Archive for the ‘lowland whisky’ Category

Master of Malt tastings #2 – Carsebridge

I have to confess that this was an unknown name to me and I had to look it up. It was situated in Alloa but was closed in 1983 and demolished in 1992, and the most surprising thing is that it seems to have been a grain distillery. My only previous experience of single grain [...]

SMWS Cask no 25.47

This is the first tasting note from my recent visit to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Queen St in Edinburgh. The Society has a tradition of not referring to their bottlings by name, but only by cask number, but they do give hints that enable you to identify them with a little research. [...]