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11/06/2025

In celebration of the 18th year of operation for The English Distillery - the first distilery to open in England for just over 100 years - Chapter 18 is a limited edition bottling featuring some of the oldest whisky available in the entire category.

I believe it's genuinely superb value for money. Why? Watch the video review and find out!

Purchase a bottle here: https://www.spiritspecialist.com/product/the-english-distillery-chapter-18-48-70cl

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is now BACK in stock!One of the most sought-after US whiskies with some franly ridiculou...
10/06/2025

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is now BACK in stock!

One of the most sought-after US whiskies with some franly ridiculous pricing from some retailers - but not yours truly! Grab it at a sensible price while you can, I don't have many!

Purchase here: https://www.spiritspecialist.com/shop/search?search=blanton

Not every 'Dad' likes whisky - so why not try something different as a Father's Day present? Gin, rum, brandy, Port, liq...
07/06/2025

Not every 'Dad' likes whisky - so why not try something different as a Father's Day present? Gin, rum, brandy, Port, liqueurs, selection boxes and more - The Spirit Specialist has all you need!

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Nationwide UK shipping available!

Father's Day is on Sunday 15th June - show your appreciation for whoever has been a father figure in your life with a qu...
06/06/2025

Father's Day is on Sunday 15th June - show your appreciation for whoever has been a father figure in your life with a quality whisky from The Spirit Specialist! Or why not try a handmade selection box from only £20?

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Nationwide shipping also available!

I'm putting together a quiz about Great Britain for a British whisky tasting I'm hosting in Florida at the end of the mo...
05/06/2025

I'm putting together a quiz about Great Britain for a British whisky tasting I'm hosting in Florida at the end of the month, which includes a music round - however I don't want to make it too difficult and this one I found has me STUMPED. Any ideas?

To quote Bob Dylan - the times they are a'changing!If everything goes to plan, there could be a VERY exciting addition t...
03/06/2025

To quote Bob Dylan - the times they are a'changing!

If everything goes to plan, there could be a VERY exciting addition to The Spirit Specialist in about two months time...

Seems rude not to…
31/05/2025

Seems rude not to…

US SPIRITS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK - REQUESTS NOW BEING TAKEN!This time next month I'll be in Florida as part of my wife...
31/05/2025

US SPIRITS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK - REQUESTS NOW BEING TAKEN!

This time next month I'll be in Florida as part of my wife's birthday celebrations (it's nice that the Americans do lots of parties for her birthday on July 4th) - but as part of that trip I will also be trying to source a number of bottles to bring back with me for my customers.

If there are any releases not available to the UK that you'd like to get your hands on, get in touch!. I will come back to you ASAP with a sale price (bearing in mind taxes and duties to be paid for me to bring everything across legally) - if you want to proceed you won't need to pay until it's back in the UK, if you don't want to proceed, no problem!

If you've already contacted me with requests, it would be really handy if you could send them to me again, just so I collate with my current spreadsheet.

Oh, and there's no point asking for Pappy, Eagle Rare 17 or those sort of super-rare bottlings. Allocations are tiny as it is even over there, and retailers will rightly focus on their own regular customers for those bottles!

That feeling when you root through your sample bottles to see if there's enough Lochlea Distillery Overtone to experimen...
31/05/2025

That feeling when you root through your sample bottles to see if there's enough Lochlea Distillery Overtone to experiment blending with Cask Strength Batch 3 - only to be faced with this:

The Cask Strength editions from Lochlea Distillery are up there as my personal favourites from the entire portfolio - an...
29/05/2025

The Cask Strength editions from Lochlea Distillery are up there as my personal favourites from the entire portfolio - and this brand new Batch 3 adds an extra dimension thanks to a third of the casks used for this release having previously held a heavily peated Islay spirit (from a distillery that sounds a little bit like 'Leapfrog'...)

Those casks - alongside 66% first-fill Oloroso Sherry barrels - have provided notes of sweet BBQ smoke, dark chocolate and intense dark ginger cake (or Parkin to some people). It's a quite stunning whisky that might well be the best of the three Cask Strength batches released to date and is close to the Overtone Stout Finish as my all-time favourite - I think this is the first release that new Master Distiller Jill Boyd has 100% 'ownership' of since taking over from John Campbell, and she's already produced an absolute blinder!

Purchase here: https://bit.ly/lochleacs3

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25/05/2025

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