I would generally avoid a blended whisky at all costs, too many Christmas and New Years where I’ve been offered a whisky of generally suspect vintage which has been lying at the back of a cupboard for longer than the owner cares to remember and I have to sit and try not to gag like [...]

In recent weeks we have been having a complete disaster with the site which has led to an almost complete loss of all our content in recent week - did anyone ever tell you that you need to take a back up of your site on a regular basis incase something fatal happens? Nope no [...]

Regular readers will recall my tasting notes on the Balvenie 17 year-old Madeira Cask a little while back. This whisky has now been launched in the US with a two-night event at New York’s Eleven Madison Park Restaurant where invited guests were given tastings of the entire 17 year old range with the Madeira taking [...]

That strange whirring noise you can hear is old Scots stillmen spinning in their graves. A Japanese whisky has been named Malt Whisky of the Year by Whisky magazine. Yoichi 20 year old from Hokkaido succeeded last year’s winner Talisker 18 year old to become the first ever overseas winner. It’s £150 a bottle so [...]

Welcome to my new blog - Discover Whisky. I’m new to this whole blogging thing so please bear with me over the coming weeks, months and years. I hope to write a couple of times a week to give you my thoughts and ideas on Whisky.
Please note when I talk about whisky I means whisky [...]