Lakes Distilery – Lakes Malt (Cask 23)
The Lakes Distillery is a very new endeavour, it only opened in 2014. Which for the knowledgeable and quick witted amongst you will immediately tell you that they cannot yet […]
Spice
Lakes Distillery – The One
Cost: £30 Appearance: White wine lightness Aroma: Tobacco smoke, some underlying spice and dried fruits. Subtle saltiness mixed with milk chocolate. Taste: Smooth with a hint of milk chocolate, spice […]
Amrut – Fusion
InstaDram: Amrut is an Indian whisky from Bangalore. In Indian, the Angels Share is between 10-12% higher than in Scotland due to the much higher temperatures, but also whisky matures […]
Loch Lomond – Single Grain Whisky
This is our first attempt at a #whiskyflashblog, so if you are new to The Real Dram, then welcome and thanks for reading. Hopefully you will find us to be […]
Springbank – Local Barley 16YO
While writing one of last week’s reviews, we realised just how lucky we are with the shops that are local to us in our home town of Bristol. Last week […]
Glen Grant – 12 Year Old
Full Dram: In my experience, there are three sorts of drams. Some drams you wait for ages to try, you hear the press, see other peoples praise, await with baited […]
Amrut – Single Malt
AfterDram: It’s hard when you look forward to something for a period of time and when it finally arrives, the result is not what you had imagined or dreamt of. […]
Nikka from the Barrel
FullDram: Nikka from the Barrel isn’t a new whisky for me. I was lucky enough to receive a bottle for my birthday in March, it didn’t last long. Even though […]
Independent Spirit – Fettercairn
Whiskies have the potential to excite, to interest and to surprise. However, one thing that never surprises me about whisky is the lovely people that you get chance to meet […]
Claxton’s Whisky – Auchroisk – 25 Year Old
Some drams call for a special occasion and some Monday’s call for a special dram. We were really excited to receive this sample dram from the chaps at Claxton’s and […]