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Its been nearly a year since my last post. Considering I threw myself into designing this site with the full intention of keeping an up to date blog, as usual I burned that interest out. And so the site has drifted along stuck in December 2010. But today is a day that I had to just make sure I wrote something. My obsession with number...
Whisky Down the Plug Hole!
I spent a considerable amount of time at the bar debating over which of the many whiskies there was on offer. Other than a whisky festival I'd never seen such an extensive collection and found it hard to choose.
Rip off Virgin/MBNA
The trouble with big corporations is that when they do something to you, eg, take your money, it's so much harder to get back than from a company who could feel threatened by action you take. I'm publishing this article to show you my experience of what lengths some companies will go to in order to get money from your pocket into theirs.
Was That a Ghost?
Nah. It wasn’t a ghost. But I’m sure I saw something. Perhaps I was tired. I was tired. Very tired. In fact I’d just been awoken from a sudden sound of what seemed like a foot step.
Read MoreWorld Whiskies
It was only recently that I came to find that whisky went beyond the borders of Scotland, Ireland and America. I suppose being a drinker of blends and the odd highland malt I didn’t take a lot of notice of the ‘rest of the range’ sitting on the shelves in the supermarket. My peripheral vision assumed it was all Scottish and perhaps Irish
Read MoreAmerican Whiskey
American whiskey is a distilled beverage produced in the United States from a fermented mash of cereal grain. The “named types” of American whiskey must be distilled to not more than 80 percent alcohol by volume.
Read MoreIsland Whisky
Island Single Malts is a general term for single malt Scotch whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of the Scottish mainland. The exception is Islay, which is considered a separate whisky producing region (see Islay whisky). The islands are not a recognized whisky producing region as such, but are considered to be part of the Highland region.
Read MoreIslay Whisky
Islay whisky went from being the worst thing on earth that I’ve tasted to being my favourite whisky of all time. Especially the more smoky and peaty whiskies that pack depth and flavour into every dram. This is a style of whisky that has grown in popularity over the years as more and more people come to discover the unique taste. Below is information from Wikipedia as well as photos of the Islay whiskies I’ve currently tried.
Read MoreHighland Whisky
Highland Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies produced in the Highland region of Scotland. This categorization includes the whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of Scotland (the Island Single Malts), except for Islay (see Islay whisky). Confusingly, the area also includes certain lowland areas in the North-East of the country such as Banffshire and Aberdeenshire.
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