Whisky and Spirits News, Features and Reviews - Page 170
In pictures: Behind the scenes at The Art of Campari exhibitionPartial to a Negroni? Then feast your eyes on The Art of Campari exhibition, coming to North London’s Estorick Collection next month. Not in the capital? No worries! Enjoy a…
WATCH: Kentucky warehouse collapse creates giant bourbon barrel heapOn Friday Kentucky distillery Barton 1792 experienced something of a disaster: a partial warehouse collapse sending as many as 9,000 barrels of bourbon tumbling to the floor. The aerial footage…
Macallan-maker to sell Cutty Sark and Glenturret as sales hit £706 millionCalculators at the ready, folks – Edrington, the company that makes The Macallan, Highland Park and Famous Grouse, among others, has just released its financial results for the year to…
Q&A: Jim Beveridge, Johnnie Walker master blender!He looks after more casks than there are people in Scotland, leads a blending team of 12, and creates the world’s best-selling blended Scotch whisky… Meet Johnnie Walker’s Jim Beveridge!…
The Importance of Light Strike Awareness DayHave you heard of Light Strike Awareness Day? If not, Henry is here to give you the low-down… Today, the 21st June, the longest and potentially sunniest day of the…
The Master of Malt World Cup of ScotchShin-pads, sticker books and half-time oranges at the ready, folks. It’s time for the The Master of Malt World Cup of Scotch! You might have noticed that there’s some sort…
The Nightcap: 22 JuneAnother week comes to a close, so it’s time for a round-up of booze stories to help you start your weekend with a brain full of knowledge – it’s The…
The Lagg Distillery on the Isle of Arran Nears Completion!The Lagg Distillery on the Isle of Arran has been in the works since 2016, we’re more than a little excited at the prospect of enjoying whisky from a brand…
Modern blended whiskies you’ll want to boast aboutBlended whisky gets a seriously bad rap – call time on single malt snobbery, and stock your home bar with these modern blended whiskies (and blended malts) that equal far…
Annandale Distillery Scotch whisky comes of age!The only thing more exciting than a new distillery is a new distillery’s first whisky coming of age! We popped over the border into Scotland to meet the Annandale Distillery…
Terrific Tomatin celebrates super-sized whisky growthThe Tomatin distillery has just released its results for the most recent financial year, showing its turnover climbed by an incredibly impressive 24.6%! It was a good year for Tomatin…
Sun’s out, rum’s out! Pub sales soar as the sun shinesNew data out today confirms what pretty much everyone already knew – when the sun shines on the UK, we head to beer gardens in our droves. During the near-tropical…
The Bourbon Series: Part One… with Fred Noe of Jim BeamFrom humble beginnings in Kentucky, Jim Beam has captured the hearts of American whiskey fans across the globe, quite rightly earning the title of ‘World’s Best-Selling Bourbon’. We travelled to…
The Nightcap: 15 JunePotential gin droughts and whiskey made with beavers. It’s all kicking off, isn’t it? The Nightcap is here to fill you in on this week’s booze news. Look at a…
Love bourbon? Heading to Kentucky? Make this your first stop…Unless you’re lucky enough to live in or around the Bluegrass State, a visit to the birthplace of bourbon is something akin to a pilgrimage. As it readies to open…
To mark another superb Fèis Ìle we asked the good public (that’s you!) to share a snap of your top Islay tipple and to flaunt your #MoMFeisIle t-shirt to be…
