101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die Ian Buxton Published September 2010 This was the book that really injected some real pace into m...

With an ever increasing thirst for knowledge I decided I needed to find a guide, an almanac, to help steer me along this journey. I wa...

Old Pulteney 12 Year Old (40% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Highland Single Malt Whisky Circa £22 November's offici...

The Balvenie 17 Year Old ‘Peated Cask’ (43% abv, OB, Bottled 2011) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £80   One of ...

The Balvenie 15 Year Old ‘Single Barrel’ (47.8% abv, OB, Bottled 2011) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £48 One of the oth...

The Balvenie 12 Year Old ‘ Signature’ Batch No. 4 (40% abv, OB, Bottled 2011) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £25-30 ...

The Balvenie 40 Year Old Batch No. 2 (48.5%, OB, Bottled 2011) Speyside Single Malt Whisky £2,500   The Balvenie 40 - 2nd re...

The collection at the end of October - it just about fits on the whisky shelf

Ardbeg 10 Year Old (46% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 100cl) Islay Single Malt Whisky Circa £60   October's Official Dram ...

Highland Park 12 Year Old (40% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Island Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 September's official addit...

The Balvenie 12 Year Old Double Wood (40% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 August's offi...

The Balvenie 21 Year Old Port Wood (40% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £85 Thank you Balvenie ...

Talisker 10 Year Old (45.8% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Islay Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 July's official addition Talisk...

By the end of June the 'whisky shelf' was looking well stocked (and sadly in alphabetical order !)

Bunnahabhain 13 Year Old 1997 Heavily Peated Cask Strength Collection (54.60% abv Signatory 70cl,) Islay Single Malt Whisky Circ...