish Gives You The Best Of Scotland
There are six touted whisky regions in Scotland and each has its own distinct identity which is usually confined to one bottle at a time – but what if you could get the best qualities of each of the regions in a single bottle? That is the reasoning behind Grand MacNish Six Cask Edition, a […]
Whisky – The Islay Edition
With the Thanksgiving holiday only mere hours away now, there exists the possibility that you may have an hour or so to kill [or you may want to have an hour or so to kill]. In that case, you may want to take that time and put it to good use by viewing the documentary […]
Laphroaig Brodir Port Wood Debuts In Europe
A new Islay single malt Scotch whisky – Laphroaig Brodir Port Wood – will premiere in Europe this month. Laphroaig Brodir [“brother” in Norse] Port Wood is intended to celebrate Scotland’s connection with Nordic heritage and had an initial maturation in ex-Bourbon casks followed by a second maturation in European oak casks that had previously […]
Smokehead Goes Traveling
Smokehead single malt whisky has gone traveling – offering a Smokehead Rock Special Edition only in travel retail locations. The peaty Islay single malt whisky is bottled at 44.2% alcohol content [88.4 proof]. Smokehead Rock Special Edition will cost $79 and be available in 2015.
Laphroaig Select Released
Laphroaig Select is set to hit the market as the newest expression from the fabled distillery. Laphroaig Select began life in European oak casks before moving to ex-bourbon American oak casks for the final maturation process to give the Islay single malt Scotch whisky a taste of both peat and sweet. Laphroaig Select will retail […]
Bottle Of Bowmore To Be Broken On Big Boat
An as-yet-unnamed bottle is Islay single malt Scotch whisky is destined to be smashed against the hull of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth being prepared for launch in Rosyth, Scotland this weekend. Instead of the customary bottle of bubbly typically used to christen boats upon their launch, the new HMS Queen Elizabeth is […]