Friday, 31 May 2013

Tasted #23: Big Peat (#101drams)

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I knew getting through the  #101drams charitable challenge  would be, well, a challenge, so I figured I'd need to find a number of diff...
Monday, 27 May 2013

PR #8: Eau de Vie and Bakery Hill partner up to create bespoke whisky

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Anyone who's read this blog a few times would probably know that we're big fans of  Eau de Vie  - the Sydney and Melbourne cocktail ...
Sunday, 26 May 2013

PR #7: Nant Distillery's big plans for the future

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Back in February we reviewed the Nant Distillery Whisky Bar in Brisbane ( link ), and a tasting of three of their excellent whiskies ( link...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Shirt Bar Scotch Club - A Special Treat from Japan (April 2013) (#101drams)

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A slight change in direction for Scotch Club this month - in that there was actually no Scotch to be seen! There was nothing to fear t...
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Thursday, 9 May 2013

Tasted #22: caskstrength.net's "Caskstrength & Carry On 'C' - Cutty Sark" release

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Caskstrength.net  was one of the first whisky blogs I ever read, and one of the key blogs that got me into whisky blogging. I'm not sure...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Tasted #21: Brenne French Single Malt Whisky (Estate Cask) (#101drams)

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When I started my  #101drams Charitable Challenge , one thing I wanted to focus on was world whiskies. Sure the list has plenty of Scotch wh...
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Friday, 3 May 2013

The Oak Barrel - Nikka masterclass (#101drams)

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Despite being a big fan of whisky and regular attendee at the various tastings around Sydney, I'd never managed to visit The Oak Barrel ...
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Thursday, 2 May 2013

PR #6: SMWS' Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship 2013

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We all hear about the various whisky and spirits competitions around the place (it seems there's a new one every week), but what about a...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Tasted #19 & #20: Glenglassaugh Revival & Glenglassaugh Evolution

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Glenglassaugh might not yet be a terribly well-known distillery (at least, not in comparison to other Speyside distilleries), in part due to...
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...