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The wait is almost over folks...
Tomorrow (Thursday 31st March) sees the release of The Trojan- our first whisky from the Exile Casks project that we've been working on.
The Trojan was distilled on 19th June 1990, and filled into cask 3110.  It's been maturing for 25 years now and its finally ready for the world to taste!...

WE'VE RISEN FROM THE GRAVE!
Kind of anyway!
Yes, Caskstrength has been dormant for nearly a year now, in readiness of our brand new website, WorldsBestSpirits.com, which is officially launching on 1st April 2016.  It's been a long time coming, but we promise the wait will be worthwhile....

Thank you. It's been Emotional.
As posts go, this one will certainly go down as one of the most memorable ones that we have ever written on this humble website.
As many readers know, we began Caskstrength.net back in January 2008. We were fresh faced, wide eyed, particularly thirsty and in possession of a drinks cabinet stocked mainly with ubiquitous Scotch brands. We took it upon ourselves to seek out the most...

As we speed away from Burn’s night and head towards St Patrick’s Day, it’s time to start cracking open some Irish whiskey.
Once long forgotten, the rise of Irish whiskey has seen a plethora of new distilleries opening up, with plenty more in the pipeline. In our recent visits to Ireland to see either brand-spanking new facilities or those out in the market drumming up support...