I was asked by a friend to recommend a whisky to buy for his father’s birthday. I came up with a few suggestions, and thought that actually, since I get asked this quite frequently, I might as well blog it as well, since we’re now on the lead-up to Christmas… I thought I’d leave aside [...]
Categories: Whisky
Tagged: Aberlour, Ardbeg, Balblair, Glenrothes, jura, Lagavulin, Longrow
Had an amazing time on the island of Jura with Clutch, who was there writing a song to raise money for the ferry, which is under threat from funding cuts. The song’s nearly done (just some vocals, real strings and maybe a bit of guitar to go) – and you can hear the rough mix [...]
Categories: Travel
View from the ferry, Port Askaig, Islay I’m in Jura with my friend Clutch at the moment. We’re working on a music project that sort of doubles as research, and happens to be somewhere there’s a very good distillery. Ticks all my boxes. You can follow that project at http://thejuraproject.com. Lots of great pictures and [...]
Categories: Travel
Clutch and I went to the Isle of Jura over the long weekend on a bit of a adventure. All the details are over at the Dubber & Clutch blog, complete with videos and interviews, tasting notes and stories. But I thought you might be interested in some holiday snaps. They look quite good if [...]
