The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 25, 2024

Allegedly, Walker wanted to revive age statements originally used by William Teacher & Sons’ blends in the 1960s, but it quickly became an open secret that the age statement bottlings contained considerably older stocks – the peak for The Glendronach 15 Year Old was in 2015, when consumers were actually enjoying a 21 Year Old whisky.

Liquor 86

Liquor Bitters Bottling Wine 86

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 27, 2024

Finish: unexpectedly long, with some grapefruits and more apple peelings coming to the front as well as a most pleasant grassy bitterness. It did not appear at auction until 2015, three years after its release. It becomes even a little medicinal, with tiny notes of cough lozenges.

Bottling 52

Bottling Bitters Wine Scotch Whiskey 52

The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 20, 2024

When I set about creating Edinburgh Whisky Academy back in 2015, I was hooked on the idea of engaging different industry experts to simplify the complex world of scotch whisky and build an accessible platform to share their credible, unbiased whisky knowledge. Is it sweet, bitter, salty, or sour? Remember to ask questions.

Whiskey 92

Whiskey Bitters Alcohol Wine 92