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Tag Archives: single malt
Win a Bottle of R&B Distillers’ Raasay While We Wait Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Happy New Year! I hope your Hogmanay was a merry one. Now that 2015 has come to an end and 2016 has commenced, it’s time to get ready for one of the best festivities on the British calendar: Burns Night. And what better way to celebrate the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns than with a toast of single malt Scotch whisky? I’m got a bottle of R&B Distillers’ Raasay While We Wait put aside for one lucky reader that’s sure to be the hit of any Burns Supper. Continue reading
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Good Stuff #49
Okay let’s see if I can squeeze out one more quick post of good stuff before the year ends. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, Good Cause, Good Stuff, London, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged Balblair, Balblair 1999, Balblair Vintage 1999, BARS, cocktails, Coin Laundry, Drink, edamame, Food, good cause, good stuff, highland whisky, japanese food, London, maple syrup, Marley Spoon, Refugees, scotch, single malt, whisky, Yutaka, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Aberlour and the World’s First Outdoor Whisky Art Gallery (OneTravel)
Back in May, single malt whisky makers Aberlour launched the world’s first outdoor whisky art gallery. A few weeks ago, I got the chance to check the exhibition when I paid a visit to the distillery. Set on an idyllic stretch of babbling brook winding its way to Aberlour’s historic distillery, the exhibition aims to capture “the individual elements that together result in one of Scotland’s most famous exports.” And I reckon it certainly succeeds in doing so. Continue reading
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Tagged aberlour, aberlour whisky, Art, Craigellachie, David Maitland, distiller, distillery, Drink, Food, macro photography, moray, OneTravel, outside whisky gallery, Photography, river spey, scotch, scotch whisky, scotland, single malt, single malt scotch, Speyside whisky, Travel, travel blogger, whisky
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Aberlour at the Source: Fine Finish
Clean air, clean water, clean tasting whisky – why’d I ever leave? I’d relish a repeat visit to Aberlour Distillery and the Speyside swath of heaven that’s its home. Folks looking for their own ‘clean’ break would be wise to go for a similarly relaxing retreat. Continue reading
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Aberlour at the Source: More than Whisky
Even when setting aside the distillery tour, cooperage visit, and the delectable chance to taste the Aberlour range of single malts in the very environment where they’re made, my Speyside time was still such a blast. The area is absolutely gorgeous, all the food I had was delish, and the hours spent outside communing with nature were as invigorating as they were relaxing. I would have loved to have been able to extend my trip at least a few more days as there was just so much great stuff to see and do. Indeed, I would be so very keen to head back that way again to get to continue discovering this lovely part of Scotland. Continue reading
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Aberlour at the Source: Tasting Notes
To be honest, I’d never had a sip of Aberlour before my visit to its distillery. Always reckoning myself more an islands whisky kinda guy, I’m slightly embarrassed to say that I simply had not even given Speyside whisky a fair shake. I now realise the error of my ways and that I have been missing out all these years as a whisky drinker. Continue reading
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Aberlour at the Source: Speyside Cooperage
As important as the few raw ingredients that go into whisky is the cask in which the spirit is aged. Indeed it’s the interplay between the spirit and the cask wood that gives any whisky its flavour. And coming by the right cask is no mean feat as I found out when I got a look see inside the Speyside Cooperage near Aberlour Distillery. Continue reading
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Aberlour at the Source: A Whisky While beside the Lour Burn
Regardless of whether you actually like the taste of whisky, distilleries are fine places to visit if only for the scenery surrounding them. And to this point, age old Aberlour Distillery is no exception. Continue reading
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Win a Glenfiddich Single Malt Whisky Mini Set for your Dad. Happy Father’s Day!
Is your dad the best? Well, check it out! I’ve got a nice little treat for you to show you love him this Father’s Day: a Glenfiddich Single Malt Whisky mini set! Continue reading
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The 2013 Islay Whisky Festival (OneTravel)
The Feis Ile is the Scottish island of Islay’s annual festival of “Malt and Music.” Held every year during the last week of May with an variety of activities and events across Islay as well as on the neighbouring island Jura, the Feis Ile is considered to be one of the most important events on any true whisky lover’s calendar. Continue reading
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2010 National Geographic International Photography Contest
Here’s a quick post about a competition for “those with a passion for the outdoors to enter their best photos for the chance to feature in a future Bowmore single malt whisky ad campaign”. Folks here in the UK and … Continue reading
