GreatGrub - whisky

An away-from-home whisky experience

MichaelJKL — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:11:27 -0400

I want to get a debate going. It is a long time since I have added a story on Great Grub - so it’s about time! Having recently flown to foreign parts (out of England), I made the obligatory …

Whisky at SPA2007

peter — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:07:06 -0400

This year’s SPA conference was another fine event (for those of a deep thinking technical persuasion like myself). It has become a bit of a tradition for participants to bring along a bottle of …

Whisky & Food

MichaelJKL — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:57:29 -0400

I was surprised this year at the Whisky Live festival in London by being encouraged to drink my fine malt with, rather than before, food. One stand actually presented itself for the sole purpose of …

The Whisky Bottle

MichaelJKL — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:28:29 -0400

What will you find in the bottle? If you are like me, you want a liquor to excite, warm, stimulate, enrich, chill out to and generally savour for its taste and throat-caressing quality. Some of us …

Fine Malt Whisky - A London Celebration

MichaelJKL — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:28:50 -0400

“Whisky Live 2007” – A Celebration of Fine Malts An extraordinary carnival of whisky; 124 fine malts from around the world and only twelve hours, over two sessions, to experience them! Where to …

Lagavulin 16 whisky

David — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:57:38 -0500

If I were forced into choosing a favorite whisky, it would have to be this one. I would select this based on value and consistency of quality. It has a strong, peaty flavor, consistent with the …

Tom Collins (traditional)

John — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:01:05 -0400

Originally attributed to John Collins, a headwaiter at Limmer’s, a hotel and coffee house on Conduit Street, London (1790-1817). The name changed when a bartender used a sweeter London gin (Old Tom …

To E or not to E?

scout — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:01:06 -0500

I noticed on Lionel’s brief but elegant story — ‘Scotch’ — and the comments which follow, whisky is spelt with and without an ‘e’. I think GreatGrub should establish, once and for all, the correct spelling for whiskey.