Edinburgh Whisky Blog
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We're a small team of spirit geeks based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Whisky Blog offers a refreshing view on all things whisky. From brutally honest reviews to tongue-in-cheek news, we deliver opinions not PR.
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
2y ago
Jason reviews two new releases from Lux Row Distillers as part of the Whisky Wire's latest flashblog ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
Ballantine’s have added a new expression to their core range – a seven year old blended whisky finished in bourbon barrels. The rather odd age statement takes its inspiration from Ballantine’s founder, George Ballantine, who sold his own seven year old whisky during the 1870s. As a company, Ballantine’s was also one of the first ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
The Wine Society has launched the first expression in its new Reserve Cask Selection, a 1989 30yo single malt from an undisclosed Highland distillery. Impressive numbers for an inaugural bottling, but they’re nothing compared to the RRP… a mere £95. Extraordinary value, and extremely admirable given that this whisky could have been priced much higher ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
The Dalmore has added a new expression to its Principal Collection (core range, to you and I); a 12 year old Sherry Cask Select. “But they already have a 12yo expression matured in sherry casks?!” I hear you cry. Yes, they do, but this one it a little different. It’s initially matured for 10 years ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
If you’ve been around whisky for a while, you might have come across the term ‘single cask blended malt’. This may seem a juxtaposition in terms, since a blended malt is comprised of single malts from several different distilleries. How, therefore, can it possibly be a single cask? The answer can be found if we ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
You’ve made it. You’ve gotten through arguably the worst year in living memory and made it to December. Christmas is a little over three weeks away and a brand new year is just around the corner. Thank fuck for that. Now, with Christmas looming I thought December 1st would be a good time to review ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
Following on from their St Andrews Day 2018 and 2019 limited edition releases, Eden Mill have today launched their 2020 release. And when I say limited, I’m quite surprised at just how limited it is. There were 3,200 bottles of the 2018 release and 3,000 bottles of the 2019 release, but this year sees only ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
There’s a been a wee flurry of first and inaugural expressions being released by the ‘new wave’ of Scotch whisky distilleries recently. We’ve had Ardnamurchan, Dornoch, and Raasay all launch their first bottlings, and today I have another in front of me; the first batch of Nc’nean organic single malt. Before we even get to ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
Glendronach has released the eighteenth batch of its single cask bottlings, with this latest batch comprising of whiskies distilled between 2009 and 1990 and aged between ten and thirty years old. As with previous batches, there’s all sorts of cask types in play – oloroso puncheons, Pedro Ximénez puncheons, and port pipes – and for ..read more
Edinburgh Whisky Blog
3y ago
The Whisky Exchange’s annual Black Friday release is becoming every bit of a yearly pre-Christmas tradition as setting up a Christmas tree or having a small piece of advent calendar chocolate for breakfast. Now in its fourth year, the limited edition 2020 Black Friday single malt is a 22 year old Highland whisky from an ..read more