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\"sponge\"<\/a>On the eve of Dramboree 2014 it was discovered that we’d been mentioned on that well-known organ of truthiness and whisky-related fact provision, The Whisky Sponge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whilst the author of this often controversial blogournalisatire (that’s a real genre… honest…) remains shrouded in mystery their observations on the very inner workings of all levels of the whisky industry are often found to be razor-keen.<\/p>\n

Guess we’d best order in some Tennent’s then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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