While writing one of last week’s reviews, we realised just how lucky we are with the shops that are local to us in our home town of Bristol. Last week we mentioned one of these, the brilliant Arkwrights in HIghworth … Continued
Continuing on the theme of supermarket whiskies, tonight I’m drinking a Talisker Storm. This has long intrigued me as I’ve continually seen it in supermarkets for at least £10 below the price of its bigger brother, the Talisker 10. So … Continued
What with it being #WorldWhiskyDay on Saturday, we wanted to make sure that we had something special to mark the day with. After having an absolutely sensational Caol Ila at the Bristol Whisky Festival, we wanted chance to drink deeply … Continued
I love a peated Islay whisky, they are the drams that drew me into this obsession in the first place and they are the ones that continue to fuel the fire of it too. If you like a peaty whisky, … Continued
This was the second dram that I sampled on the evening with my “Whisky Godfathers”. I picked it up from Corks of Cotham earlier in the week and kept the little bottle aside waiting for the evening together to drink … Continued
There are some whiskies that somehow manage to become a part of the furniture in your house, that manage to embed themselves in your brain never to be forgotten and on drinking feel familiar, settling and nostalgic. Today’s dram up … Continued