December 20, 2022
Charity Auction with BEN-efits for all
It’s the time of year when a happy glow envelops us as we catch up with friends. Our…
September 19, 2022
Aqua-dram
It was in Wuyi four years ago when it happened. The night before had seen a remarkable pairing…
August 27, 2022
THE EMPTY GLASS – BOWMORE 1975, SIGNATORY
I mean, we hadn’t used it for years. That’s why we sold it. A small beach hut, little…
February 22, 2022
Wee Toon Tellings
Sometimes when you go around a distillery you hit it exactly right. This was one of those. Everything…
February 16, 2022
Sitting In Judgement
A few years ago, I was on a panel at the SWA’s Members Day looking at the future…
November 18, 2021
The Distillery That Dares
I travel to Fife to visit Inchdairnie and try two new makes – the first of their kind…
September 22, 2021
Tapping into a new mixer
My latest unfortunate Highball incident (see here) hasn’t dampened any of my enthusiasm for finding new ways to…
May 21, 2021
Brora: The Outsider Returns
And so, it happened. A turn the handle, the susurration of new make into the cask. The fact…
May 18, 2021
The Fife Arms
In December last year, the team behind the remarkable Fife Arms in Braemar asked me to consult on…
February 8, 2021
2021. Batch 1 Beauty Comes in Threes
Sorry for the hiatus…anyway, here we go again, and what a start with three venerable drams, two grains…