Sunday, 28 April 2013

PR #5: New Zealand Whisky wins awards in San Francisco and London

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In January this year I posted an article about my visit to  The New Zealand Whisky Company , including a number of tastings (the article i...
Saturday, 27 April 2013

Tasted #18: Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whisky (#101drams)

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Balcones  Baby Blue corn whisky - another  #101drams  dram to tick off the list (again from  Whisky+Alement  in Melbourne ) and if I'm ...

Tasted #17: Glenfarclas Movember edition (#101drams)

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When pulling together the #101drams list, I came across this Glenfarclas Movember edition . Being a huge fan / participant of Movember for...
Friday, 26 April 2013

Bar review #4: Whisky+Alement (Melbourne)

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A few years ago Steph and I visited a great little whisky bar in Melbourne called Chez Regine. I remember them having a great selection and ...
Thursday, 25 April 2013

Tasted #16: Glenmorangie Ealanta (#101drams)

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Back at  World of Whisky  in Double Bay (NSW) for a tasting of selected Independent Bottlers (post to follow), the gents were again kind eno...

Tasted #15: Ardbeg Gallileo (#101drams)

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Another tick for the  #101drams  list... The folk at  World of Whisky  in Double Bay (NSW) have quite a selection of tasting whiskies. Dur...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Tasted #14: Kavalan Soloist (Sherry cask) cask strength

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A few months ago a colleague and I were chatting about whisky, and he mentioned he'd just gotten a bottle of Taiwanese whisky from a co...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013

PR #4: Sullivans Cove named Best Australian Single Malt

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Australian whisky just keeps going from strength to strength, and Sullivans Cove often seems to be right up there. This just in from the dis...
Sunday, 14 April 2013

Bar review #3: The Wild Rover (Sydney)

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You know Grandma's  in Sydney, right? That "retrosexual haven of cosmopolitan kitsch and faded granny glamour" (their words) i...
Sunday, 31 March 2013

Shirt Bar Scotch Club - The Macallan, Highland Park, Ardmore (March 2013)

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Another month, another Scotch Club. Following on from the hugely successful  Balvenie Scotch Club  in February, March was time to taste ...

The Top 5 Places to Drink Whisky in Sydney

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So you want to enjoy a dram or two in Sydney, but aren't quite sure where you should go? Rest easy - here's your concise guide to Sy...
Saturday, 30 March 2013

Tasted #13: Hellyers Rd Pinot Noir Finish (#101drams)

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Continuing to work my way through my #101drams list, at the  Tasmanian Whisky Expo  recently I was lucky enough to try  Hellyer's Road ...
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Thursday, 28 March 2013

Top Sydney bars: The (sort of but not entirely) definitive list (of good ones)

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Updated: 6th January 2017 Full disclosure - this post isn't entirely about whisky. It is about places you can drink whisky though, so...