Lindores The Fife Exclusive
Doog discovers that Lindores has finally cracked the code on Single Malt with this vibrant, neon-red, Fife Festival Exclusive Tawny Port Single Cask.
SMWS Skooshy Stroopwafel
How’s your Friday? Fancy a vivid trip to the west coast of Scotland on a moonlit night? Doog, literally, takes you there. With a nice SMWS single malt too.
North British 15yo & 34yo
Dougie scoffs a Fragrant Drops North British bottle-split but immediately orders a follow-up bottle and compares it to a 34yo counterpart. He likes, and the prices are remarkable.
SV Speyside (M) 2011
It’s not like our Doog to forget his decorum, but a new year’s faux pas leaves him reeling with shame; has he become a whisky snob? He makes good with a Signatory 100 Proof Maybe-Macallan.
Ardnamurchan AD/10
In reflective mode, Dougie does what we need him to do: close out the year with a retrospective via Ardnamurchan. AD/10, Sauternes and AD/Venturers all up for grabs. He pulls in Ainsley to help out.
Bruichladdich Classic Laddie Sherry Cask
When is travel retail not actually travel retail? And when should it be everywhere retail? Dougie gets ripped into Bruichladdich’s hidden gem amidst flying angst and acronyms.
Table Whisky
A man struck by strong branding and potent design, Dougie spots something that isn’t whisky - as he knows it. But it is £32.50, so he fires in to explore Port of Leith’s ‘Table Whisky’.
Wire Works Alter Ego
Dougie, trying to get his head around a new sphere of whisky in Wire Works, needs a little inspiration from the thing he’s come to love every bit as much as the drink itself - the folk.
Ardnamurchan Tyndrum
Dougie becomes cynical of super-dark whiskies. Not content with an inability to see the true colour of the Tyndrum Ardnamurchan single cask, he decants first, then reviews.
Glasgow 1770 Small Batch Duo
Some new, cracking value, Glasgow 1770 Small Batch releases have dropped. Dougie leads a team up with Drummond and Wally to check out the Madeira and the Islay Cask. Don’t miss these.
Kingsbarns Distillery Reserve 2024
Another milestone is reached and Kingsbarns release an 8yo Distillery Reserve at cask strength. Is it any good though? Well, Wally is offered a bottle but deflects it to Skye. Step up Dougie.
Glasgow 5yo
What happens when you win at a whisky auction then don't pay up? Doog finds out. Being something of a sniper these days, he also finds a bargain Glasgow 5yo banger by Finn Thomson.
Ardnamurchan 10yo
We live in a era of privilege, witnessing the coming of age of brand new whiskies and new things to love. Doog tries Ardnamurchan at ten years old and recounts his fall into complete fandom.
Glen Scotia 8yo PX
Changing times, changing tastes. Dougie re-reviews a bargain banger Glen Scotia Festival edition a mere two years after the first time. He's shocked to realise how much he's changed.
GlenAllachie 8yo
What a treat for a Friday; Dougie turns 40 with loved ones, a Glenallachie 8yo Scottish Oak and an Ardnamurchan 10yo that we'll need to bully him, or treat him, to hear more about.
Aberlour Casg Annamh #1
Dougie takes stock, shares where he's at and shares every sealed bottle he owns that's about to be cracked and reviewed. He starts with Aberlour's Cask Annamh Batch 0001.
Ardnamurchan Paul Launois 2024
An epic reflection on a year of upheaval, Dougie reviews the new release of the bottle that seemed to help catapult his move out West. Ardnamurchan’s Paul Launois 4th release.
Glen Garioch 11yo Amontillado
After we were treated to Dougie’s Campbeltown trips in our feature section, he reviews one of the Cadenhead’s Warehouse bottles he snagged. Yep, it’s a Garioch and he’s in love.
Cadenhead’s Creations
The Dougie Crystal Blend. A meticulous, carefully crafted plan to create the best possible blend, was quickly tossed out the window as the giddiness of eight cask strength bangers took hold.
Glen Garioch 12yo White Port
Dougie remains committed to mining the rich purple seam of Glen Garioch. This time it’s a Cadehead’s 12yo . A 20cl bottle that, on first sip, sends him back for a full 70cl. Maybe two.