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Jun 137 min read

Malternatives part 2: rum

After last week’s deep dive into jenever (a consequence of it being a local spirit to me and I felt I needed to elaborate a bit as it’s...

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Broadening the horizon, or how to battle whisky fatigue

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Jun 612 min read

Broadening the horizon, or how to battle whisky fatigue

It’s arguably one of the most 1st world – like problems out there: option overkill. By which I mean having a plethora of options to...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part VII: The English are coming... Oh wait, they're already here.

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May 304 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part VII: The English are coming... Oh wait, they're already here.

If nations were to have social media accounts, I feel as if the Scottish – English relationship status would read something down the...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part 6: it doesn’t get more NAS than this

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May 234 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part 6: it doesn’t get more NAS than this

What defines the character of a whisky? Its identity? Is it the craft, knowledge and know-how of the people making it? The barley? The...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part 5: The need for peat

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May 166 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part 5: The need for peat

Ok, time to spice things up a bit. In the build-up for this series, I’ve been going back and forth through my cabinet, deciding on which...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part 4: back to India!

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May 84 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part 4: back to India!

It’s been said before, but the fact that ‘world whiskies’ are upping the ante in terms of quality pretty much all over the world, is...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part 3: value for money!

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May 25 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part 3: value for money!

So far in this series, I’ve covered a rather expensive newcomer and the hopelessness of Global Travel Retail. Two examples which, when...

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Which NAS kicks ass, part 2: the hot mess that is Global Travel Retail

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Apr 255 min read

Which NAS kicks ass, part 2: the hot mess that is Global Travel Retail

There was a time, when I wore a younger man’s clothes, where I spent many an hour in and around airports. A good dose of my carefree...

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Which NAS kicks ass? Part 1: new kids on the block

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Apr 185 min read

Which NAS kicks ass? Part 1: new kids on the block

Easter break done and dusted, it’s time to get back in the saddle and mount the whisky horse again. Back in 2022, I did a series on Non...

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Pricy, but worth it, part 4: the try before you buy option

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Mar 284 min read

Pricy, but worth it, part 4: the try before you buy option

Ok, I’ll admit that this is a bit of a poorly chosen header. After all, it could (and should) be applied to many a whisky, particularly...

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Pricy, but worth it (?) Part 3: the one that used to be a no-brainer

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Mar 215 min read

Pricy, but worth it (?) Part 3: the one that used to be a no-brainer

Throughout this series, I’m taking a closer look at a few whiskies that are all on the pricier side of what I (and I assume, a lot of you...

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Pricy, but worth it (?) Part 2: A contender for whisky of the year - and it’s not a Scotch!

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Mar 145 min read

Pricy, but worth it (?) Part 2: A contender for whisky of the year - and it’s not a Scotch!

Throughout this series, I’m taking a look at whiskies that are on the pricier side of the scale of what I’m comfortable paying for...

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Pricy, but worth it (?)… Whiskies that are close to pushing my limits.

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Mar 77 min read

Pricy, but worth it (?)… Whiskies that are close to pushing my limits.

Whisky is, I’m sure you’ll agree, a costly hobby. Even if you have ‘moderation’ written in big letters all over your collection, and...

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Around the world in 80 drams or less: part 5. ‘That other’ Taiwanese distillery

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Feb 294 min read

Around the world in 80 drams or less: part 5. ‘That other’ Taiwanese distillery

As I said last week, it would be 50/50 on where we would eventually land for the final part in this series. It would either be a review...

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Around the world in 80 drams or less, part 4: A Dutch treat redefined

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Feb 215 min read

Around the world in 80 drams or less, part 4: A Dutch treat redefined

Well in with this little series on world whiskies, and my take has always been that there are lots and lots of interesting things...

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Around the world in 80 drams or less, part 3: meanwhile, in Australia

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Feb 145 min read

Around the world in 80 drams or less, part 3: meanwhile, in Australia

In the build-up to a series such as this - series where I step away from what I usually do (talking about and reviewing Scotch single...

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Around the world in 80 drams or less: the sweet taste of India

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Feb 85 min read

Around the world in 80 drams or less: the sweet taste of India

There’s no denying that some of the more interesting ‘new’ countries in whisky can be found (from my European based point of view) on the...

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Feb 15 min read

Around the world in 80 drams or less*.

By and large, scotch single malt whisky is what makes us tick. I get it, as this applies to me first and foremost. I’m guessing that...

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What to pick when luring people into whisky, part 4: the peat option

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Jan 244 min read

What to pick when luring people into whisky, part 4: the peat option

Time to bring the first review series of 2024 to an end. As you probably know by now, I’m reviewing the bottles I picked for an intro...

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What to pick when luring people into whisky, part 3: ‘old school’ whisky

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Jan 185 min read

What to pick when luring people into whisky, part 3: ‘old school’ whisky

It’s not that long ago, say a decade or so, that we were a bit strapped for choice if we had a sweet tooth for old school style whisky....

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