Many of you may be hearing the name Campbeltown for the first time. It is a small town located at the tip of the Kintyre Peninsula in western Scotland. Today, when you hear this name in the world of ...
In May 1920, 24-year-old Masataka Taketsuru was in Scotland. Born into a sake brewing family in Hiroshima and having studied alcohol production at the Osaka Higher Technical School (now the Faculty of ...
Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather. Euston Street Primary School | Euston Street Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather. Rosetta Primary School | 21 Knockbreda Road Tuesday ...
The 2025 edition of Hazelburn Sherry Wood was an 8 year-old expression fully matured in Oloroso sherry casks. A chance to pick up a sherried whisky from Springbank for around £ 75. Moreover I often ...
UHI Argyll’s Campbeltown campus is joining colleges across Scotland in opening its doors from March 21 to 28 to mark the second national Big College Open Week. The purpose of the week is to ...
Two more historic information boards depicting the history of Pleasant Point schools have been unveiled, this time at Hazelburn (Mt Gay) and Totara Valley schools. Around 60 people attended the launch ...
Midwinter 1920: a 25 year-old Masataka Taketsuru, and his new wife Rita, arrive in Campbeltown, a small town on the west coast of Scotland. So begins the story behind On the Production Methods of Pot ...
Take your pick: medium peat, heavy peat, or no peat? Two, two-and-a-half, or three distillations? Bourbon or sherry casks? Left to my own devices, I would have gone with medium peat and bourbon casks, ...
Nose: the typical mix of marzipan and pencil shavings that I always get in Hazelburn. Hints of damp floors. Blackcurrants. A bit of vanilla cake and candied ginger. Just light sherry, with some ...
I return to Campbeltown – one of the most interesting whisky regions. But for a moment, I would like to rant about something concerning the ‘regions’, so permit me a moment of indulgence if you would.
Scotch enthusiasts found it hard to swallow recently when a Japanese single malt was named the world's best whisky, external. But the fact that a Scot played a key role in establishing the hard stuff ...