This week we’re visiting a Highland distillery with an unmistakable tropical fruit flavour, Balblair. But why does it taste like this and where does the flavour come from? We take…
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The revamped, all singing, all dancing Clynelish Distillery is open as part of Diageo’s Four Corners of Scotland whisky tourism push. We paid it a visit to see what all…
If news about new Scotch whisky distilleries, Hendrick’s Gin’s surreal celebratory film and heavy metal giants KISS entering the spirits game sounds like a great read to you, then you’re…
Earlier this year when the sun was shining, we spent a very jolly day tasting through the 2019 Diageo Special Releases with brand ambassadors TJ Littlejohn and Colin Dunn, with…
Looking for bite-sized bits of booze news? That’s exactly what The Nightcap is all about! This week we’ve got stories about distillery facelifts, trees and 47 year old whisky… It’s…
It’s so nearly Christmas! Have you bought all your presents? Ordered a turkey? Thought up a list of safe topics for the dinner table? No? Nor have we! It’s going…
Purchase any bottle of Glenmorangie before the end of June and get Free Shipping on your *entire* order. “Well, this does exactly what it says on the tin,” is what…
Yesterday saw the World’s Best whiskies and spirits crowned at the World Drinks Awards, including the World Whiskies Awards. Before we get into the results though, some good news! Drinks…
In your best Stevie voice: “Yesterday Superstition, today Fettercairn Fior.” That’s right, there’s another wonderful highland whisky dram from White & MacKay behind window 15 of Drinks by the Dram’s Whisky Advent…
Away from Islay peat and back into the warm embrace of some truly top notch Sherry now, as we open window 13 of Drinks by the Dram’s Whisky Advent Calendar……
Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a satsuma (not especially exciting) and a chocolate orange (Woo! Get in! Let’s chuck this in an unnecessarily aggressive manner at the nearest solid object…
Some whiskies can be said to have a ‘coastal’ or ‘maritime’ character, and invariably these are also whiskies that I absolutely love. In fact, these seaside malts are the reason…
Born in London in 1788, George Frederick Read was an illustrious merchant, believed to have brought one of the first merchant vessels through the Torres Straight (which runs between Papua…
This week we’ll be looking at Nant – one of the most critically acclaimed distilleries on Tasmania, with high profile fans including legendary whisky commentator Jim Murray. It began in…
In many ways, Lark was the flagship behind the burgeoning whisky scene in Tasmania. Established in 1992, it was the first fully licensed commercial distillery on the island since the…
So – it’s about that time again – new batches, and replenished batches of some absolute crackers from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. First up – spoiler alert – we do…
Doesn’t really take a huge deal of explanation, this one, does it? What we’ve gone and done is take a range of delicious single malts, and finished them for a…
Considering that the Knockdhu distillery was founded over 100 years ago in a land brimming with peat, they’ve certainly taken their sweet time bringing out some peated whisky in the…
Well that was quite a Christmas. In fact it’s been so busy that 4 new releases have passed us by with nary a mention. Changing that, now I am here…
Back in December I visited the Worship Street Whistling Shop for a very special, two hour long ‘multi-sensory experience’: the final Diageo Whisky Theatre of the year. The project is…