OCTOMORE 10.2 from Bruichladdich. 8 YO. 96.9 ppm. 56.9% abv Tasting Notes done in Bowmore on Saturday 4th April 2020 – in Corona lockdown!! Will this affect the flavour…?? Only kidding! COLOUR: Dark auburn gold. Huge bubbles in ring around rim when poured...
CEREMONIAL SCOTCH Distilleries make whisky and age it in damp, cavernous warehouses. After storing for 10, 12, 18, 22 years it is bottled and sold to the public, often to drink at ritualistic times in our lives. At thresholds, at doors ways in time, in celebration, in...
Basically – Worm tubs have the vapour in the worm/ the copper pipe, and the water in the tub. Shell and Tube condensers have the vapour in the tube and the water in the copper pipes. At the end of the lyne arms which come off the top of the stills, we find...
One can live ON a landscape or live IN a landscape. The role of the whisky maker is to bring out TERROIR. This concept of Anam an fhearainn – Soul of the Land – Terroir, reflects and contains a pride and a tradition. It is a way of living. Whisky is made...
IN MY MOUTH I HOLD THE WORLD Gazing into my glass swimming with clear, warm, liquid gold, I imagine standing on the highest diving board and looking down – the distances are comparable. Eye to glass; body to water. I dive; down, down, air streaming passed my...
We distil spirit that is clear. When it is filled into the cask the spirit looks like water – uisge beatha – water of life. It is during its time in maturation inside the cask that spirit develops its colour. Spirit develops colour from 3 things –...
