2024

Still Austin High Rye Bottled in Bond Bourbon Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Texas’s Still Austin Whiskey Company (I shouldn’t need to tell you where in Texas they are from with that name) has a range of bottled in bond whiskeys, based on their standard straight whiskey line. It’s a now commonplace arrangement among small distillers in America, and many plan their initial, …

ASC Acquires Single Cask Nation Whisky Distillery

Single cask nation whisky

The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) has expanded its portfolio for whisky distilleries with the recent acquisition of Single Cask Nation. A US-based independent bottler, the distillery becomes the second company operated by ASC which also owns the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS). SMWS is a membership whisky investment club. The distillery produces limited edition whiskies […]

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Loch Lomond Peated Single Grain Scotch Review (2021 Festival Bottling)

By Alex Southgate Rating: B You have to love a good special edition and the one examined here is very close to home for me personally: the Peated Single Grain Scotch Whisky from Loch Lomond that was bottled especially for the 2021 Southport Whisky Festival. Southport, England, is my home town and I’m always going …

Around the World for the first time in 2024

Bache-Gabrielsen 5 yo ‘BGW Batch #1’ (41%, OB, France, single malt, 3,000 bottles, 2022)Armorik 14 yo 2008/2023 (58%, OB, France, LMDW New Vibrations, Spanish oak sherry, cask #3339, 244 bottles)Kornog 10 yo 2012/2023 ‘Le Poids d’un Nuage’ (58.5%, La M…

Smokehead High Voltage Scotch Review

By Douglas Fraser Grade: B+ Smokehead Islay Single Malt Whisky is pure Islay whisky at its smokiest, with High Voltage as the cask strength version of the standard Smokehead. The whisky is sourced by Ian Macleod Distillers from an unnamed Islay distillery, and as a single malt, we know the source is just one distillery …

Scotch Whisky Exports to Singapore Exploded in 2023

Singapore whisky export

Despite harsh economic times for the global landscape, Scotch whisky exports to Singapore soared to new heights in 2023. All reports from both governmental and private sector sources indicate that there is a new destination for Scotch whisky. The reports show double-digit growth in whisky imports by the country putting it in line for an […]

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