Paul John – Classic Select Cask One of the things I love about whisky is the way it can take on the quality of a time capsule. Each bottle, even each dram, has its own lifespan, unfolding alongside your own life and marking itself into your experience. Some whiskies become part of your everyday.…

Benromach Contrasts – Unpeated 12 Year Old I have never been very good at sticking with subscription services. I am far too much of a control freak and my short attention span means that often I lose interest in what they send within the first few deliveries. This means that I have a long…

Which #English #Whisky would you choose this St George’s Day?

The problem with being a @pelliclemag.com reader is that the list of pubs to visit keeps on growing exponentially. This is a beautiful piece about pubs, breweries and of place. I love the Lakes and I need to go back. Thanks @katiematherkm.bsky.social. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Win the new Loch Lomond Original Series. Repost, Like and Follow @thewhiskywire.bsky.social for your chance to win! thewhiskywire.com/2026/03/25/w... (t's & c's apply) #LochLomondTheOriginalComp #Win #Whisky

Always a pleasure, never a chore. #TheNetherfield

Next is #TheNetherfield Double Wood Matured 13 Year Old Blended Whisky. Aroma: Musty sherry fruit, Demerara sugar sweetness and cinnamon spice.

Next in the glass is #TheNetherfield Linkwood 10 Year Old. Aroma: lemon acidity, meringue sweetness and a gentle ginger biscuit spice.

Second in the glass (first for me) is #TheNetherfield House Release. Aroma: butter toffee, green apples and buttery croissants.

Sorry #TheNetherfield gang, I am running behind schedule. Will join in five minutes. Family life is a bit like a treadmill that got stuck on too high a setting.

I am hosting an #English whisky tasting, exploring six different distilleries and cask types along the way in #Clevedon on Tuesday 21st April 2026. It’s £25 and I guarantee* fun. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-wh...

Going for the full @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social supermarket #Lager run tonight… any thoughts on my suggested order?

Cadenheads – Islay Single Malt – ISY.3.A Wm Cadenhead’s is a whisky company you can trust. They produce fantastic whisky, and I have never bought a bottle from them that has been anything less than great. I spent a very long time at the Cadenhead’s table at the Exploring Whisky Bristol festival.…

Bet you can’t guess where we went today?

Went to Sheffield. It was a joy. Made me question Bristol, which is important to do every so often.

Lovely hour in the pub tonight. Couple of lovely pints and a few games of carooka. #Perfect

White Peak – Necessary Evil Finish Whisky festivals are a fantastic place to try new whiskies. You get small amounts of lots of drams, hear stories, and take on new experiences. But they are also a good place to try new things from old favourites. If you are a regular reader, then you will know…

Random Question: How often do you feel successful?

I was frustrated that I woke up at 7am, but now the kitchen is cleaned and I am sitting in the sunshine eating my breakfast in silence, I am feeling pretty chuffed.

Exciting! Really looking forward to this one. #TheNetherfield

Right, I am planning a couple of days in Sheffield to visit breweries and pubs. I know where I want to go, but which places should I have on my list? It will be good to see what I’ve missed and over looked.

This is a good beer.

Thompson Brothers – Mystery Malt (Series No.3) – Speyside 27 Year Old Mysteries are fun. I have always enjoyed solving puzzles, completing crosswords and have got quite in to those locked in a room games with friends. So when I heard that Thompson Brothers had created a series of whiskies packaged…

Not sure which my favourite was, but I think #TheCairnDistillery 18 Year Old is the best bang for buck of the bunch. Thanks @thewhiskywire.bsky.social for organising. Love #BlueSkyTastings, they are like the old days of the other place.

Last is #TheCairnDistillery 30 Year Old. This time I get lemon meringue, crisp green apples and then sherried fruit. It’s quieter, but still full flavoured.

Third dram is #TheCairnDistillery 25 Year Old. Again, this is full of beautiful sherried aromas. Rich fruity brown sugar, citrusy zest and toasted nuts.

Next is #TheCairnDistillery 18 Year Old. Aroma: Loads of musty, sweet sherry fruit, toasted hazelnuts and milk chocolate sweetness.

With that little line on the side, I bet @kaskwhisky.bsky.social is trying to pour drams exactly on the line! #TheCairnDistillery

First up, #TheCairnDistillery 12 Year Old. Aroma: It’s full of apples, vanilla and spicy oak, which is almost heathery.

Time to lift the lid on #TheCairnDistillery…

Ardnahoe – Infinite Loch When you say “Islay whisky” to a group of people at a tasting, they already have a preconceived idea of what to expect before they have even nosed it, so trying to surprise them is tricky. This meant choosing an odd cask, a sneaky unpeated whisky, or as I opted for,…

If you had to host an English whisky tasting, what 5/6 whiskies would you choose? I’ve got my ideas, but interested in what everyone else thinks.

Another fantastic @pelliclemag.com article. This bar has been added to my bucket list trip.

We're thrilled to announce a 'The Netherfield' Tasting, pouring and exploring a bounty of their independently bottled belters. Register now to be part of the dramfotainment: thewhiskywire.com/2026/02/25/t... #TheNetherfield #Scotch #Whisky #BePartOfTheDramfotainment

James Eadie – Aberlour 2014 Being proved right is a great feeling, especially when it comes to whisky. For the fifth dram of my tasting, I wanted a whisky that evoked all the best things I associate with Speyside whiskies: sherry casks, fruit-cake spices, and dusty dunnage warehousing. I thought…

I do miss Twitter, but I am not 100% sure why. 😂

When will I finally get chance to represent my country at the only thing that I am the best at? #DrinkingOldFashionedsShouldBeAnOlympicSport

Visited Low and Slow for an old favourite and to check out the new #KidsMenu. The food was excellent and ever and the kids menu was incredible value!

Glen Scotia – 15 Year Old Meeting an old friend after a long time apart is one of life’s great pleasures. You are quickly reminded what a joy it is to be in others’ company, and the more time you spend together, the more you reveal the depth of that joy. The same is true of a favoured whisky that…

Absolutely gutted to hear about the demise of Overtone. They were one of my favourite craft beer breweries. W we live in sad times.

“When I don't feel like I'm enough I act like a dick and blame it on my northern blood.”

Happy Birthday @slownews.bsky.social. Another year older, another year cooler. x

Wemyss Malts – A Quarter Passed The whisky drinking community is such a friendly and generous place. It has been a huge bastion of optimism and kindness over the last ten years. It has been a great source of friendship and has presented me with some money-can’t-buy (or at least I can’t afford)…

The #WemyssMalts Peat Chimney is an old favourite. The Aroma is classic peat. Ashy smoke, lemon zest and creamy vanilla.

The #WemyssMalts Intrepid Mariner - a 20 Year Old Bunnahabhain. Aroma: Salty, lemon zest, a touch of sherry and even a waft of far away smoke.

Next #WemyssMalts is Velvet Fig 12 Year Old. Aroma: Orange zest, sherried fruit, brown sugar, milk chocolate and stewed apple.

First up for the #WeymssMalts tasting is a 25 Year Old Blended Malt - A Quarter Passed. Aroma: Milk bottle sweets, shop bought apple pies and a gentle waft of sweet spice that is somewhere between cinnamon and ginger.

Tonight, we’ll be sharing, sipping and savouring the sips from the family-owned Scottish spirits producer, in the order of: 1. A Quarter Passed 2. Velvet Fig 12 Year Old 3. The Intrepid Mariner 4. Peat Chimney #WemyssMalts #BePartOfTheDramfotainment #Scotch #Whisky

Right, I am ready for a #WemyssMalts @thewhiskywire.bsky.social #WhiskyWednesday tasting. I do love to keep my desk tidy. 🤣

The Single Malts of Scotland – Ardmore 2009 I am a huge fan of a curveball in a whisky tasting. Veering away from what people expect is important - it keeps them guessing about what might come next, but this whisky even managed to blindside me. I love Ardmore. It’s a distillery that rarely…