This particular whisky is in many respects far superior to brands that have led the market for decades. There’s nothing I love more than uncovering some delightful wee story from many years ago that ties in with the dram I’m tasting. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Here we have an easy drinking blend of malt and grain whiskies from different distilleries across Scotland. As a lover of Folk Tales and Celtic Mythology, I figured that their simply had to be something in the Gaelic traditions that related to a Woodsman of some sort.Value for money: It’s certainly not the cheapest no-age-statement blend on the market but it probably carries a little more character than most. It’s comparable to the likes of Monkey Shoulder or even Glasgow Distillery’s Malt Riot, although those are both Blended Malts. It is also, without any doubt, the largest and most significant collection of Gaelic tales ever compiled in the country. As always I will strive to give an honest opinion on the quality of the dram and the value for money it represents.

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The Woodsman has been maserfully crafted to be used in cocktails or with a mixer, but it can equally be enjoyed on its own.

He spoke with many storytellers, often recording several different versions of the same story before combining them to make the most complete, definitive version. NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. John Francis Campbell was the Son of Walter Frederick Campbell, the Laird who built the villages of Port Charlotte, Port Ellen and Port Wemyss on Islay.Through his years of travelling, he amassed an incredible wealth of material; around a million and a quarter words spread throughout ten volumes. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. Seven volumes are kept with the Argyll archives in Inveraray whilst the remaining three are at the National Library in Edinburgh. In his forced retirement, he decided to heed Campbell’s advice and travelled for more than a decade, meeting people and recording as many different stories as he could.

Little is known of his upbringing or education but the Gaelic language was in common use in the area and John was a fluent speaker in both English and Gaelic. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. Surprised, it was a gift and thought it would be cheap rubbish, but it is smooth and creamy not overly strong, very easy to drink.The young Dewar was fascinated with such tales and thanks to an impressive memory, became a fine storyteller in his own right.