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Day 16 - KWM 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 17, 2025

by Evan There are so many distilleries in Diageo’s arsenal of whisky production that are not well known. When you are a megacorp that operates 28 malt distilleries in Scotland alone, you can’t really give each one a focus with regular single malt releases and a visitor’s cen... Continue Reading →

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Day 14 - KWM 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 16, 2025

by Evan What should I talk about with this one? We have no clue which Highland Distillery this bottling was distilled at. Kind like the Boutique-Y Highland 18 Year we had in last years Not An Advent Calendar Tasting Set, which in my opinion is superb. What is the deal with mystery malts? H... Continue Reading →

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Day 13 - KWM 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 13, 2025

by Evan What do you get the dog in your life that has everything? If you are Andrew, you put Walter’s face on a bottle. Again. *Deep, shuddering breath* Okay Evan. Smarten up! You are not jealous of a dog. Your face was on a bottle before. Once. In the extreme background. Ri... Continue Reading →

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Day 12 - KWM 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 12, 2025

by Evan Whisky Marketing and creating a new brand for a whisky series must be tough. Trying to cater to a bunch of jaded, seen it all, know it all, holier-than-thou Anoraks like myself? It sounds like a nightmare. I often feel like I have seen it all, and much of the marketing of whisky that ... Continue Reading →

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Day 10 - KWM 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 10, 2025

by Evan If you have been a passenger on the Calmac Ferry to Islay, you may have landed at Port Askaig. That is the name of one of two ports that the Calmac Ferries use on Islay. The other is at Port Ellen. Port Askaig resides on the east coast of the island, along the Sound of Islay... Continue Reading →

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