The Masters…and the Protege
Dr. Bill Lumsden is best known as the head of whisky creation for The Glenmorangie Company, but he’s also the master blender for Beyonce’s Sir… Read More
Port Charlotte
Bruichladdich Launches Pair Of Whiskies For Festival
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has released a pair of limited edition whiskies – Octomore Polyphonic and Port Charlotte Single Cask Rock’ndaal – for the upcoming Fèis Ìle Festival (May 23-31, 2025), including its oldest Octomore to date. Octomore Polyphonic is a heavily peated whisky matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, bottled at 54.9% alcohol by volume [109.8 […]
Chapter 11: Doom and Gloom or Saving Grace
Oregon’s Westward Whiskey filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, as the House Spirits-owned distillery tries to reorganize its business and keep the stills running.… Read More
“Islands in the Sound, that is what we are…”
Or something along those lines anyway. Sorry, Kenny and Dolly. Anyway… let’s dig into a neat little duo from Whisky Sponge. There was a vision here: release a single cask bottling from both beloved Hebridean islands, Islay and Jura. A bottling that was naked in spirit and cask dressing, matured entirely on its respective island, […]
Bruichladdich Reveals Port Charlotte 18 Years Old
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has released their 2025 edition of the heavily-peated Port Charlotte 18 Years Old. Port Charlotte is named after a village two miles south of Bruichladdich Distillery. Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 18 Years Old was made using 100% Scottish barley, was initially matured in three different types of casks – 53% in first-fill bourbon, […]
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The Bond Between Peat and Whisky
While politicians in Scotland debate a potential ban on the harvesting of peat, author Mike Billett writes of the undeniable ties between peat and whisky.… Read More
Glen Grant Unveils New 21-Year-Old Single Malt
March 26, 2023 – Glen Grant has introduced the oldest permanent addition to its range with a new 21-year-old single malt. The whisky was matured in a combination of Oloroso Sherry butts and hogsheads along with ex-Bourbon barrels, and is bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtering. “The 18-year-old was our oldest one before, and it was mainly Bourbon wood which gives you much more floral notes to it,” said Master Distiller Dennis Malcolm. The 62-year veteran of the Scotch Whisky industry was on hand this week at an event in New York City to introduce the new whisky. Read More »
Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2013
Smoky and coastal exactly as I expected, quite mealy and herbal in places and some sweetness and nutty nature, perhaps from the finishing? 86/100
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…
Truffle Hunting for Whisky History (Episode 965: August 14, 2022)
Andrew Welford is described as a “truffle hunter” for whisky history, but his best find to date didn’t sell for a penny. In fact, he donated an original John Walker & Sons shares ledger from 1944 that he found on eBay to Diageo’s corporate archive in Scotland. We’ll talk with him and Isabel Graham-Youll of Whisky.Auction, who helped bring together the book with its new home. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit auction to help the state’s flooding victims is underway with bidding already exceeding $250,000. We’ll have that story and much more, including a Major League Baseball team Read More »