The Distillery Glencadam Distillery was founded in 1825 by merchant George Cooper. The distillery changed hands a number of times between 1837 and 1891. Gilmour, Thompson & Company Limited purchased the distillery in 1891 and used some of the Glencadam product in their brand of blended whisky called “Royal Blend“. Despite …
It feels like a lifetime ago, but it’s actually just under 5 months since I last had the privilege of tasting Peg Whiskies Inaugural Limited Edition Bottling. That was delicious and is more like the type of whisky I would typically go for, a young cask strength, Speyside, single malt. …
Berg Who? As their name might suggest, they like icebergs! Berg Whisky is built on the premise that just like whisky, icebergs run deep. They say: There are many levels to them both. Up to 90% of an iceberg can lie underwater and leaves much to be discovered beneath the …
Background Pour & Sip was developed by the team behind Drinks by the Dram and Master of Malt. With a huge variety of impressive whiskies being tried and shared (by the team) each month, they set out to take as many people as possible on this flavour adventure with them. …
Who are Peg Whisky? Peg Whisky is two brothers, who sat with a dram talking about their love for Whisky one night, when one of them said ‘How amazing would it be if we could bring out our own Whisky for everyone to enjoy’. ‘How exactly would we do that?’ …
Many thanks to Calum at MacDuff International for sending this brilliant press kit containing some nice merch (a cool flask and a hydrometer!) and a bottle of this great blended malt, which has by far exceeded my initial expectations. I say it all the time, but it’s so hard to …
Another day, another Tweet Tasting… what a hard life it is 😝 I registered to take part in the W.D. O’Connell Whiskey Merchants Tweet Tasting and was one of the lucky few that got selected to take part. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 and some issues with Royal Mail, my drams …
The Society The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 and is an organisation that bottles and sells single cask, single malt whisky for its members. They buy individual casks from more than 140 malt whisky distilleries in Scotland and around the world. The SMWS also …
I was lucky enough to be chosen to participate in the Penderyn Tweet Tasting organised by Steve Rush of the Whisky Wire – to be held on St David’s Day (1st March). The Welsh Whisky Company or Penderyn as they are better known was formed in 1998. It started distilling …
The HYDE family have been involved in the Irish drinks business for over twelve generations since 1640. HYDE is presidential quality Irish whiskey named in honour of Ireland’s very first president Douglas Hyde. President HYDE was an inspirational figure who helped to define Ireland’s national identity. They pride themselves on …
