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Monthly Archives: September 2017

Ask Whisky Foundation: Should I put water in my independent bottlings?

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  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll probably have read the study that found that putting water in whisky definitively improves the flavour of it. (Well, in so far as taste is highly subjective and a matter of opinion.) Did you miss it? Here’s a quick watered-down recap. (Get it, because it’s about putting […]

Whisky buff to whisky bluff: what on earth is chill haze?

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If you’re anything like the team here at Whisky Foundation, you’re a fan of beer as well as whisky. If that is the case, then you might have noticed the recent trend of hazy IPAs cropping up all over the place. They’re the current ‘in-thing’, and for good reason: they have enhanced aromas, are smooth […]

From the Whisky Foundation collection: our favourite Rest and Be Thankful bottlings <

There’s nothing we love more at Whisky Foundation than seeing an independent bottler appear with a bang and then consistently produce whisky after whisky after whisky that blow us away. (Well, there is: drinking whisky after whisky after whisky that blow us away.) And, if you’ve never heard of Rest & Be Thankful, then you’re […]

Learn the lingo: independent bottling-specific whisky words

  If you’ve read any of our other posts, you’ll know that here at Whisky Foundation, we’re all about stripping away the crusty image of whisky drinking. That’s because we know that there’s a lot about whisky culture – the whisky words, the attitudes, and the elitism – that can be off-putting to the casual […]

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