Sunday, 28 July 2013

PR #13: Whisky Live Sydney and Whisky dinner with Martine Nouet

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We're lucky in Sydney - each winter we get 3 major whisky shows -  The Whisky Show  in July (see link for our review), The Oak Barrel...
Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Bar review #8: The Barber Shop (Sydney)

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If you've ever enjoyed a "fortifying liquid" at Palmer&Co , a single malt on the balcony of ivy Level 6, a bubble tea coc...
Sunday, 21 July 2013

Tasted #34: Laphroaig 18yo (#101drams)

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Thanks to two recent trips through Singapore's Changi airport, and two visits to the excellent Terminal 1 Duty Free store (I forget the...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Tasted #33: Ben Nevis 10yo (#101drams)

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What? Another  #101drams  whisky? Yep, again thanks to  The Auld Alliance . Ben Nevis is on the list because back in 2009 on a tour of ...
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Sunday, 14 July 2013

Bar review #7: The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

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Our 7th bar review saw me in Malaysia, at the appropriately named " The Whisky Bar, KL ". As much as I'd love to say I was in ...
Friday, 12 July 2013

#101drams Charitable Challenge - first $100 donation

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As I promised  in my #101drams challenge , for every 20 whiskies I tick off the list, I'll donate $100 to  Cancer Council Australia . So...

Tasted #32: Auchentoshan Valinch (#101drams)

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Another #101drams  whisky I was able to tick off the list at  The Auld Alliance  - the  Valinch  is Auchentoshan's cask-strength, non c...
Thursday, 11 July 2013

PR #12: New Zealand Whisky Company launches design competition for 25yo Single Malt

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Back in January this year, Steph and I visited  The New Zealand Whisky Company , who bottle and sell a huge variety of single malts and bl...
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Tasted #31: Springbank 18yo

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The 10yo was on my  list , and I enjoyed it more than I expected, so on our recent trip to Singapore, I decided to try the 18yo at  The Au...
Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Tasted #30: Balvenie DoubleWood 17yo (#101drams)

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Back in June  I posted a PR release for this, and mentioned that tasting notes were hopefully soon to follow. Well, the guys at William Gra...
Sunday, 7 July 2013

The Whisky Show 2013 review

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As we posted  back in February , David, Ivan and the gents from  World of Whisky  in Double Bay booked their annual " The Whisky Show ...
Thursday, 4 July 2013

Bar review #6: La Maison du Whisky (Singapore)

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We might've only been in Singapore for a few days, but that didn't stop us visiting as many whisky (and cocktail) bars as possible....
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Tasted #29: Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel 2011 (#101drams)

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On my  recent visit to the Auld Alliance  in Singapore (a pretty fantastic whisky bar), I made it a point to tick off a few #101drams  dram...
Monday, 1 July 2013

Tasted #28: Ardbeg "Ardbog"

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Earlier in June I posted about the brilliant day that was Ardbeg (Ardbog) Day 2013 . As a follow-up, the organisers in their infinite gener...
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...