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Fielden Rye Whisky
Speaking of Rye whisky on Monday this English Rye whisky is now double relevant or maybe been triple relevant. The Fielden brand name is the output from the Oxford Artisan Distillery or at least that is what it used to be called. IF you are a regular reader you will know the Oxford Artisan 3 […]
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KinGlassie 8 Year Old 2017 – Double Matured
You would be forgiven for never having heard of KinGlassie whisky. The fife based distillery is named InchDairnie and if you are into your Scottish whisky you might have heard of this innovative and protective distillery. The Distillery and Brand KinGlassie is called that and not InchDairnie because its the peated version of the whisky […]
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Filey Bay – Flagship
Flagship is a bottle name which means business. No-one ever called something a flagship that they weren’t proud of. The Distillery As you can see from the picture above, Filey Bay whisky bottles are produced at the “Spirit of Yorkshire” distillery. The distillery is a owned by a couple of farmers and their families with […]
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The Antiquary 15 Year Old – Claret Casks
The Antiquary is a blended whisky brand owned by the same company which owns the Tomatin distillery. I have previously looked at a cheaper version when I wrote The Antiquary 12 Year Old. That was a cheap blend which I quite liked, when you add Claret casks though it stops being a traditional style blended whisky […]
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Glenfarclas 10 Year Old
I haven’t done a post like this before. For the most part up until now each article has been unique. I don’t tend to buy the same bottle twice but after 7 or 8 years of posting I do end up getting the same sample many years apart. Mostly this happens on Christmas Advent calendars […]
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Penderyn Copperopolis (Icons of Wales)
What an amazing name for a bottle of whisky. The Copperopolis name comes from Swansea in the 18th century where 50% of the world’s copper came from the city which was 90% of the UK’s manufacturing ability. The Icon’s of Wales series is a long running (this bottle is the 12th in the series) of […]
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Prakaan – Select Cask
Now, this is something very different for a change. An awful lot of the bottles I have are of a similar Scottish vain. This is not unreasonable given I sit in the central belt of Scotland but as Whisky becomes more profitable other countries want in on the act. Japan is one obvious example but […]
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Loch Lomond Inchmoan 12 Year Old
I was reading an interesting article on Loch Lomond on LinkedIn of all places this week. The story was basically involving the consistent profitability of Loch Lomond Group since it was bought over by a Private Equity company – Exponent in 2014 and then Hillhouse Capital in 2019. Under previous family ownership the Loch Lomond […]
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2025 Yearly Roundup
I started this article at the end of 2025 but never got around to completing it so I’ve not started 2026 keeping to my resolution to be reliable on posting 😦 In the final days of 2025 I look back at a few highlights and a few lows. I only restarted posting regularly in the […]
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Tomatin 10 Year Old 2014 Sherry Collection – Manzanilla Edition
Another entrant into the longest whisky name in history title. The Tomatin whisky is some of the more interesting on the market just now. The history of the history is also mentioned in a couple of chapters in this very interesting book on the social history of whisky – Book Review: The Whisky Men I have […]