Oban Whisky Festival - West Coast Whisky Feis Where? My hometown, Oban, gateway to the isles and the capital of seafood in Scotland. It's only a few hundred yards from Oban Distillery, where you are surrounded by great pubs, food outlets, shops . When? From 12pm – 6pm, at Oban’s Skipinnish Cèilidh House. [...]
Do any whisky awards present an honest selection? Does that mean there is no point in reading them? This is a totally personal viewpoint by Paul McLean. I used to avidly read every word in whisky awards, then award after award was flung in front of me by a worldwide PR conspiracy. It seems to me [...]
Ingvar Ronde's whisky tour Another whisky tour. This tour features a Keeper of the Quaich for the first time! It was our third whisky tour for Ingvar Ronde, Editor of The Malt Whisky Yearbook, great to see Ingvar and friends again. Sunday 7 May: Paul met the guys in Aberdeen drove to Elgin, it [...]
John McDougall is a friend of ours, living in Dublin, yet another whisky lover - here he is at Broochladdie! I did the Botanist tour at Bruichladdich, it's only been recently introduced to the tours the last couple of weeks. If I'm being honest, I wasn't expecting much, after all how much can [...]
Tasmania - Whisky and Aviation come together at Launceston Distillery. A WHISKY BLOG BY OUR FRIEND HOLLY … This distillery is after my own heart. It is located right at the Launceston Airport in an old, 1930’s hangar. As I pulled up to the hangar I was watching a Navy plane arrive. I met with [...]
Taking a wander around Belfast whisky scene with a pal. This is a blog written by Paul, who went around various locations with Mark Burgess. Flew myself over to Belfast, checked into the hotel, dumped bags and had a dram. A quick call to Mark to ensure we are ok for a dram [...]
A long fun filled weekend whisky tour, with plenty of drams & distilleries. Join Liz and Paul of MCLEANSCOTLAND on this exclusive whisky trip. Thursday 31 August We meet you in Inverness Airport at noon*. With your first Scottish dram we drive to Speyside for a two course lunch & a drink included at The [...]
NAS whiskies, so many of our whisky tour guests ask me what it means? I thought to scribble some of my thoughts. NAS bottles I have tried … Talisker Skye is the third NAS Talisker in the same amount of years, after the Storm and Port Ruighe, all good (in my opinion), but is this [...]
Loch Lomond Whiskies takes off at Glasgow Airport A world first has landed at Glasgow Airport, with the launch of the inaugural global travel retail (GTR) range from award-winning independent distiller, Loch Lomond Group. Four expressions that showcase the innovation and craft championed at Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria are now available at [...]
HOLLY SEIDEWAND - Her name is Holly and she loves whisk(e)y. Having spent a few months in Scotland to start, then Ireland, Kentucky/Tennessee more recently Japan and Tasmania. A girl who loves whisky so much she starting blogging then travelling and now a welcome addition to our blogs. Holly’s blog name “Her Whisky [...]
