My Christmas Whiskey
It’s Christmas whiskey time! By that I mean its the time of year I’m starting to buy gifts for family and friends and all I can think of is whiskey type gifts. I like to think I’m a selfless giver and Christmas is a time when I can give gifts…
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The Glenrothes Editors’ Casks
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. &…
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Royal Approval for New Cooperage
£10million Cambus Cooperage brings ancient craft into 21st Century Following on from the previous bit of Whisky / Cooperage news we also seen this and though it worth a mention.: Read on… His Royal Highness, The Earl of Wessex, yesterday (28th Nov 2011) officially opened the first new cooperage to…
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New Cooperage in Cambus, near Alloa in Fife
We love the skill and history behind the the highly skilled jobs in Whisky production or any product we can be proud of, being kept alive and well. Junior Coopers (the guys who make whisky oak casks) are trained for years before they can work alone, such is the skill…
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WhiskyTimes Dan Visiting Speyside
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…
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Glenfarclas and Face Ferrets!
It’s November again: the month were you may start noticing the odd commuter sporting a odd looking moustach, and thats a good thing, that means they are raising money by taking part in Movember. The idea is the more silly the musache you can grow over the month of Movember…
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Glenrothes Vintage Maker 2012 Contest
THE SEARCH BEGINS FOR GLENROTHES VINTAGE MAKER 2012 At WhiskyTimes we are not ones to simply re-post PR, but we think this is something that will appeal internationally and that people will actually want to read. There is little we can add to this, other than wish yougood luck should…
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Master of Malt: Speyside (40%) Review
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…
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Laphroaig Live 2011 Video Feed
WhiskyTimes please to help you Join Laphroaig , and their special guests, as they retrace the footsteps of Laphroaigs’ founders with a tasting broadcast live and interactive from Australia. If all the Laphroaig live video technical wizardry works, you should be able to follow all the fun below: Show date:…
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Lagavulin Islay Jazz festival 2011 Review
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…
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