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Eat your greens…

James Angus returns with his unique enthusiasm for whisky and here at The Sipping Shed we love his honest approach even if we do legally distance our Shed from it. There’s a lot of talk in the industry about getting greener and having less impact on the environment and James reckons we can have our […]

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Shed a tear

We’ve been left Shed-shocked recently by some distressing news from the bottling team. The fabulous 11 year old Aultmore, drawn from a single refill sherry cask that I’ve been promising you, is now finally bottled. But sadly, the bottle count is lower than anticipated. Much lower. Grab some tissues – this is a bit of […]

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News Shedlines

The latest Shedlines from the hottest Shed in town. New bottlings arriving soon… I know I keep saying that but they are. Genuinely. We’ve been testing out one of them thoroughly – our amazing Aultmore 11 year old. A fine Single Malt from Speyside matured fully in a refill sherry cask. Interestingly, at 7 years […]

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Blending in…

After causing a stir with his last guest post on flippers, We’ve let James loose again, despite my better, but still reasonably poor judgement…. Balls deep with blends By James Angus Brace yourself. The concept of blends goes back donkeys years. Its origins come form the grocery stores (the original Indie bottlers) to have their […]

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Flippin’ eck!

We recently got a very firm knock on the Shed door, and upon cautiously opening said door we were greeted with none other than the debonair Mr James Angus, wide eyed and beaming with the look of a madman with a plan. James Angus serves up whisky reviews and musings at full, undiluted, cask strength. […]

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Whisky – a man’s drink. Right?

Whisky makes you a man right? Well some women would probably put down the glass at this point as becoming a hairy bloke who relies on his mum too much has little appeal to most. I should know, I asked my mum.   And what is a man’s drink? Is whisky a man’s drink? I […]

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Transparency

We aim to be as transparent as new make spirit and tell you everything. That’s not to say we’re going to give away commercial secrets or such like and there is such a thing as ‘too much information’ (doc say’s it’ll clear up if I apply the cream twice daily) but we’ll tell you stuff […]

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Tales from The Shed

A new(s)letter from The Sipping Shed You are here because you are one of a select bunch of whisky enthusiasts who’s interest in the aqua vitae goes far beyond the supermarket shelf and demands an altogether more interesting experience. At some point that’s led you to sign up for our news letter and you’ve since […]

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How to taste whisky

If you’re going to do this bottling thing then you’ve got to have some sort of opinion on how people should drink the stuff, right? So I thought I’d stick my sticky beak in where it’s not be asked to be stuck and voice my equally unwelcome opinion. So how do you taste whisky??? Put […]