by Richard Foster | May 7, 2025 | Uncategorised
This month, we’re hosting an online tasting with Cooper King Distillery*, exploring their “Cask Series” drams (plus an extra something rather special). But I wanted to take the opportunity to dive into one (crucial) aspect of their brand – and that of many other...
by Richard Foster | Mar 31, 2025 | Uncategorised
Technically, the modern English Whisky category is 19 years old this year, as Healey’s cider farm first distilled wash from St. Austell Brewery in February 2003. The keen eyed amongst you will notice that the first ever english whisky was produced in a manner that has...
by Richard Foster | Dec 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
Windswept. Rugged. Beautiful. Incomparable. But enough about me (!), today I want to take you on an armchair tour of Dartmoor, an area with one (and soon to be two) English Whisky distilleries that holds a place close to my heart. My grandparents lived in Ashburton, a...
by Richard Foster | Nov 1, 2024 | Distilleries, Uncategorised
Some places have a special place in a person’s heart. Bimber, for me, is one of those places. The very first whisky distillery I set foot in wasn’t nestled amongst babbling brooks or in the shadow of Scottish mountains – instead it was here, amongst the car...
by Richard Foster | Jul 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
Member Bob Cutting recently visited Abingdon Distillery and shares his thoughts on Jordan Morris’ micro empire… Abingdon Distillery started out as an idea in Hong Kong some years ago whilst Jordan was working abroad with the idea of distilling to produce a...
by Richard Foster | Jun 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
UPDATE JUNE 2024: Richard shares his thoughts on our Cooper King cask from a sample taken this month at two years old. Watch the video below to hear his thoughts on this exciting and rare liquid – or drop down below the video to read about his visit to the...
