Category: Blends

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August 13, 2014

Bell’s Original

No, I’ve not gone mad. Well not entirely. But what is the point of running a whisky website if I don’t deal with some of..

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July 1, 2014

Bell’s Queen Mother 90th birthday decanter

Bells whisky decanters are truly awful things to gaze upon in my opinion, but they are popular in some circles. Despite fetching ridiculous prices from some..

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May 12, 2014

Jim McEwan’s Symphony No 1

An odd one, this release. And a very cheap bottle of whisky it was too. I bought this last year, when I was at the..

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March 24, 2014

Black Bottle

Well then. The Black Bottle. Or rather, the new one. Redesigned, reblended, relaunched last year, the Black Bottle is a look to the past, how..

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March 3, 2014

Kenmore Special Reserve Blended Scotch

A supermarket blend.

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January 10, 2014

Waitrose 3 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

We’re back in the supermarket aisles for this Taste review and specifically visiting Waitrose. For foreign readers Waitrose represents the upper end of UK supermarket choice in..

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December 10, 2013

Abrachan Triple Oak Matured Blended Malt

It is all too easy to walk past the blends and supermarket own releases and reach out for the iconic single malts that are often..

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September 13, 2013

Roderick Dhu blend

This is an interesting bottle. A legacy that goes back to the heady days of blends and meeting rising demand in a bygone era, namely..

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March 22, 2013

The Hive 12 Year Old (Wemyss Malts)

Wemyss Malts know what they’re doing. They’ve been involved with whisky for a long while now. They have even got a castle. What’s more, they’re..

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December 6, 2012

Pig’s Nose Blended Scotch Whisky

Pig’s Nose. No jokes about the in-laws here – I wouldn’t stoop so low. No, Pig’s Nose is a blended Scottish whisky that comes from..

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August 13, 2012

Johnnie Walker Gold Label 18 Year Old

Blends. For some reason, blends get looked down on by certain single malt drinkers. The attitude almost reminds me of views towards class divisions. Of..

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