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The Ultimate Gift Guide to Utterly Bonkers Christmas-Inspired Spirits!Get those cocktail shakers at the ready – we’ve assembled the world’s most daring festive spirits for your drinking pleasure. It also serves as a handy gift guide for the…
Vermouth 101: Could it Be the Next ‘Gin’?Packed with botanicals and historically rooted in medicine, cocktail staple vermouth has plenty in common with everyone’s favourite junipery tipple. But does the bittersweet, herbal aperitif have what it takes…
Bowmore Bottles Hogshead From 1966!After half a century maturing in one of the world’s oldest Scotch whisky warehouses, Bowmore 1966 50 Years Old has been liberated from its ex-bourbon hogshead and decanted into bottles…
The Nightcap – 1 December 2017Welcome to the second edition of The Nightcap: a weekly bulletin to ensure you’re on top of the latest goings-on from the world of drinks! Once again we bring to…
Master of Malt Dram Club – December 2017It’s December. Honestly, we’re as surprised as you at how well it sneaked up on us. Let’s have a gander at what Master of Malt Dram Club members will be…
New Johnnie Walker: Made with Whisky from Silent Distilleries!When we’ve not heard from the folk at Johnnie Walker for a while, it usually means they’re up to something. As it transpires, they’ve been busy raiding the likes of…
Master of Malt-exclusive Redbreast 16 Year Old 2001 Single Cask!Bear with us while we compose ourselves – the latest Master of Malt exclusive bottling is here and it’s so good it’s got us in a right fluster. Behold: Redbreast…
Cask By Cask: Ardbeg An Oa, Deconstructed!If you’re partial to an Islay dram, by now you’ll be familiar with Ardbeg An Oa – but how much do you know about its makeup? Brendan McCarron, head of…
Rosebank: What’s Next for the Iconic Distillery?Twenty-four hours on from one of the biggest Scotch whisky announcements of the year – challenged only by news of Port Ellen and Brora‘s revival a mere day before –…
Introducing The Nightcap: The first of our weekly news bulletins!What do a Glasgow distillery, a 30 year old Speyside dram, and a cat dressed in people clothes have in common? Nope, not a naff punchline – they all feature…
Dram Good News! Rosebank to Rise from the AshesTell ya what, it’s a great week to be a mothballed Scotch whisky distillery – Ian Macleod Distillers has announced it will be resurrecting beloved Lowland single malt Rosebank. Yesterday…
What Will We Be Drinking in 2018? The IWSC Looks Ahead…While 2017 might not be over quite yet – there are trees to be decorated, gifts to be wrapped, and many, many mince pies to be scoffed – we can’t…
Once You’ve Checked In, Do You Check Out the Travel Retail Spirits?Jetting off somewhere exotic? Milling around in departures? Put down the giant Toblerone and step away from designer perfume – the travel retail spirits department is likely worth a visit……
Port Ellen and Brora to Reopen By 2020. Yes, Really!*MEGA WHISKY NEWS KLAXON* The rumours are true! Two of Scotland’s most iconic closed whisky distilleries, Port Ellen and Brora, are to be brought back to life by 2020, to…
Bowmore Fèis Ìle 2017 Charity Auction!Thanks to one very, very generous customer, we’ve got our hands on a bottle of Bowmore’s 11 year old Fèis Ìle 2017 release, which we’re auctioning to raise lots of…
Islay Rye? Bruichladdich’s Allan Logan Looks to the Island’s Whisky FutureMarrying a progressive approach to ingredient sourcing, terroir and cask exploration with traditional hands-on production techniques, Islay-based Bruichladdich is a distillery for the ages. We chat with production director Allan…
30yo Macallan Cask Fetches Eye-Watering £285k at AuctionNo expense was spared for one Macallan super-fan, who recently smashed the world record for a cask sale at auction when they splashed out HK$2,928,000 (about £285,000) on a 30-year-old…
Dialling Up: The Benevolent Intros Mental Health HelplineCalling all UK drinks industry colleagues: this one’s for you! The Benevolent has launched a free, confidential helpline dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for the trade – and it…
