About me? I am a Whisky Educator, Travel-Tourist and Blogger. I blog tasting notes about (mostly Scotch) beer and whisky at The Whiskyphiles. I keep progress of my travels via the Alfred Barnard Society. Based in Livingston, Scotland I do most of my dramming at the University of Edinburgh Water of Life Society and Scotch Malt Whisky Society.
New Balblair age-statement collection revealed Multi-award-winning Highland distillery, Balblair, has unveiled its plans to release a new collection of age-statement single malt Scotch whiskies, which will be available in the UK this […]
Highland Park’s latest whisky gets under your skin Partnership with famed Nordic tattoo artist celebrates Orcadian culture Highland Park today announces the launch of 16-Year-Old single malt whisky Twisted Tattoo, the first […]
Blood Oath Pact No. 5 Launches This Spring Fifth expression in ultra-premium series is finished in Caribbean rum casks (St. Louis) March 18, 2019 – Blood Oath Pact No. 5 – the […]
ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR DIAGEO RESERVE WORLD CLASS BARTENDER OF THE YEAR 2019 Diageo Reserve’s prestigious bartender competition, World Class, is now open for entries in the UK. This year, the […]
Tamdhu unveils Batch Strength No. 004 Tamdhu Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky has unveiled the fourth annual edition of its multi award-winning Batch Strength series, reflecting Tamdhu’s commitment to producing ‘only the […]
The latest whisky new releases in stores from 19th March 2019
FEW Single Malt Whisky review: A rather unusual single malt example, does what it says on the tin. It’s like Scotch single malt but only superficially, so I guess this really is a US style single malt whisk(e)y – I’m still unsure whether or not to include the ‘e’! 72/100
FEW Bourbon Spirit review: An unusually spicy bourbon/spirit drink, lots of new make spirit influence and a good dose of new american/white oak wood – that’s about where any similarity to (my experience of) bourbon ends. 70/100
CLAXTON’S 2019 SPRING RELEASE This new outturn includes five Single Cask, Single Malt Scotch Whiskies hand-picked for their quality, diversity and value. Selected in this outturn are the following single cask releases: […]
TOMATIN RELEASE THE NEWEST EDITION OF THE WAREHOUSE 6 COLLECTION, THE 1975 Tomatin, the award-winning Highland distillery has today announced the release of its third expression of the acclaimed Warehouse 6 Collection; 1975. Distilled […]
