Category Archives: – News and Announcements
Blind Tasting Competition 2014
It’s been a while since I posted a review, but I’ve been trying to work my way through a cold that my lovely daughter brought home from daycare. It’s going in the right direction so I hope to be back … Continue reading
The Diageo Special Releases
My post is a bit late to the party, but I didn’t get around to it yesterday. In the mysterious of Diageo the list of Special Releases was announced yesterday, but not through their PR company (Cognis PR) or their … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Benrinnes, Brora, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Glendullan, Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Rosebank, Strathmill
Tagged Benrinnes, Brora, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Diageo, Diageo Premium, Glendullan, Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Rosebank, Singleton, Strathmill
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Investing in whisky
Whisky is made for drinking. That’s the statement that should be here in regard to investing in whisky, or any other kind of booze for that matter. That is, according to a lot of whisky geeks out there. On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowmore, Devil's Casks, Glenfiddich, Investing, Snow Phoenix
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Radio Silence #2
In October 2012 I posted the first part of “radio silence”. This occurred in the days after my daughter Ot was born. This time the cause is similar, but the details differ: Last Sunday at 0:49 my son Moos was born.
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Rosebank 25, 1981-2007, 61.4%. Part 3
Where is part two you might ask. Well, I kind of screwed up on my last post about the Rosebank 25. Apparently I had already reviewed it almost four years ago when I just opened it. I forgot, I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Rosebank
Tagged 1981, Blogging, Falkirk, Lowlands, Rosebank
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Looking back at four years of blogging
I have looked back in the past, around New Year’s. Those reflections were on which whisky’s were awesome, which weren’t. Of course, there has been attention on music, events, tastings, festivals, and other things that happened during the year. This … Continue reading
About being priced out.
Malt Maniac Oliver Klimek wrote a sincere article about him not (being able) to buy much whisky anymore in the current pricing climate. He talks about prices being on the rise, something he has actually shown in a ‘study’ he started many … Continue reading
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Blog Birthday Bash #4
Last Saturday was the day of this wee blog’s fourth birthday party. Not the actual 4th birthday but due to pregnancy and the lack of planning thereof we pulled that forward a little bit. As said in the announcement post … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Irish Whiskey, - News and Announcements, - Other Spirits
Tagged - Armagnac, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Candid, Clynelish, Cooley, Cragganmore, Creative Whisky Company, Dalmore, David Stirk, Distillery Only, Feis Ile, France, Glengyle, Highlands, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, Longmorn, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Old Crow, Pearls of Scotland, Provenance, Scott's Selection, Speyside, The Whisky Agency, USA, Whisky Broker
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The NAS debate #2
Last Monday I wrote a little bit about the NAS debate that’s been going on for about two years. It turned out to be a rather popular post, one of the more popular ones of the last couple of months. … Continue reading
The upcoming 4th birthday
On Saturday (July 19th) MaltFascination will celebrate it’s fourth birthday. Technically the anniversary is on August 3rd, but with our second kid being due on August 10th I didn’t want to take the risk of having to cancel the celebrations. This … Continue reading
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