Sunday, 26 January 2014

Tasted #63: Australia Day Special - Heartwood "Release the Beast"

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Happy Australia Day, Australia! Given the proliferation of excellent whisky we have on our shores, I figured today's tasting had to be...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Tasted #62: Old Hobart Overeem Bourbon Cask...the most impressive Australian whisky to date

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Last week we brought news of  Lark Distillery 's intention to  acquire Old Hobart Distillery & its Overeem products , an acquisition...
Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Tasted #61: Jack Daniels Holiday Select (2013)

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A few weeks ago we wrote about the Jack Daniels  Holiday Select , which Brown-Forman kindly sent Steph and I for Christmas. You can read mor...
Monday, 13 January 2014

This Week in Whisk(e)y #4

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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...
Friday, 10 January 2014

Tasted #60: The Balvenie 1973 single cask 40yo

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Back in November I wrote about how Steph and I got to attend a fantastic dinner with The Balvenie's global brand Ambassador, Sam Simmon...
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Sunday, 5 January 2014

The Scotch Whisky Experience & Diageo Claive Vidiz Collection (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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For our first post of 2014....let's step back 5 years.. On the same 2009 trip as most of these photos were taken, I was also able ...
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...