Sunday, 30 June 2013

PR #11: The Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship 2013 winners

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Back in May  I blogged about the Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship. Unfortunately despite best intentions, I was interstate at the...
Sunday, 23 June 2013

Tasted #27: Karuizawa 12yo (original bottling)

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Since following Nonjatta  (which I see as the quintessential resource for Japanese whisky) and learning about Karuizawa, I've been want...
Saturday, 22 June 2013

Bar review #5: The Auld Alliance (Singapore)

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Continuing with the unintentional theme of these bar reviews  being as geographically dispersed as possible...the next review comes from Si...
Thursday, 20 June 2013

PR #10: Balvenie launches 17 year old DoubleWood in Australia (#101drams)

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It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of The Balvenie . With their traditional methods, floor malting, stunning lineup and innovation, ...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

The Oak Barrel - Benromach Tasting with Keeper of the Quaich Derek Hancock

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A month or two on from my last whisky tasting visit to the  Oak Barrel , the gents were kind enough to invite me down for their next maste...
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Monday, 17 June 2013

Tasted #26: Johnnie Walker "The Gold Route" (#101drams)

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I added this to the #101drams  in the hope that I'd be able to try it at a Duty Free shop on my next trip overseas. Sure enough on a rec...
Sunday, 16 June 2013

PR #9: Sullivans Cove awarded Gold Medal by Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago

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A lot of the recent " PR " posts on my blog lately have been about Australian and NZ whiskies winning awards around the world (wh...
Friday, 14 June 2013

Tasted #25: Springbank 10 (#101drams)

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A quickfire tasting post to tick off one more off the  list  - this time from Campbelltown, in the form of Sprinkbank 10yo . Springbank 10...
Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Tasted #24: Jack Daniels Unaged Tennessee Rye

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Unaged, or "white dog" spirits are becoming increasingly popular these days. I even saw Buffalo Trace White Dog at my tiny, local ...
Thursday, 6 June 2013

Tasted #23: Bakery Hill Blend 46 for Eau de Vie (#101drams)

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Last week  I wrote about Eau de Vie's  partnership with  Bakery Hill Distillery  to create a bespoke whisky for use in their "Bobby...
Sunday, 2 June 2013

Ardbeg (Ardbog) Day 2013

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Another year, another brilliant Ardbeg Day. I thought it would've been pretty hard to top last year's "Islay-lympics" at ...

SMWS Tasting - Sydney (May 2013) (#101drams)

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How do you describe the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) ? More than just a whisky club, and certainly more than just an independent bottle...
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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