Inbox - The Week's Whisky News (May 29, 2020)

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

Allotment Dram - Lagavulin 10 years old

Matt returns to the allotment and has this time selected a single malt from Islay in what should have been Feis Ile week - the Lagavulin 10 years old. This bottling from the famous distillery is a travel retail exclusive. Watch to find out Matt's thoughts and his basic tasting notes.

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Review - Jura 21 years old Tide

This whisky forms part of the core range from the island distillery of Jura. The range was revamped in 2018 and this 21 years old is joined by other age statements at 10, 12 and 18 years old plus three other 'no age statement' expressions - the French Oak, Journey and Seven Wood. The whiskies involved in this 21 years old have followed two different paths - regular unpeated spirit has matured in ex-bourbon casks before a period of finishing in virgin American oak barrels, while rarer peated spirit (which is only made at the distillery for one month each year) has been matured solely in ex-bourbon casks. The two pockets of stock have then been married together to produce the final whisky.

Allotment Dram - Jura 12 years old

Another day and another allotment dram - this time Matt has selected the Jura 12 years old as his latest whisky to talk about on a sunny but blustery May afternoon. Watch to find his thoughts, basic tasting notes and a bit of history on this popular single malt and Hebridean distillery.

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Inbox - The Week's Whisky News (May 22, 2020)

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

Allotment Dram - Gelston's 12 years old

It is a hot afternoon at the allotment and Matt has chosen a light whiskey to fit the weather - the Gelston's 12 years old Finished in Sherry Casks, a triple distilled Irish single malt. Watch to find his tasting notes and thoughts, some background about how this old brand has been revived and also what he has harvested.

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Review - Redbreast Dream Cask 28 years old

This whiskey is the third release in the Dream Cask series from the Irish pot still brand of Redbreast. The Dream Cask Ruby Port Edition is the first from the brand to be finished in a single ex-Port cask. It stems from experimentation that took place during the development of the recently released Redbreast 27 years old, which is the oldest permanent expression in the core range.

Allotment Dram - Balcones Baby Blue

Matt samples Balcones Baby Blue as his allotment dram on another warm May afternoon. Hear his thoughts, tasting notes and a bit of background about the 100% Texan blue corn whisky and the distillery in Waco, Texas. For further information on Balcones and their whiskies, please go to www.balconesdistilling.com.

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Inbox - The Week's Whisky News (May 15, 2020)

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

Allotment Dram - Glendronach 12 years old

It’s allotment time again and this time Matt has selected an old favourite - Glendronach 12 years old - as his allotment dram. The whisky is a classic example of a sherry cask matured single malt that has many fans. Watch to find out some history about the Highland distillery and his basic tasting notes.

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Review - Jura 18 years old

This whisky forms part of the core range from the island distillery of Jura. The range was revamped in 2018 and this 18 years old is joined by other age statements at 10, 12 and 21 years old plus three other 'no age statement' expressions - the French Oak, Journey and Seven Wood. The whiskies involved in this 18 years old have followed two different paths - regular unpeated spirit has matured in ex-bourbon casks before a period of finishing in ex-red wine barriques sourced from Bordeaux in France, while rarer peated spirit (which is only made at the distillery for one month each year) has been matured solely in ex-bourbon casks. The two pockets of stock have then been married together to produce the final whisky.

Allotment Dram - Ballantine's Finest

Matt is back at our north London allotment on a very warm May afternoon and talks about the Ballantine's Finest, one of the biggest selling whiskies in the world. Listen as he samples the whisky and gives some basic tasting notes, along with some history of this famous old brand.

(Apologies, but I made an error during recording and did not realise until afterwards. I should have said one million bottles per week, not per month. Sorry and hope you enjoy it - Matt.)
 

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Inbox - The Week's Whisky News (May 8, 2020)

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.

Allotment Dram - Filey Bay Moscatel Finish

For those of you that follow us on Instagram (if you're not, why not? haha - click the tab at the top of the right hand column), you will know that we regularly post pictures of our 'allotment dram' - the whisky we are enjoying whenever we visit our allotment in North London to do some work or gardening. In these strange times, we have decided to bring this to life and record a brief tasting of each one, along with an update on the allotment's progress.

This week Matt is at the allotment on a warm afternoon and talks about the new limited edition from the Spirit of Yorkshire distillery - the Filey Bay Moscatel Finish. Watch to hear his thoughts and basic tasting notes on this English single malt. For our full blog review - click here.

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Review - Clydeside New Make Spirit

This new make spirit is the first ever product to be released from the Clydeside distillery in Glasgow. The distillery is located on the banks of the River Clyde about 1.5 miles from the centre of the city and is housed in the old pump house which opened a long dismantled swing bridge in the Queen's Dock for over 90 years. The old pump house was originally built in 1877 and was decommissioned in 1969 when Glasgow's ship building finally ground to a halt. The renovation and conversion began in August 2016 and the first distillate was produced in November 2017. The new make is made using 100% malted barley and will mature to become Clydeside single malt in time. It was first bottled and released in January 2018.

Review - Jura 12 years old

This whisky forms part of the core range from the island distillery of Jura. The range was revamped in 2018 and this 12 years old is joined by other age statements at 10, 18 and 21 years old plus three other 'no age statement' expressions - the French Oak, Journey and Seven Wood. The whiskies involved in the 12 years old have followed two different paths - regular unpeated spirit has matured in ex-bourbon casks before a period of finishing in ex-Oloroso sherry barrels, while rarer peated spirit (which is only made for one month each year) has been matured solely in ex-bourbon casks. The two pockets of stock have then been married together to produce the final whisky.

Inbox - The Week's Whisky News (May 1, 2020)

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.