Another Christmas addition Macallan 10 Year Old Sherry Oak (40%, OB, bottled 2011, 70cl) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 The seco...

Cragganmore 12 Year Old (40%, OB, bottled 2011, 70cl) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £30 Not a full ‘tasting’ as such, more of ...

The Balvenie Craftsman's Reserve No.1 The Cooper 15 Year Old (59.4%, OB, bottled 2012, 10cl) Speyside Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky...

Isle of Jura Superstition NAS (43%, OB, bottled 2011, 70cl) Island Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 A Christmas Gift Another of my C...

Aberlour A'Bunadh NAS Batch 37 (59.6% abv, OB, Bottled 2011, 70cl) Speyside Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky Circa £35 Christma...

All in all I had a great December tasting four new whiskies for the first time, and with Christmas gifts still to open and sample! The Chris...

Sheep Dip (40% abv, Blended Malt, 2011, 5cl) Blended Malt Whisky Circa £25 for 70cl Just a miniature to sample One from Ian...

The Macallan  10 Year Old 'Fine Oak' (40% abv, OB, Bottled +/- 2011 70cl) Speyside Single Malt Whisky Circa £25 ...

The Collection Boxing Day 2011 With the Christmas bottles added to the collection, an impressive range of whiskys covering just about al...

Gentleman Jack (40% abv, OB, 2011, 70cl) Rare Tennessee Whiskey Circa £30 First American Whiskey I sampled upon giving ...

Black Grouse (40% abv, Blended Whisky, 2011, 70cl) My first blended whisky Following my new guide, I spotted an opportunity to ...

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 ...