My journey to learn and enjoy the whisky from the numerous distilleries. Writing a bit, tasting a few and sharing a lot. See the Whisky Checklist to keep up with my progress. If one of the bottles interests you let me know and if any samples left I am always happy to share. slàinte Stewart.
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About Me
Born and raised in Chesterfield , England now residing in Manchester with my lovely wife Niki. With family roots in Wick, North East Scotland. I love to get north of the border as often as i can. From the central belt and city breaks, Aberdeen and Speyside to the wilds of Sutherland and Caithness. The… Read more
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Whisky, Words & Pictures
Welcome to my blog. I have wanted to start a blog for sometime but words don’t tend to get from my brain to paper or screen very easily. I was never interested in language or literature at school and have always been a numbers person. So after years of procrastinating I want to push myself… Read more
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Whisky Checklist
List of SMWS codes I have found so far. Distilleries not on this list I will add as a SW.x at the end. If you have details of UK distilleries not on that list let me know. Once a whisky has been reviewed the number will be updated to the Distillery details. I won’t rate… Read more
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(52) Old Pulteney – Silver Darlings and Golden Liquid
The 2nd one off my list is going to be the whisky that introduced me into single malts and was my first distillery visit and tour. Old Pulteney from the Pulteney Distillery in the far north east of Scotland. Until very recently and for a very long time the most northerly distillery on Mainland Scotland.… Read more
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(1) Glenfarclas – Start at the very beginning
So to begin my whisky rediscovery what better place to start on the SMWS list than at number 1. Glenfarclas Not a distillery i have been to visit yet. I have passed by a couple of times but its usually en route to other places of interest. It is on my list of tours to… Read more