Following some slight bursts of hysteria on social media – not quite at Macallan Genesis levels, I admit – I thought that it might be…
Tuesday 11th September '18
How We Allocate Our Whisky
Categories: Opinions, shops, Whisky Release
Inside the Cask Bottling Blog
The latest news, views and releases from Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, straight from Cadenhead’s staff.
Tuesday 4th September '18
Trust your Instincts
Categories: Cadenhead the Myth, the legend!, Campbeltown, Opinions, Out and About, shops
There is an issue that I have noticed in my time in this line of work and that is a lack of confidence with a…
Wednesday 29th August '18
Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop, Vienna – Opening!
Categories: History, Out and About, shops
Tuesday, 14th August 2018 – The official opening of our new Vienna Shop. At the end of 2017 we saw the closure of our…
Thursday 23rd August '18
Innovation and Tradition
Categories: History, Opinions, Uncategorised
“Innovation” and “tradition” are words that are bandied about in press releases regarding whisky at an alarming rate without much thought as to what they…
Tuesday 7th August '18
A Quick Visit to the New Macallan Distillery
Categories: Opinions, Out and About, Speyside
Last week my wife Kate, son Zack and I headed up to Speyside to see friends and family and to celebrate our 5th…
Monday 30th July '18
My Work Trip to Charpentier Cognac
Categories: Cognac, Out and About
Now that Jenna and Cameron are handling all the sales and Julie and Jess have got all the orders, despatches etc under control it…
Monday 18th June '18
I have never bottled a young grain whisky…..Until…
Category: Whisky Release
Grain whisky is always the ugly duckling of the whisky world, but for me it can be equally as amazing as a single malt.…
Monday 4th June '18
Old Raj Gin Since 1972
Categories: Cocktails, Gin, History, Uncategorised
As I noticed that this week is Negroni week – quite possibly my favourite cocktail – I thought it would be a good time…
Friday 18th May '18
Campbeltown Malts Festival Schedule
Categories: Campbeltown, Updates, Warehouse
The start of the festival is now just a few days away – we can’t wait to catch up with old friends and…
Wednesday 25th April '18
Old Raj Cask Aged Gin Launched at Gintyre
Categories: Gin, Uncategorised, Updates
On Saturday the 21st of April we attended Gintyre, Campbeltown’s first ever Gin Festival. I would recommend any Gin fan attends next year as a…