Aroma: At first, there are tons of orchard fruits – stewed apples and pears, then raisins and sultanas. With more time, there is a honeyed vanilla sweetness and a nose of sun drying hay. Taste: First, there is a caramelised sugar … Continued
Aroma: At first there was a wonderful sweet tinned peach fruit aroma with a sherbet vanilla fizz. This was then followed by an oaky, furniture polish smell which combines with a sweet plummy jam and a gingerbread spice. Taste: Initially, … Continued
Over the years, we ourselves have made many pronunciation errors. IN fact one moment canonised in my university history, was the time I corrected somebody else with the phrase “I believe you have mispr-nun-ced that word” – My housemates never … Continued
There are very few things that impress me these days, in fact here is a list of things I am not bothered about: Undercooked Toast – Why bother putting it in the toaster if you don’t intend to see it … Continued
This post comes at the start of a very exciting week for The Real Dram. Mr @RealDramTom and Mr @RealDramRob are taking Mr @ckborrow of @TheDramTeam and Mr Chris Vaughan to Inverness. We are going up to explore the joys of … Continued
Balvenie is a Speyside distillery that is situated in Dufftown. Originally the distillery was created by converting an 18th-century mansion house. This original template has changed little over the years. When the distillery was built, stills were purchased from Lagavulin … Continued
Here is the third of a Tamdhu Trio, the Batch Strength. Price: £50-60 ABV: 58.5% Appearance: Dark, oaky red colour. Like the setting sun, glinting on a Cornish beach. Aroma: A huge nose of apple, creme caramel and cinnamon loaf … Continued
Tamdhu Distillery is a Scottish distillery, located in Knockando, Banffshire. It was opened in 1896 and remained in production, save for two periods of dormancy or closure. The dormancy period was between 1927 and 1947 and the brief closure between … Continued
Every so often, we get the pleasure of trying something genuinely new. Usually it is a dram that we haven’t had, whether that is a limited edition, or a different finish or just a new whisky to market. Very rarely … Continued
Some distilleries just manage to stand out from the crowd. Some do this by spending tons of money on advertising, some shape their bottles and colour them pink and then others just create fantastic whisky. Glenfarclas are one of the … Continued