Author: Tristan

Sailors Home Journey

When tasting it’s not always about the destination, sometimes it’s all about the Journey Tristan Sailor’s Home are a distillery based near Limerick.Where their whiskey batches are limited.They’re big on inclusion.Their expressions are cask fusionsAnd strangers are friends you haven’t met yet.

AD Rattray Cask Caol Ila #313206

After Dark, Another Dram, A D Rattray Tristan There are a number of indie bottlers out there.  It is becoming quite a sport to buy up casks, draw up artwork and then package the whisk(e)y as the best thing since sliced bread.  However, there are five indie bottlers that are at the top of the […]

Old Pulteney Huddart

Whats the hubbub around Huddart? Tristan Old Pulteney was founded in 1826 with this expression being part of a new core range that was released in 2018.  When Sir William Pulteney decided to build a whole new town near to Wick (in the north or Scotland) I doubt he was under the illusion that the […]

Finlaggan Feis Ile 2017

Old Pulteney was founded in 1826 with this expression being part of a new core range that was released in 2018.  When Sir William Pulteney decided to build a whole new town near to Wick (in the north or Scotland) I doubt he was under the illusion that the distillery, taking his name, would be a staple to so many whisky drinkers nearly 200 years later.  This expression takes its name from the very street where the distillery sits, producing nearly 2 million litres of whisky each year.

Bimber Madeira Cask #105 4 2020

Limber up for another Bimber Tristan A few months before the Amateur Dramaddicts came together two of the team went out for a whisky day in London.  This was early 2020 (yes, that year) and the day started with a tour of the Bimber distillery.  Tristan and Matt loved their time looking around and enjoyed […]