A new whisky community inside WhiskyGrotto.com

Yesterday I pressed the ‘publish’ button and launched the new WhiskyGrotto community - devoted to thoughts on the world of Whisky and Whiskey. And now there’s a new menu option reading Community up to the right on this blog.
I’ve started the whole thing quite simple and used a tool called BBpress. This means no fancy [...]

Get your hands on some microscopic 10, 17 and 21 yrs old Glengoyne

Glengoyne Distillery has launched its first ever miniature pack containing the award winning 10, 17 and 21 Years Old Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Ideal for specialists, gift and travel retail markets, the black and gold branded tin with solid plastic window safely stores three 5cl bottles of Glengoyne’s core range, each snugly held in [...]

Win a limited edition bottle of Auchentoshan 50 year old worth £2,500

I wrote the other day about the launch of Auchentoshan.com. I’d just like to push for their competition a little bit more. The prize should definitely be something for you whisky-lovers out there.
To celebrate the launch of their revamped online presence, visitors to the new Auchentoshan.com are being offered the opportunity to win a rare bottle of Auchentoshan 1957 – one [...]

Chocolatier Paul Young explains why chocolate and whisky make a perfect combination.

Brightcove is an Internet TV platform. In one way they’re great, in an other they suck.
They are great because they published this episode where chocolatier Paul Young explains why chocolate and whisky make a perfect combination. They suck because I cannot embed it here and have to send you along to their site.
But anyway, here is the [...]

Islay videos for Islay fans

Some of you might have seen the new menu option up to the right on WhiskyGrotto.com. I’ve gathered all my favorite Videos from YouTube on one page. I’m glad to see that others are doing the same.
Today I noticed that Islay Weblog, a great blog about everything that you need to know about Islay, has [...]

This is how you shoot a bottle of single malt whisky

Ever wondered how your favorite single malt brand makes that bottle look like a dream (or like hell) then here’s the answer.
Lightstudio Photography has got a blog where they do photo tutorials. Today they posted a nice little piece on their blog on how to shoot a bottle of single malt Isle of Arran Whisky. [...]

Prince Charles is quite a whisky drinker

“I seem to have spent my life in distilleries!”
Those were the words uttered by the Prince of Wales - Prince Charles when he tasted the whisky created in his honor the other day.
Not many days ago we reported on the Prince of Wales royal visit to Laphroaigh. Yesterday the Prince continued his whisky-spree when he [...]

Madonna is not the only aging beauty that makes Guy Ritchie cash up

It turns out the British director and Madonna’s husband Guy Ritchie is one of most obsessed whisky fans of us all if not the most obsessed. At least when you count cash spent.
Thesun.co.uk reports that Guy has been “splashing out around £2million on The Punch Bowl pub, in London’s posh Mayfair. His aim is to [...]

Laphroaig Live 2008

On June 18th at 20.00(BST) Laphroaig are following up last year’s success with a new live broadcasting on the internet from their distillery!
The live broadcast will be held in their most famous place –inside warehouse No1 right by the sea. Robert Hicks (master blender) and John Campbell (Distillery Manager) will be joined by Martine [...]

Football fever strikes old whisky commercial

Tonight Sweden plays Spain in the Eurocup 2008 in Austria/Switzerland. And me being a Swede will of course be nailed to the TV.
I do hope we win cause otherwise we’ll end up meeting Holland in the quarterfinals and those guys are on a roll! Did you see them beat up France yesterday? Mayham!
If you [...]

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall stopped by for a sip of Laphroaig

Yesterday the Laphroaig Single Malt distillery played host to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, known as The Duke of Rothesay and The Duchess of Rothesay.

The Royals met with distillery employees, learned about the unique process for making Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch whisky, and nosed the whisky at different ages.

With the broader [...]