This morning a bottle of Whisky arrived, it was a bottle of Glenfarclas 1953 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky. And we couldn’t be happier! Its a 58 year old whisky, and the oldest Glenfarclas has ever released. Bottled at cask strength and non-chill filtered, this is actually a piece of…

Following on from the Bowmore redesign news I posted earlier this year, here is some more bowmore news taken from a Bowmore press release about there new whisky… enjoy. Bowmore is launching a new 40%ABV expression in the UK called “Bowmore Small Batch Reserve”. Aged in 1st and & second…

Berry Bros. & Rudd has bottled a limited edition of just 100 bottles from a Sherry Cask of The Glenrothes 1998 Speyside, Single Malt Whisky to commemorate the centenary of the heroic efforts of the Countess of Rothes aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. The Whisky replicates the stock lost by…

This month Bowmore unviels its bold new design and packaging look. Branding is massively important in the consumer Whisky world, if you mess with the brand you can do long lasting damage to not only sales, but also the public perception of your brand. So any change in packaging is…

Having recently heard about the relaease of glenmorangie’s artien I thought it was past due that I opened the dubious looking sample of Glenmorangie Nectar d’or for review. I read somewhere that Jim Murray, of whisky bible fame, liked to cleanse his pallet with coffee before a tasting, and since…

The world famous distillers Gelenmorangie have released yet another addition to the core range of whiskies. The Glenmorangie Artein (Scots Gaelic for “stone”) will sit along side the other expressions very nicly in our opinion having been extra matured “Super Tuscan wine casks“. It look great, sounds great and the only thing left…

Below we have an example of a whisky I can’t afford and a whisky I can’t get a hold of. Can you remember the episode of Top Gear where they reviewed 3 car’s, none of which you could buy? Well this is a little bit like that: Berry Bros. &…

Earlier this year when the summer still threatened to shine down on us in the UK, Whiskytimes Dan spent a week visiting Speyside sampling some of the spirit of Scotland… here is the story. Let me set the scene… It was one of those days where you get out of…

I am going to out the elephant(s) in the room right from the get go: This IS a gift from Masters of Malt, they are jolly nice to have sent us it to try. With no promises made! It’s ‘no age definition’ which to me means young… Very Young! However…

Whisky Times Trip to Islay World class drumming, dramming, strumming and sipping, nosing and jazz numbers. A week has passed since I’ve returned from the 2011 Lagavulin Islay Jazz festival and already I am missing the Island, the atmosphere and especially the whisky. It’s hard to put a finger on…