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World of Booze returns
Merry Christmas! Here’s a picture of what I drank over the festive period. Obviously, we drank a lot more than this but these were the highlights: But I’m not writing to show off the fine booze consumed. Well, I am … Continue reading
This week I’m drinking. . . . whisky & soda
It’s been a while since I did one of these and probably will be a while before I do another one because I have been hard at work on a book which is due to come out in October this … Continue reading
Posted in Spirits, This Week I'm Drinking
Tagged Bourbon, compass box, highballs, japan, Scotch whisky, whisky
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Booze interview with Ian Buxton
I am delighted and honoured to have Ian Buxton as guest on my blog. His new book, Whiskies Galore: A Tour of Scotland’s Island Distilleries, comes out this month. It’s an idiosyncratic and often very funny stroll around some of … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Spirits
Tagged HIghland Park, Ian Buxton, Islay, Scotch, Scotland, whisky
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Don’t be snobbish about blended whisky
January 25 is Burns Night, Scotland’s annual feast to celebrate its greatest poet, Robert Burns. Whisky is an integral part of the evening, and Burns, a famous whisky lover, has for years proved a useful ambassador for his national drink. … Continue reading
Posted in Spirits
Tagged Buchanan's, Burns Night, Johnnie Walker, Latino, Robert Burns, Scotch, Scotland, whisky
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The mysteries of distillation
The image above is on the distillery door at Delord in Armagnac. It shows the working of an alambic, a continuous still used to make the spirit. Continuous in that the wine is constantly pumped in (where it says vin) and … Continue reading
House blends – booze purists avert your eyes now
I get sent a lot of miniature samples of whisky. This is much better than being sent a whole bottle because I hate to see waste so I end up drinking more. But what to do with all those miniatures once … Continue reading
The spirit that united Scotland
This is a longer (and I think better) version of an article that appeared in Saturday’s Guardian: In 2008 CEO of Diageo, Paul Walsh, referred disparagingly to how Scotch was marketed through ‘bagpipes, heather and tartan’. His point was that … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged David Beckham, Edinburgh, Highlander, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotch, Scotland, Walter Scott, whisky
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Is vodka’s highest calling to be tasteless?
Why does no one make vodka this good?, I thought as I tried the sublime colourless liquid. I was at the Glenfarclas distillery on Speyside sampling their new make spirit (it cannot legally be called whisky until it has been … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Absolut, Glenfarclas, poland, potato, Russian Standard, Scotch, vodka, whisky
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The Provisional Wing of the Amersham Scottish Association
This is my latest Empire of Drink column for the Guardian. To listen to whilst you read is Kenneth McKellar singing A Gordon for Me, a song my mother would sing to us in the car on the long drive up to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Spirits
Tagged Aberdeen, Amersham, Balblair, Burns Night, Kenneth McKellar, Robert Burns, whisky
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