cask whisky

Here are 10 whiskies with unique cask finishes. Got any suggestions? Leave a comment below. A glorious wave of experimentation has turned cask finishing from a nerdy footnote into a…

October 14, 2025Adam O'Connell

When it comes to whisky, size does matter… at least where casks are concerned. Yep, we’re talking cask size, folks.  The barrel a whisky matures in determines how quickly it…

September 15, 2025Adam O'Connell

We ask about oloroso versus PX and American versus European oak. We obsess over cask seasoning, first-fill, second-fill, solera systems, and the precise microclimate of a bodega in Jerez. But…

July 23, 2025Adam O'Connell

You can buy Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish from Master of Malt now. We’ve got a new whisky, folks. And we’re the only ones to have it. …

July 15, 2025Adam O'Connell

Whisky maturation in tropical climates has a new contender. Former Macallan and Lakes whiskymaker Dhavall Gandhi has introduced SOLARES, a cask created in collaboration with Spanish cooperage and winemakers José…

July 4, 2025Adam O'Connell

Ah, Mizunara oak. The whisky world’s high-maintenance muse. This Japanese oak species (Quercus mongolica) is prized in whisky-making for the distinctive flavours it imparts: sandalwood, coconut, delicate incense, spices, and…

May 27, 2025Adam O'Connell

Today, we’re going sherry mad with a close look at whisky aged in oloroso casks. Think of all those wonderful flavours of molasses, Brazil nuts, and chocolate – they come…

May 28, 2024Henry Jeffreys

People love a good chat about casks in the whisky world and we’ve noticed there’s more peated whisky casks about at the moment, so let’s find out why that is with the…

January 5, 2023Adam O'Connell

Remember that time we made a list of some of our favourite strange and sensational cask-finished whisky? Well, we couldn’t fit everything we loved on one list. So we made another…

August 11, 2021Adam O'Connell