Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Martin's whisky predictions for 2014

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For the final TimeforWhisky post for 2013, I've decided to make a few predictions for global whisky trends in 2014 (what makes me qualif...
Monday, 30 December 2013

Tasted #59: Dailuaine 1983 (#101drams)

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One of the less specific whiskies on my #101drams charitable challenge  list is number 20 - "Something distilled the year I was born...
Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Merry Christmas and thanks from TimeforWhisky.com

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Just a quick note from Steph and myself to say  MERRY CHRISTMAS , and many thanks for your viewership over the past 14 or so months. T...
Monday, 23 December 2013

Tasted #58: Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky

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A few days ago we wrote about the  Australian re-release of Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky . As promised, here are the tastin...
Sunday, 22 December 2013

PR #16: Jack Daniels Christmas online hub and Christmas Barrel Tree

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Who doesn't love a good Christmas promotion? Especially one involving booze, and especially  one that allows Aussies to enter, with some...
Thursday, 19 December 2013

PR #15: Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky Australian re-release

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It seems there's barely a distillery or blender in existence these days who don't release a special/limited release in one form or a...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Botanic Australis Gin & launch party (Sydney)

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I know, it's not whisky and it's not even a dark spirit, but Gin  does seem to be the one (usually) unaged spirit that Whisky fans e...
Friday, 13 December 2013

Tasted #57: Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey

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Despite the Teeling family having whiskey ties back to 1782, the Teeling Whiskey Company has only been around since 2013 - following Beam...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Tasted #55 & #56: Old Pulteney 12yo and 17yo (#101drams)

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Old Pulteney is a whisky that features a whopping 3 times on my  #101drams Charitable Challenge , with the 17, 21 and 40 all listed. When ...
Thursday, 5 December 2013

Distillery Tour #1: New World Whisky Distillery | Purveyors of Starward (Victoria, Australia)

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In what I hope becomes a more prominent category on this blog (especially after a planned trip to Scotland next year), here comes TimeforWh...
Thursday, 28 November 2013

Tasted #54: Glenfiddich 125th Anniversary 1987 Vintage

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Back in October I posted about the fantastic dinner  William Grant & Sons  Australia put on to celebrate the 125th Anniversary Vintage....
Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Whisky interview #1: Sam Simmons - The Balvenie's global brand ambassador (aka Dr Whisky)

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As mentioned a few weeks ago , Steph and I were fortunate enough to attend a brilliantly fun dinner with Dr Sam Simmons (aka  Dr Whisky ), T...
Friday, 22 November 2013

This Week in Whisk(e)y #3

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We get a fair few interesting  press releases  here at TimeforWhisky, and usually try to feature them with our own spin, experiences or comm...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Tasted #51, #52 & #53: The Macallan 1824 Series (Amber, Sienna & Ruby)

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Third time tasting these, but first time actually taking proper notes (the first was a quick taste at  The Oak Barrel Whisky Fair , the seco...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Whisky + Alement are looking for a new Bar Manager (Melbourne)

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Firstly - no this site hasn't turned into a recruitment site. I'm posting this in the hope that we're able to connect a passiona...
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Friday, 15 November 2013

An Evening with The Balvenie Global Brand Ambassador Sam Simmons (Chiswick restaurant)

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So it turns out, you can be the global brand ambassador for one of Scotland's most well-known, respected, traditional hand-crafted Speys...