I know that the Hallowe’en pumpkins are yet to be defaced, and the guy-crowned bonfire is far from being built / Thanksgiving turkey yet gobbles its way around the farmyard [delete…
I was lucky enough to get a sample of the William Larue Weller for my birthday. For two months it has gone un-sampled, as I waited for the exquisite agony…
‘Tis the season: as the forests play their golden fanfare before fluttering featly to the ground, Jim Murray publishes his whiskies of the year. Sure enough, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible…
Posted entirely without comment… (Which is a shame, because I bet I could write some text here that would really attract search traffic.)
On Saturday morning, I – and hundreds of thirsty fellow Mancunians – arrived at the Palace Hotel for the first session of the Manchester Whisky Festival. The queue of eager…
In August 2007, the United States Senate unanimously declared the following month to be National Bourbon Heritage Month (S. Res. 294, for those paying close attention). Ever since, and very…
This is a short post, really by way of an update to one a few months ago. When we reviewed Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2012(an invaluable addition to the whisky-lover’s bookshelf,…
To e or not to e? It’s remarkable that we haven’t actually answered this before now. Most people tend to spell it whiskey, but there is a rule-of-sorts. It’s rather…
What could be more appropriate for our first trip to good old Ireland than Jameson? We’ve already encountered Jameson, courtesy of the Bull’s Head in Knutsford; and we’ve written about…
Today we make our second trip to Jack Daniel’s distillery, this time in the company of Gentleman Jack, their ‘superpremium’ (in contrast to the ‘premium’ Original) brand. Introduced in 1988,…
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