drams without the drama
That was fun. In something of a departure from our usual fare, this weekend featured our inaugural gin tasting session, in collaboration with our good friends at the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Centre. Five carefully selected Scottish gins, each served with a recommended mixer and some of yr. corresp.’s signature well-informed chat. (We initially picked out …
No, it’s not the latest novel from Ian Rankin. It’s just a quick note about the new range from Edinburgh’s own Holyrood distillery: the Noir “trilogie“. I last visited the distillery a couple of years ago—completely neglecting to take any photographs while I was there. At the time, they were doing some really exciting experimental …
A lovely time was had by all at the Burns Night whisky tasting held with my good friends at the 1722 Waggonway Project, a fantastic local history museum here in sleepy East Lothian. A few carefully selected drams tied to aspects of the Bard’s life, paired with some of his poetry. I’ve never been much …
Good old reliable Black Bottle. This stuff used to be ideal if you wanted a decent punch of smoke onna budget. It’s readily available in supermarkets, but with a distinct peaty authority to it. The scuttlebutt at the time was that over 50% of the components were Islay whiskies, and it had a unique character …
We concentrate on scotches here at dramb, but not exclusively. And this week I find myself on the coast of North Wales, sharing a caravan with my family. When travelling, wherever one goes, it’s always a good idea to try the local tipple. For Wales, Penderyn has been gaining accolades left and right since they …
Shackleton is back on offer in Co-op, and it’s still one of the finest whiskies you can imagine getting for £19.50. Some years ago I went to the Whisky Stramash at the Surgeon’s Hall, and this new-at-the-time release was, for me, one of the standout drams of the entire event. A good whisky should tell …
Having (finally!) sorted out that irritating problem with the website layout (as mentioned inna previous blogpost), I thought that I’d get things kicked off properly with a twofer. ‘Tis the season and all that, winter is closing in and the days are getting shorter, so I was in the mood for something really meaty. By …
This is where the blog is going to go, once there’s a blog. Right now, there are some issues with the menu that you might be able to see, ^- up there. If you’re on desktop, it should be okay. If you’re on mobile, there’s a problem. That’s unacceptable in this day and age so …