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The Wonka Of The Whisky World: Compass Box
Well, here we are again. Yet another year begins and, would you believe it, we're approaching the middle of the first month already. Sort of. Hush my mouth, we're really only eleven days in. Barely...
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A Mötley Crew Indeed... Southbank Centre Whisky Club
Smashing into 2013 like a greased up, white hot juggernaught of whisky, hitting a Ford Transit Van full of salted Lurpak butter, Caskstrength's January has thus far been undoubtedly our busiest yet....
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A Very Alternative Burns Night
It's no secret that we're not Scottish. In fact, the nearest we get is that Joel's dad is from Oxford and his mum from Bergen in Norway, with Glasgow lying right in the middle of the two. Oh, and...
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Hide and Seek: Laphroaig Highgrove Single Malt Whisky
Whisky seems to be popping up in the most weird and wonderful of places at the moment. From the odd, unusual bottle in the local corner shop, to pubs now hosting vast arrays of bottles for you to...
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It's a Vintage Friday. Jura's new 1977...and Jazz
What a bloody full-on year so far. With barely time to find to feed oneself, Caskstrength have this week been getting stuck into some of the recent samples to pop through the letterbox - to be...
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New Bar Alert. Mizuwari: The City Finally Embraces Japanese Whisky
As modest type chaps, we seldom get any pleasure from the phrase 'we told you so'. But this time, we're going to bask in its relative glow... sort of...FINALLY. Someone has decided to open a...
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Caskstrength And Carry On: Bottle 'C'
Ahoy, Mateys!Okay, we’ll admit it... the frequency of posts on Caskstrength.net has not been as regular as we would have liked so far in 2013. The number of samples piling up on our desk is beginning...
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Stormin' Stuff
Fish. A man who knows his knitwareas well as his weather. Storms eh.Here in the UK we get our fair share of them. From the notorious 'four seasons in a day' that complete the Islay experience, to a...
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I Am The News! Quick Friday Round Up of Fun
News team.... Assemble!!As the late Tommy Cooper said, 'I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already.' This pretty much sums up the average Caskstrength week and there's so much to tell you...
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Independently Minded: Glenfarclas 1981 31 Year Old Port Cask
I always admire an independent spirit. Coming from a music business background, there are examples upon examples of people having a passion, starting a business and watching it grow and flourish,...
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Emerald Gold - The Whisky Exchange's Midleton Single Cask
With the weather turning a little colder this week, I've opted to stay in, reorganise a few things in our office drinks cabinet and nail down a few of the excellent samples that have recently turned up...
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Caskstrength & Carry On 'C'... REVEALED!
Here it is folks... Caskstrength & Carry On 'C'Hello tender folk. Two years ago, Caskstrength embarked on a fairly ambitious adventure. Looking at the landscape of the whisky business, we set a...
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Flask Me A Question: Win The Limited Edition Flask From The Macallan Worth £600
The great American comedian, Ernie Kovacs once quipped that “Television is a medium, for it is neither rare nor well done.”This truism lives on today, with a plethora of dross gumming up your TV...
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This Ship Has Sailed. Our Limited Edition Cutty Sark Is Released
Ahoy there, mateys! After much to-ing and fro'ing from Port to Starboard we are delighted to let you know that our very own Cutty Sark blended whisky has set sail and is released TODAY!!!Ship-shaped...
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Escape To Victory... An Incredible Death Defying Attempt
We're big fans of death-defying and cunning stunts at Caskstrength. But sadly, as our recent trip to Talisker Distillery (more on this later this week) confirmed, we're pretty rubbish at anything that...
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Family Values: Newly Released Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon
Take a second to think... when was the last time you did something really meaningful with your old man? I'm not talking about having a conversation about football, cars, golf, politics or whisky, but...
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May The Nose Be With You: Highland Park Loki, Duty Free and European Editions...
The Beatles: very much considered to be one of the greatest bands in musical history. Stop anyone in the street, anywhere in the world and chances are that they’ll know a tune or two by the Fab...
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The Path to Gold: Johnnie Walker Explorers' Club Gold Route
Like that regular visit to the doctor, every year, Scotch whisky gets a bit of a health check from the folks at the SWA: assessing its international performance, growth, uncharacteristic hotspots and...
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Single Life - The Balvenie 12 Years Old Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch Whisky
There is a lot of talk in the whisky business about single casks. One off, limited edition offerings which give a snapshot of 550 litres of spirit from one day at a distillery, left to its own devices...
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The Skye's The Limit. Talisker's New Visitors Centre & Port Ruighe
Oh the irony. In both our professional and enthusiast capacity, we've visited a huge number of distilleries across the globe: from tiny craft operations in the middle of no where, making some seriously...
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