I love being able to try before you buy. It’s one of the reasons why places like the SMWS and other great whisky bars are some of my favourite places. You can have a dram of a whisky you’ve never tried from a distillery you like or even try a whisky from distillery you’ve never [...]
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SMWS February Tasting - Olaf excels himself with 5 fascinating single malts
February 12th, 2010 
Bill Hardly seems any time at all since the last Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting at Queen St. but here we are again. Sadly Mike got sent off to London on business at the last minute - he missed at least two cracking malts.
Now before we go any further I’m going to talk about naming, because [...]
19 year old Tomatin from Master of Malt
February 2nd, 2010 Mike I am standing in my kitchen having just got round to opening todays mail - cheers to Michelle for letting me know I had some just after 11 o’clock at night - and I find a brown package. And inside is the strangest bubbliest air inflated packaging I have seen. Once I get this off [...]
SMWS November tasting (part 2)
November 8th, 2009 Bill Continuing the tasting notes we come to the third (not counting the bonus one) of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s offerings.
Bottling 35.32
34 years old, 55.1%, 183 bottles
Colour
Light
Nose
Pear drops, liquorice, someone mentioned spangles - a real blast from the past. I immediately started to feel that this one would not match my preferences.
Taste
Initial taste
Complicated and confusing [...]
SMWS November tasting (part 1)
November 7th, 2009 Bill On Thursday Mike and I met up at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Edinburgh’s Queen St for their second tasting for whisky bloggers. This matched up with their quarterly release of new bottlings - always a major event for their members. Our fellow bloggers were a mix of familiar faces and new, and [...]
Speyside classic benefits from an island connection
August 16th, 2009 Bill But not a Scottish island. This one lies off the coast of Africa but is part of Europe and run by Portugal. The delightful island of Madeira is famous for its mild climate, excellent seafood and the wine which takes its name. I was there myself over New Year and enjoyed it immensely, so when [...]