Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Tasted #88: Macallan 21yo Fine Oak (#101drams)

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#59 on the  #101dram Charitable Challenge  is The Macallan 21yo "Fine Oak", a 43% ABV vatting of The Macallan aged in three differ...
Saturday, 26 April 2014

Shirt Bar "Scotch" Club: Woodford Reserve (March 2014) - Tasted #86 & #87

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It was all the way back in  November 2012  when we first blogged about  Shirt Bar 's  Scotch Club  (which, like this post, was all abou...
Sunday, 20 April 2014

Tasted #85: Ardbeg Auriverdes (Gold bottle)

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We covered the new Ardbeg 2014 special edition " Auriverdes " a few times this month , but at the time were eagerly awaiting our ...
Thursday, 17 April 2014

Tasted #84: Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky (#101drams)

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We've been to  Sweden ,  Australia ,  France , Japan , Scotland,  India & Wales  as part of the  #101drams challenge  (well not lite...
Sunday, 13 April 2014

Tasted #83: Mackmyra Small Casks 03 (#101drams)

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Another for the  #101drams  list - this time from Sweden, aged in 30L casks (yes, 30L!) - a mixture of sherry, bourbon and new Swedish oak. ...
Friday, 11 April 2014

A trio of crafty Americans (Tasted #80, #81 and #82)

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Ask the average punter about "American whiskey" and typically the first names that spring to mind will be " Jack " and ...
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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

PR #17: Ardbeg Day Australia 2014 and "Auriverdes"

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We touched on Ardbeg Auriverdes last week, including information on the whisky itself, but at the time there was little to no informatio...
Monday, 7 April 2014

Shirt Bar "Scotch" Club: Nikka Whisky (February 2014) - Tasted #76 - #79

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It was  just under a year ago  that we attended Shirt Bar 's first Japanese whisky tasting, and recently the Shirt Bar crew ran another...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014

This Week in Whisk(e)y #7

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As you might know if you read this blog regularly, we get a fair few interesting  press releases  and news articles here at TimeforWhisky, a...
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Tasted #71 through #75: Kilchoman (#101drams)

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At the  aforementioned Kilchoman masterclass with founder and master distiller Anthony Wills , we were given the opportunity to try 5 Kilcho...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

The Oak Barrel - Kilchoman masterclass with Anthony Wills

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It hadn't even been a month since The Oak Barrel Sydney hosted Douglas Cook from Glendronach , when us keen members found ourselves ba...
Thursday, 20 March 2014

Tasted #70: Spirit of Hven Seven Stars No.1 Dubhe Single Malt Whisky (Sweden)

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In the interests of expanding my world whisky horizons, when putting in an order with  Master of Malt  last year I added a sample of this st...
Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Tasted #69: George T Stagg Bourbon (#101drams)

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It's been a few months since the last #101drams tasting , so it's high time we rectified that. What better way to do that with the h...
Thursday, 13 March 2014

#101drams Charitable Challenge - second $100 donation (drams 21-40)

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Whoops, for the last few months I thought I was on 39 drams, but it turns out I'd missed one and had already reached 40... As I promis...
Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Tasted #65, #66, #67 and #68 (phew) - Glendronach 12, 15, 18 and 31yo "Grandeur"

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The other week  I attended  The Wild Rover 's "Campbell Corner Whiskey Co-Operative" (CCWC) launch, which saw us taste the Gle...
Tuesday, 4 March 2014

This Week in Whisk(e)y #6

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As you might know if you read this blog regularly, we get a fair few interesting  press releases  and news articles here at TimeforWhisky, a...
Monday, 3 March 2014

Wild Turkey Spiced launch event (by Steph)

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Gruppo Campari , in association with Men at Work Comms launched the new and innovative Wild Turkey Spiced on a steamy Wednesday afternoon ...
Thursday, 27 February 2014

The Wild Rover's "CCWC" inaugural event - Glendronach

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Originally mentioned back in October last year , Sydney's  The Wild Rover  have now launched their "Campbell Corner Whiskey Co-Oper...
Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Chivas Regal x SpaQ Partnership Launch

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Kicking off the whisky event calendar for 2014, this Monday night Pernod Ricard hosted a launch event at Sydney's QT Hotel to celebrate...