The history of whisky in Scotland is littered with the names of closed distilleries. While some of them have risen in fame since their closing, some have continued in obscurity, and a few have done…
Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – Caperdonich – a lost Speysider with a smoky secret
John Dewar & Sons has unveiled a new range of whiskies from Royal Brackla, the first Scotch to be granted a Royal Warrant by King William IV in 1833. Showcasing the quality of Royal Brackla for a new generation of malt drinkers, Malt Master, Stephanie Macleod has masterfully re-imagined the brand’s core range with maturation …
A one-of-a-kind 1975 cask of Ardbeg Islay single malt Scotch whisky, which survived the Distillery’s two brushes with closure, has sold to a private collector in Asia for £16million. The oldest ever released by Ardbeg, “Cask No. 3” is incomparably precious, since little single malt was created at the Distillery in the 1970s and it …
The “WHinsanity” of whisk(e)y buying continues…Are you ready for this? $19.2 MILLION. For one cask. That’s one barrel of whiskey. YOUR NEW RECORD. Unbelievable but actually kinda sorta believable in the current climate where just earlier this year, the former record for a whisky cask (Scotch) was set at $18M. The new record cask goes […]
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Talisker distillery is not only maritime in character but in location, with every drop of whisky distilled by the sea. It’s not surprising that when it comes to charitable endeavours, the oceans are its focus,…
Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – Talisker x Parley: Rewilding the sea with Forests of the Deep
By Richard Thomas If you are as lucky as I am, you get two Father’s Days. Because my child lives abroad, he marks the occasion on their calendar; I mark it on the American holiday. That way, I get to celebrate it twice, and the second round is coming up, because in the United States, …
The GlenDronach Distillery announces the tenth release of its highly anticipated Cask Strength Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky. This expression is expertly crafted by Master Blender Rachel Barrie from a marriage of Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks. By bottling at the whisky’s natural cask strength, as was the custom before the turn of the …
By Richard Thomas Rating: xxx Dewar’s is a pretty familiar sight in the United States, as well it should be: it’s the second-best selling Scotch Whisky brand in the country, and that country happens to be the world’s most lucrative whiskey market. Less well-known are the single malts (or grain whiskies for that matter) that …
Benriach Distillery announces the arrival of the Benriach Cask Edition, the first single cask single malt Scotch whisky bottlings ever available in the US from the distillery. Continuing Benriach’s creative legacy, each of the three expressions exclusive to the US have been drawn from individual casks selected by Master Blender Rachel Barrie to offer a rare and unique insight into …
Whisky creators Gordon & MacPhail have revealed a very special single malt whisky to honor the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection 1952 from Glen Grant Distillery has spent the past 70 years maturing in a first fill Sherry butt, the same amount of time that Her Majesty has …
