Pick & Mix – the individual whiskies
An eclectic selection with the world’s best-selling single malt up against South Africa’s first 10 year old single malt, two distinctly different Speyside 10 year olds, an organic whisky and a blend....
View ArticleWhisky Tasting – Pick & Mix
As always happens at Whisky magazine’s tastings, there was a lot of discussion about the bottles lined up in front of the team. Much of the interest focused on the organic whisky from Benromach along...
View ArticleAmerican whiskies tasting with our WhiskyMag panel
We had no Chevy to drive to the levee, as Don Maclean sang about in his classic Miss American Pie, but we did get to drink whiskey at the Cape Grace’s Bascule Bar – and felt vaguely like Good Ole Boys...
View ArticleSpicy Highlights Whisky Tasting
Little girls are supposed to be made of ‘sugar and spice and all things nice’ while little boys are from ‘snips and snails and puppy dog tails’ – or so the Mother Goose rhyme of our childhood would...
View ArticleWhisky Live Festival 2012 is upon us…
What’s new at the 2012 Festival Three Ships and Bains Cape Mountain Whisky Awarded as the Best Blended Whisky in the world at the 2012 Whisky Magazine’s World Whisky awards, the Three Ships Premium...
View ArticleWhisky Tasting – Textured Individuality
Special Edition: Nov/Dec issue 2012 One thing is abundantly clear when it comes to whisky: there’s no such thing as right or wrong. Personal preference and individual choice are so very important in...
View ArticleBirds of a feather tasting with Dave Hughes
Having qualified for his green number by running 10 Comrades ultra-marathons it is obvious that Dave Hughes is a man for the long haul. Passionate about whisky, he trained as a distiller and has only...
View ArticleThe do’s and don’ts of tasting whisky
Being able to taste with a walking encyclopaedia has its merits and Dave Hughes took the team through the basics of tasting Do’s and Don’ts. Step one – is a Don’t… don’t vigorously swirl the whisky in...
View ArticleGlenrothes and the ghostly South African link
There’s a weird and spooky connection between South Africa and Speyside distillery Glenrothes. It takes the ethereal form of the ghost of Byeway Makalaga, an orphaned boy found hiding in some bushes...
View ArticleUnique expressions
Dave Hughes will be over in Blighty lending his spirit expertise to the judging panels at the International Wine & Spirits Competition’s for about the 30th time in July. As a trained distiller, he...
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