A favourite Gilbert pastime is chasing blends. Reluctant to splash out on the “Ultimate” scotch blend, Gilbert borrows a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and gives it a whirl for us all.

Gilbert confesses his music loves and realises music matches mood and moments; a lot like whisky. But does Turntable’s Track 06 - All My Life - live up to the grungie name? Wally chips in too.

The ever-thoughtful Gilbert left one of these on a shelf, mindful of the greater enjoyment, only to regret it as this Little Brown Dog Campbeltown super-collab slowly disappears.

Many of us operate on a budget; it can take a long time to get through our personal ‘wish-lists’. Sometimes, by the time we do, the whisky has gone, like Gilbert’s Kingsbarns Dream to Dram.

An occasional visit from Gilbert to ask us for our trust. He’s finding it difficult not to like a bottle that’s almost universally ignored, or even disliked. He digs beyond the tacky to work out why.

While confessing to some obsessions when it comes to things of a Japanese origin, Gilbert is puzzled as to why it’s taken him five years to get through a bottle of Nikka’s Hibiki Harmony

Before submitting a long-awaited article, Gilbert ponders all the excuses he might have for not being as productive as he’d like. Just like the rest of us then. Cask strength Cotswolds English whisky helps though.

Gilbert can’t resist a bargain, especially an Islay single malt for next to nothing

Sea Side Salted Fudge for a similar cost

Whisky ‘bargains’ come at a price

Meat, sweet and a little bit of feet

A decent example of an STR cask whisky with added quirks

Does what it says on the tin.