An unplanned and unexpected bonus at the end of a Friday afternoon meeting at my MD’s house. We often stop off for a beer on the way home on Friday evenings – we have a ‘moaning’ chair where we can sit…

My first Auchentoshan, but not my first Lowland whisky as I have previously sampled Edinburgh’s Glenkinchie 12 Year Old at the beginning of my journey (Whisky Discovery #3).This is January 2012’s offi…

Another of my Christmas gifts, this one was from my eldest daughter, and number 31 of my journeyThe packaging, although only a simple box, really is quite eye catching, with it's black and white rocky…

My first Aberlour and #30 in my own whisky journey. It's also listed in Ian Buxton's 101.A'bunadh, Gaelic for 'of the origin' is matured exclusively in Oloroso Sherry butts. It is a natural cask strength…

This was the 12th whisky tasted in my journey, and was my May 2011 bottle. I've just finished it and was really trying to find something in the last few drams in order to write something meaningful here…

I bought this bottle of Highland Park in September as my 'official' monthly bottle. It came highly recommended and had been on my wish list since starting my whisky journey at the end of 2010. It was #19…

I bought this for my son-in-law’s Christmas present, and upon asking him what he wanted to drink he immediately replied “we’d better open this then !”My first Tennessee whiskey (yes, whisky with the ‘e’…

I picked this up for just under £20.00! A very special offer indeed and far too good to walk past, so it 'accidently' fell into the shopping trolley.This whisky is triple cask matured in (their words)…