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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Run together, have fun together ❤️ … Great Scottish Run 10K done, followed by a well earned pint 🍺 #GreatScottishRun #ukrunchat #glasgow #running

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A privilege to join Whisky Craft’s launch night. The 21yo highland malt (price point👌🏻) was fab, sippable & creamy. A hit. Of the 3 new 🥃, my fav was the Fettercairn - thorntons toffee with nuts, the other a lovely walnutty Glen Garioch. Great to try some back catalogue too 👌🏻

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A fantastic gig last night - Jazz Sabbath in Kinross, three incredible musicians playing jazz arrangements of Black Sabbath tracks. Spectacular 🤘🏻

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A little trip to the island courtesy of Fred & Wee Whisky Shop (well the island of Arran came to us) - Fred was an awesome host & I really loved to two port drams, especially the white stag & sherry cask surprised me too. Kudos to @Arranwhisky & @laggwhisky for a great lineup

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A 20 mile run from Falkirk to Edinburgh - prep for the Dramathon in a few weeks - fuelled by burger, chips & chicken 🤪

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

3️⃣ Benromach, 15YO, 43%, Forres 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Copper & light oils 👃🏼 Sultanas, tangerine, caramac bar, smoke 👅 Creamy white chocolate orange, ginger, prickly smoke, some astringency 🏁 medium dry, smoke & citrus 🤔 Oranges & smoke 📍 #BenromachWhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2️⃣ Benromach, 12YO, 46%, Forres 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Rainy, old oak 👃🏼 Danish pastries, orange & custard, apricot skin, smoke 👅 Cranachan, heavily toasted oats, nutmeg, orange rind, creamy 🏁 Spice & gentle smoke 🤔 A lightly smoked pud 📍 #BenromachWhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1️⃣ Benromach, Contrasts Côte-Rôtie, 46%, Forres 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Slick, rose gold 👃🏼 Brambles, hedgerow, white pepper, gentle smoke 👅 Juicy sharp blackcurrant, char, matchbox, spice 🏁 Smoky, tannic dark fruit 🤔 Dark fruits 📍 #BenromachWhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Due to the date change, I’ve had to go early on my #BenromachWhisky drams, but my notes are prepped and I’ll try to share in real time along with the rest - have a great night 😊Slàinte 🥃

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A wonderful Ardnahoe at the Pot Still this week - frazzles, peat smoke, gingerbread & oranges 👌🏻. A pleasure to share the dram & a few hours with @kundun66 & Dee after years of yapping on Twitter. Whisky is best with people & Whisky people are the best. Slàinte 🥃

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Glen Elgin 2007 19yo, 53.6%, Fogwatt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Bright gold super slick 👃🏼Vanilla, creamed corn 👅 A bourbon bomb, quality vanilla ice cream, wood spice, green apples & mint 🏁 Lasting sweetness & smoke 🤔 Sweet & juicy, light tingle 📍 @thepotstill #️⃣ 4/5 #whisky #scotchwhisky #maltwhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ben Nevis, 11yo (2012) Stout Cask, Thompson bros, 51.6%, Fort William 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Pale straw, oily 👃🏼 Chocolate cereal, chopping leeks, salt & vinegar 👅 Cocoa pops, sweet smoke, funky bitterness, ginger beer 🏁 Wood spice, nutmeg 🤔 funky malty bitter 📍 chez-moi #️⃣ 3/5

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Murray from @LindoresAbbey took Falkirk Whisky Club through the range (solid 1494, sherried Nectere & juicy port Friar John – my fav, like negroni!). Then cask drams: bourbon (❤️👌🏻), apera (❤️🤯) & cognac (🤔). Club voted to bottle cognac 🤷🏼‍♂️ just my luck 😂. Fantastic night – check them out! 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here we go again, in search of that elusive win #COYB #Falkirk @FalkirkFC 💙🤍

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

North British 33yo, Fragrant Drops, 41%, Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 Oily, heavy tears 👃🏼 Cereals, candied lemon 👅 Vanilla, bourbon, salty tang, oranges 🏁 Smooth gentle oak 🤔 A juicy grain 📍 Ensign Ewart, Edinburgh #️⃣ 4/5 #whisky #scotchwhisky #maltwhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Enjoyed Holyrood distillery tour today. Lots of interesting stuff going on with yeast & barley combos. Could have showed that more with 3 drams (😤 1 ➕ gin ➕vodka). The SC port cask dram in the bar after was great though. A wee bonus to see Colin in the Tipsy Midgie too 🥃.

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cameron hosted this month’s Golf themed #BlindDrams - #BTC68 It’s Your Round 🥃⛳️🏌️‍♂️. Five drams tasted blind. Hard to separate drams 3,4 & 5 - but I think the Ballindalloch was the highlight! 🥃👌🏻 ✍🏻 My notes 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Stopped into the Valinch on Hope St, Glasgow last night - very impressed 🥃👌🏻

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Glasgow 10yo for Royal Mile Whiskies, 46%, Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 oily Pinot Grigio 👃🏼 sharp apple & citrus, mineral 👅 vanilla, lots of citrus, bright & vibrant & juicy, some salt 🏁 a pleasant woody fizz 🤔 Summertime 📍 The Pot Still, Glasgow #️⃣ 4/5 #whisky #scotchwhisky #maltwhisky

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

RAER inaugural release, 48.7%, Jackton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👀 redwood, syrupy 👃🏼 hartleys strawberry jam, boozy sultanas 👅 Baking spices, orange, fruit cake & toffee - a bit over on the sherry for my taste 🏁 medium, warm drying spice 🤔 Rich, robust, a little raw 📍 Pot Still Glasgow #️⃣ 3/5

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking forward to tonight’s tasting with #SPEYWhisky 🥃👌🏻

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Back at the Falkirk Stadium… not feeling terribly confident tonight, but hoping for a good game and a decent result #COYB @FalkirkFC 💙🤍

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great bank holiday seeing the Anthony Bourdain movie and - of course - I had a Negroni 👌🏻

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A fun evening sharing drams with Laura & Abbie at @smws_glasgow 👌🏻❤️🥃

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A hot 15 miles done. The Dramathon training continues, so had to get a distillery pic on my route - no prizes for guessing which one. 😝🥃🏃🏽‍♂️.

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We were back at the Willow Tree for a Gordon & MacPhail tasting, hosted by Gordon and The Wee Whisky Shop. A enjoyable and varied exploration of the range, but the Ledaig was head & shoulders above the rest for me👌🏻🥃 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Another weekend, another festival. Well done to @weewhiskyshop for another fantastic Linlithgow Whisky Festival. A surprising top 6 for me and wonderful to see so many whisky pals too 🥃👌🏻 #whisky #whiskyfestival

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A fantastic #BlindDrams hosted by @whiskywings.bsky.social The theme for tasting no 67 was World Cup Whiskies🥃🌎🏆. Five drams tasted blind. Drams 3 & 4 were sensational! 🥃👌🏻 ✍🏻 My notes 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

No spoilers for #BlindDrams but, with the Linlithgow whisky festival on Saturday, I figured I best get some notes and scoring done in advance 🥃 …. Plan A is still to join live - either way I’m ready 👌🏻 …. Abbie joined in too, so we’ll see whose scores will be more palatable to our host 😊

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

July’s #BlindDrams was hosted by our pal Jim Allan and he served us 5 wonderful Bunnahabhain drams in a tribute to his wife Gail ❤️. It was fantastic 🥃. Re-ordered the drams to match the photo - we started on rum then PX on the night. ✍🏻 My notes 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My top 5 drams at #whiskyfringe on Sunday: 1️⃣ @inchdairniedistillery single malt 2️⃣ @ardbeg An Oa CS 3️⃣ @ardnahoedistillery heavily peated 4️⃣ @dornochdistillery #205 5️⃣ @rarefindwhisky Glenglassaugh foursquare rum Another awesome festival from @royalmilewhiskies & great to see so many happy faces 🥃

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The drams to one side, it’s the people that make a whisky festival worth while 🥃❤️

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

9 miles run 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ … need to get my act together for the #dramathon 🥃2️⃣6️⃣.2️⃣ 😊 #running #marathontraining

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Massive margaritas anyone? 🍸🍋‍🟩🇲🇽

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hawf n hawf - waiting for the train 🚂🥃

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Metallica & Gojira at Hampden Park last night was just spectacular 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A wee Tullibardine for kick off - c’mon Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Tried 3 Royal Brackla samples from Uisge Mòr - a new Indy - 11yo refill sherry, one as it comes, one in white port, one in rum. Similar distillery character to all three - white port maybe edged it. Also a 5y Bunnahabhain Saoisha, an honest young & lively bourbon cask, my favourite of the four 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Twelve Single Malt Aventurine AV-09-21, Cognac barrels, 48%, Laguiole 🇫🇷 4000 bottles 👀 oily & golden 👃🏼 peach, potato starch, plasticine 👅 orange & clove, quite astringent & saccharine, chalky 🏁 bitter, fuzzy peach skins 🤔 fuzzy & falls short 📍 #ChezMoi #️⃣ 1/5

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Not the result we wanted, but I thought Scotland played well and the Falkirk Fanzone was great fun 👌🏻⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🤍

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The calm before the storm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #noscotlandnoparty #falkirkfc #scotland

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A fantastic #BlindDrams hosted by Damian. The theme for tasting no 65 was Grape Expectations 🍇🥃. Not a bad drop in the selection in my opinion and dram 5 - the Ardbeg - was spectacular … EUREKA! 🥃👌🏻 ✍🏻 My notes 🧵

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Voivod incredible as always 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Dram 5️⃣ 👀 golden syrup 👃🏼peat, wholemeal bread, a dusting of cocoa 👅 delightful sweet peat, chocolate truffles, chicory, honeyed, some sourness 🏁 warm & vibrant 🤔 peat truffles 👌🏻 📍 #BlindDrams 🔢 5/5

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Dram 4️⃣ 👀 oily, dark oak 👃🏼ribena cordial on a farm, pork crackling & apple sauce 👅 ginger syrup, Szechuan sauce, woody pear skins, sultana 🏁 med dry 🤔 sweet & savoury 📍 #BlindDrams 🔢 3/5

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Cliff Mann @cliffmann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Dram 3️⃣ 👀 peach tea, serrated line 👃🏼baked apple, Xmas pie filling, pollen & crunchie bars, blu tac 👅 it’s hot! Warm honey, sherry & wood, caramelised corner of a fruit crumble 🏁 woody dryness 🤔 hot sweet honey 📍 #BlindDrams 🔢 4/5

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