A New Experience at The Scotch Whisky Experience
The Scotch Whisky Experience on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, and this week launches an all-new multimedia tour highlighting the production… Read More
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond Finishes Off Remarkable Stills Series
Loch Lomond has released Loch Lomond 47 Years Old – the final single malt whisky in their Remarkable Stills series featuring high-age single malts. Loch Lomond 47 Years Old is unpeated, bottled at 44.3% alcohol by volume [88.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of apple, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange, toffee and vanilla. Only […]
Loch Lomond Prepares For The Open With Pair Of Whiskies
Loch Lomond has released a pair of limited edition single malt whiskies – Loch Lomond Open Special Edition and Loch Lomond Open Course Collection – to celebrate this year’s British Open golf tournament, which will be held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club on July 16-23, 2023. Loch Lomond had previously entered into a five-year […]
A Scottish Rye? Rye Not! (Episode 1002: April 30, 2023)
Rye hasn’t been widely used by Scotch whisky distillers for decades, but Inchdairnie Distillery is doing something different for its first release: A Scottish single grain distilled from 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley. The distillery contracted local farmers to grow the rye grain, and released its first batch of RyeLaw this week. Inchdairnie managing director Ian Palmer joins us to explain the reasons for starting with a Scottish rye whisky. In the news, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says no to reconsidering a whisky tax hike set for August, while Diageo is joining the growing list of whisky Read More »
Inbox / The Week’s Whisky News (April 28, 2023)
Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisk…
Loch Lomond Unveils Noble Rebel Blended Malt
Highland distillery Loch Lomond has released a blended malt whisky brand which they are calling Noble Rebel – which will, in turn, have a trio of flavors: Hazelnut Harmony, Orchard Outburst and Smoke Symphony and Hazelnut Harmony – each with no-age-statement and bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Loch Lomond Noble Rebel Orchard […]
Inbox / The Week’s Whisky News (February 17, 2023)
Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky an…
Our Top 10 Whiskies of 2022
This is always our favourite post to write each year. The Top 10 is something we first began way back in 2009 and within it we celebrate the finest new whisky releases of that calendar year. Our first selection crowned Benromach 10 years old as our Whi…
WC Holiday Bourbon And Whisky Taste Test Review Extravaganza
It is the holiday season and that means it is time to have some notable bourbon and whiskies undergo a rigorous taste test to – you know, make sure they would be appropriate gifts. Somebody has to do this and Whisky Critic has volunteered themselves to undergo this arduous task. For the 2022 version of […]
Review / Loch Lomond Distillery Edition 9 years old
The Loch Lomond distillery has launched a new series of whiskies that will see it work with like-minded artisan creators to bring new people into the world of whisky. The Remarkable Makers campaign has started with a collaboration with London-based cra…