Note: “Marshals” has now become “Sadler’s Brewhouse and BBQ” I have to admit that for a while it was looking like the only places I could go to explore new and interesting whiskeys were either London, which isn’t too far but can be expensive to travel to, or up North, which despite being where I’m from nowadays always seems like a heck… Read more »
Bourbon is a drink that’s made to be enjoyed in the company of others and every once in a while you get an opportunity to enjoy it with people who really know their bourbon. And few people know their bourbon better than Tom Fischer, the man behind bourbonblog.com. This week I had the very special honour of being invited to… Read more »
If my travels have taught me anything, it’s that the north is leading the way in terms of the British bourbon revolution. And nowhere is this truer than in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Despite being the city in which I was born, I’ve never lived there and this was my first visit as an adult, so I didn’t really know my… Read more »
Do not adjust your screens folks, you read it right. Of course I’m aware that Scotland is much more inextricably associated with, well, Scotch. I am also well aware that many Scottish Scotch advocates take a rather, shall we say, snooty view of bourbon and other world whiskey. However, the thing that Scotch and Bourbon have in common is, surprise… Read more »
Wood is very important to whiskey. So important, in fact, that if it hasn’t touched wood, it isn’t whiskey. And that includes unaged whiskey – known as ‘white dog’ – which, to earn the name, has to have come into contact with wood for at least a short time. So whether the spirit has spent eighteen years in a number… Read more »
