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Still & Story: A more intense whisky experience In the commercial world of whisky, friendships are the cement that holds our hobby together. Geeking out over your bottle is fun to do on your own, but it only gets really cosy when you can chat about whisky in good company. Experience matters just as much as…
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A Closer Look at ‘Silent Spirit’: Single Grain Whisky While walking the Tormore Distillery site a few months ago with Head Blender Oliver Chilton, I got to know about the involvement of famous Scottish writer Neil M. Gunn with the development of Tormore. Together with Sir Albert Richardson, he was pivotal in giving Tormore its…
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Speyburn Distillery Tucked Away in a Secret Valley Speyburn Distillery may not be a household name among single malt enthusiasts, but it is quietly making waves. We are seeing more and more affordable, approachable bottlings hit the market, while the 15 and 18 Years Old remain the backbone of the range – despite both being…
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Tasting new Springbank at 8 and 15 years old (2026) The last Campbeltown Wednesday before our summer break will feature Springbank. After an eventful festival week in May, things return to normal at J&A Mitchell. The team over at Cadenhead’s will probably be preparing for the Courtyard event, which is becoming a fixture as well…
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Speyburn Distillery: history and 1978 vintage tasting We dive into the whisky history book to shine a light on Speyburn Distillery. By the time you read this, I will have just spent a few nights in Speyside, with my closest neighbour, indeed this distillery, just alongside the same road, but still a hard 40 minute…
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Weird Springbank on Calvados and Palo Cortado wood The week of the Campbeltown Malts Festival is here, and if nothing else, this is the opportunity to taste your favourite Campbeltown whiskies in more variations than you might be used to. For this occasion, I have saved up a little bit of the good stuff! In…
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Spirit of Yorkshire English single malt whisky The English whisky landscape has truly boomed in the last two decades. I still remember (as I am by now a very old guy) the first new whisky distillery in England being opened up. This was all the way back, in 2006, with a distillery now known under…
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The resurrection of Spirit of Scotland by G&M My timeline started glowing up with a bunch of new releases of Spirit of Scotland. This is a bottling series done by Gordon & MacPhail but it has seemingly been on hiatus for over 10 years now. In a handsome new bottle the independent bottler who announced…
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St. Kilian single malt matured in Virgin Chestnut oak Not all distilleries in Germany make only whisky, but St. Kilian is the exception. This distillery in Rüdenau started production over ten years ago, in 2015. The stills and washbacks all came from Scotland. I cannot remember if I ever tasted St. Kilian before, maybe at…
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Old Springbank to celebrate 400 blogs on LPA We have reached post # 400 on Long Pour Amour and we did not want this perfectly rounded number to go to waste. So when the opportunity came up, presented by my dear whisky friend Erik, to buy two exquisite samples of Springbank, I did not pass…