Whisky As Medicine In The Realm Of Women
WHISKY AS MEDICINE in the realm of women For cleaning wounds For removing ticks Hot toddie for cold For toothache In baby's milk to soothe To warm one up For shock Mum used to give me whisky in my coffee after walking the dog on a winters morning. Consumption of...
read moreWhat's in a Whisky Festival?
There are many different types and syles of whisky festival. If you can't find one to suit you, then perhaps you should return to drinking milk... Glasgow Whisky Festival ~ exactly what it says on the tin. More drams than you can shake a stick at. A well run, whisky...
read moreSome Introductory Drams….
INTRODUCTORY DRAMS ~ Well, basically, ALL OF THEM!! However, Whisky for Girls (& Guys!) were asked to make a list of drams which may temp a person who is unfamiliar with a dram into partaking....... so here goes... 1: Islay Barley 2009 from Bruichladdich ~ Barley...
read moreWhisky and Poetry gang thegither….
Three of our great poets have been inspired by whisky to create. This is one of the reasons we have whisky...to inspire.Please enjoy, with a glass or two of Scotland's finest malt Liz Lochhead, Carol Ann Duffy and Fran Baillie's poemsabout Scotland's National Drink ~...
read moreFeis le 2016 ~ Islay Festival of Music & Malt
Too much whisky, too many people..... Can't wait for next year?! Avarice has created a monster. The infrastructure of Islay is stetched to breaking. The week of the feis now turns Islay into Ibiza. It's a whisky club scene.... More and more outside agencies are...
read moreWhisky Marketing is so off piste..d
There are two types of people, Buyers & Drinkers. They are emphatically NOT the same thing ~ although, like a good conundrum, they CAN be the same thing! The marketing demographic for the new whisky drinker is the 28 year old, uber cool, hipster type. Probably...
read moreThe week that was… Whisky Course Islay Pt II
Wednesday afternoon, saw us leaving Kilchoman Distillery and heading to Port Ellen for the SECOND whisky tasting of the day ~ an exclusive Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting hosted by John McCheyne. Our guest for the evening was Florence Grey, chair person of the...
read moreThe week that was Whisky Course Islay…. Pt I
What a full on, fun filled, fact saturated, whisky flowing, friend making week. WHISKY COURSE ISLAY from 26 - 30 October 2015 inclusive, brought people from all corners of this round earth to Wild and Magic Islay. We had 15 delegates, most of whom turned out to be...
read moreThe Future of Whisky Making
I have just watched a programme about Dan Barber and Blue HillDining. This restaurant and philosophy illustrate an old, new way of looking at dining and food production. Basically, they are trying to make people think about flavour and good husbandry in food...
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