Christopher Coates
Editor-at-Large at Whisky Magazine
🥃🌍Whisky & Travel 🕘🕔Editor-at-Large @Whisky_Magazine 👃👅Chair of Judges #WorldWhiskiesAwards 🏴📍Leith, Edinburgh | Views my own
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May 3, 2024 |
whiskymag.com | Christopher Coates
In late March, The Distillers’ Charity, the philanthropic arm of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, presented its Impact Report at an event in Edinburgh’s Surgeons’ Hall. This eagerly awaited update follows the resounding success of the second Distillers One of One auction in October 2023, which saw 39 immeasurably rare, one-off Scotch whiskies from 36 donors go under the hammer.
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Apr 8, 2024 |
whiskymag.com | Christopher Coates
As I turn my car northwest at Sligachan, under the shadow of the imposing Glamaig massif, I contemplate the reputation of Scotland’s famous Isle of Skye. Though most widely known for its spectacular landscape, for decades now Skye has also been the poster child of Scottish cuisine.
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Feb 20, 2024 |
whiskymag.com | Christopher Coates
At a recent event hosted by Laphroaig, I had the chance to hear distillery manager Barry MacAffer, an Islay native, speak about his memories of peat being burned in home fireplaces on the island. He told us how the fragrant aroma of ‘peat reek’ permeated his childhood and, later, his working life while tending the maltings’ kiln, coming home each day smelling of sweet smoke.
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Jan 25, 2024 |
whiskymag.com | Christopher Coates |Liza Weisstuch
Looking at a blank page on my computer screen often feels like staring into an empty void that threatens to swallow me whole. Or at least haunt me like the biggest to-do list you’ve ever confronted. And not even a generous pour of a fine, fine single malt can calm a journalist’s nerves when she gapes at the emptiness and thinks of the responsibility she takes on whenever she sits down to pen an article or even a column. But especially an article. These are other people’s stories I need to tell.
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Jan 25, 2024 |
whiskymag.com | Liza Weisstuch |Christopher Coates
I’ve written previously (Editor’s Word, Issue #184) about my growing concern that the whisky industry is on the cusp of losing multi-generational institutional knowledge. Thus, I’m immeasurably pleased when I see an effort being made to record oral history, preserve artefacts, and share these gems with the public. At a grassroots level, I treasure scans of old distillery photographs and adverts posted to Facebook groups, and I salute those taking the time to do this.
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