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. You can read all reviews and tasting notes from The Whiskey Wash team here.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 1, 2024

From finding the perfect piece of land on Islay for the distillery back in 2015 to now seeing our first whisky released, it’s truly the culmination of a lifelong dream for the Laing family.” Photo(s) by Ben Shakespeare for Ardnahoe Distillery Stewart Laing, Managing Director at Hunter Laing & Co.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 15, 2024

One of these bottles sold in October 2015 for £3,300 at Whisky Online Auctions. Samaroli bottlings are highly sought-after at auction. This Springbank Samaroli import is very elusive, having sold at auction just five times in the UK, with a huge gap in between sales. In 2018, one came to auction and failed to attract any bids.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 13, 2024

The brand ventured into the flavored Scotch category, with the release of the lime-flavored ‘Brasil’ bottling in 2013. Ensuring the brand’s future supplies, Pernod Ricard built and began operating the Dalmunach distillery in 2015 – which now supplies malt whisky for the brand.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 18, 2024

EventScotland is proud to be continuing its support of the Festival’s Opening Event , having supported it through our International Programme since its inception in 2015. Paul Bush OBE, VisitScotland Director of Events, finished: “The Edinburgh International Festival is one of Scotland’s key signature events and cultural assets.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Lalique has continued to create distinctive decanters for some of The Macallan’s rarest vintage and limited-edition releases, including The Golden Age of Travel Series launched in 2015, and The Macallan M Collection from 2017, including the rare ‘Imperiale’ six-liter decanter versions. How Much Is The Macallan In Lalique 72 Year Old?

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 25, 2024

The Macallan Archival Series Folio One was released in 2015 – with only seven folio bottlings released so far. Each Archival Series bottling focuses on a different illustration advert created by advertising director and designer David Holmes, presented in a folio-book style tin with an accompanying booklet.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 18, 2024

Lagavulin 16 Year Old: A Multi-Award-Winning Single Malt Scotch Whisky Lagavulin 16 has the medals to back up its reputation, with awards from many competitions. Below is just a snapshot of what it’s won.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 19, 2024

Shop Bruichladdich Included in the wide range of Bruichladdich available on the Whiskey Wash Shop is this Bruichladdich 37 Year Old Legacy Series. Octomore followed in 2008, and is amongst the most heavily peated whisky in the world, with a PPM of over 80. Browse our full Bruichladdich collection here.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its reach and popularity is demonstrated by the vast collection available on The Whiskey Wash Shop. Some of the Connoisseurs Choice whiskies available on The Whiskey Wash Shop. The Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 1940 70 Years Old (Release 2) followed on 20 th September 2012, an exclusive release bottled from cask 339.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As the best-selling scotch whisky brand in the world, Johnnie Walker has attained global recognition in no small part due to key advertising decisions, which ensure the brand remains an integral and innovative contributor to Scotland’s whisky heritage and industry.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Since 2015, the Society has spared no effort sourcing the best possible sherry casks, but since 2019 it has also taken a proactive approach to commissioning casks coopered to our standards and used for sherry production in fantastic sherry bodegas before being sent back to us for our whiskies to mature in fresh sherry casks.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This 21 Year Old expression was distilled in 1999 and initially matured in refill casks before being transferred to Oloroso sherry casks for finishing in 2015. Tobermory 21 Year Old Tobermory is the unpeated style spirit produced at the Tobermory Distillery. Palate: Cherry wood, brown sugar, caramelized pineapples and sticky toffee.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 27, 2024

It did not appear at auction until 2015, three years after its release. .” – Serge Valentin, WhiskyFun.com , December 2012 The Price of the Glenturret 34 Year Old Berry Bros & Rudd At Auction This Glenturret 34 Year Old is extremely rare at auction.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Scotch whisky placements have featured in scenes across the Bond film franchise, Bond’s preference for Macallan is evident in Spectre (2015) when a bottle of Macallan 18 Year Old is seen in 007’s apartment.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 21, 2024

By mid-2015 we had finally raised the money we thought we needed to build Nc’nean Distillery. Step 2: Raise the funds Then followed two years of fundraising – hard graft and a lot of dead ends. Step 3: Build the distillery Annabel Thomas founded Nc’nean with a sustainable vision.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The peak for The Glendronach 18 Year Old was in 2015, when consumers were actually drinking a 24 Year Old whisky. The distillery’s revival culminated in its acquisition by Brown-Forman , the producers of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey , following their purchase of The Benriach Distillery Company for £285 million in 2016.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The peak for The Glendronach 18 Year Old was in 2015, when consumers were actually drinking a 24 Year Old whisky. The distillery’s revival culminated in its acquisition by Brown-Forman , the producers of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey , following their purchase of The Benriach Distillery Company for £285 million in 2016.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The distillery began as an endeavor full of promise back in 2015, with a foundational aim of providing sustainable employment on an island that has slowly seen its population decline in numbers as young people left to find work and seek their fortunes far from our shores.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Thomas Doherty, best known for starring in the Descendants franchise (2015-present) and The Invitation (2022), sports the tartan in a new campaign along with American trendsetters Beverly Nguyen , Maurice Kamara , Amrit Tietz , and Clym Evernden.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Turning to the reliable metric of whisky awards, Johnnie Walker Double Black has garnered many accolades over the years, including a Double Gold Medal at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, as well as in 2015. A Gold Medal was awarded to Double Black in 2020 and 2022 at the International Spirits Challenge.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Similarly, the bottling for the Year of the Ram 2015, was only available in Taiwan. The first Asian New Year edition, released for the Year of the Horse 2014, was launched exclusively for the Asian market.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In June 2015, celebrating the 150 th anniversary of the Grant family’s ownership of the Glenfarclas distillery, the £511.19s.0d. Family Reserve was released. The £511.19s.0d. Family Reserve’s cryptic name referenced the price John Grant paid for Glenfarclas in 1865, with the bottling including a replica of the original bill of sale.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Glenmorangie PLC sold the SMWS to a consortium of private investors, including the HotHouse Club and a group of financial investment managers in 2015. The SMWS created a pop-up venue in Battersea, London in Autumn 2018 to celebrate the society’s 35 th anniversary – the venue remained open until July 2019.

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