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Bruicladdich 16yo - Map Label

A Deluge of Gems @ Glasgow Old & Rare

Posted on 23rd June 20173rd July 2017 by meiotic

I was hesitant about whether to go to the Whisky Show: Old & Rare in Glasgow as a ticket was £100 for the day. And although £50 of that price was in spendable vouchers, every

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Newington Distillery, 1849

Edinburgh’s Lost Distilleries: Newington

Posted on 5th April 20161st August 2019 by meiotic

There used to be so much more distilling happening in Edinburgh. Aside from the big North British grain distillery and a couple of ‘craft’ upstarts potentially about to appear, almost all of that heritage has

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Kilchoman bottling plant

Kilchoman – Behind the Scenes

Posted on 4th November 20155th November 2015 by meiotic

During a visit to Kilchoman Distillery in late October 2015, we got to see some of the hidden-away parts of proceedings, including a great chat with Russell the (Zimbabwean) Stillman – with a farewell taste

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Lagavulin Homecoming

Islay Homecoming

Posted on 29th October 201529th October 2015 by meiotic

On a recent trip to Islay, we made it our mission to not only visit every distillery, but also take a dram from each distillery back ‘home’. The initial plan was to do this for

Tagged ardbeg, bowmore, bruichladdich, bunnahabhain, caol ila, islay, kilchoman, lagavulin, laphroaig, port charlotte, whisky Leave a comment
The priciest one, it came out a locked cupboard..

Silent Stills at Seamus’s – Sligachan, Skye.

Posted on 1st July 20152nd July 2015 by meiotic

Sssssssssss. There were a whole load of Ss on show after a long weekend fishing at Neist Point, Skye. As we headed back to civilisation, we stumbled upon the whisky selection at Seamus’s Bar at

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Whisky Solstice & Fèis Ìle 2015 Bottlings

Posted on 22nd June 201525th June 2017 by meiotic

A few of us headed to the Whisky Solstice event in Edinburgh (which was excellent) and also went along to the Feis Ile masterclass tasting. I’ve only had one Feis Ile bottling in the past (the

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How To Blend Whisky: Part One

Posted on 30th May 201515th May 2020 by meiotic

Introduction Gameplan The whiskies Results Awards What we learned I’d like to imagine that the best way to learn how to blend whisky is through practice, because that’s going to be a fun journey of

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My Worst Whisky? The Stramash creates a new low.

Posted on 25th May 20152nd July 2015 by meiotic

What’s the longest sentence you know? It seemed like the guy behind the Old Malt Cask stand was being asked this constantly, such was the delay he tried to create before pouring anyone a dram.

Tagged blair athol, hunter laing, old malt cask, whisky, whisky stramash 2 Comments
Oiwa was tormenting my mind...

Twin Peaks, Two Islands

Posted on 9th May 201524th May 2015 by meiotic

I paid a wee visit to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s venue on Queen Street in Edinburgh a few months back, and had probably the best pair of drams I’ve ever had. It wasn’t just

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collections

Collections: a simple, online whisky cupboard

Posted on 9th May 20157th June 2015 by meiotic

With an increasing list of whiskies having been sampled at the Southside Whisky Club as well as a growing personal sample collection, keeping a record of whiskies becomes more useful – mostly just as a

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I'm Phil. I live & work in Edinburgh, Scotland. I spend my work time being an Environmental Data Scientist and tweeting about @ScienceAndMaps. I like to cut loose in the Hebrides and am trying to learn the lingo too. I recently passed on the mantle of running the Southside Whisky Club, although I still dabble in the odd whisky expirent with Maltiply and tweet occasionally there too. My research can be further explored on my Research Gate & GitHub, with more visual stuff running on my open source geospatial server, Contours. I carved a spoon and I liked it.