Stone Toasting: A New Way to Toast Whisky Casks
Coopers have used everything from torches to infrared lamps to toast the inside of barrels. Now, a technique pioneered by the wine industry is making… Read More
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Lagavulin, Salud And Starward Collab On Whisky
Diageo-owned Lavagulin casks have been used by Australia’s Starward to create a limited edition whisky – Starward x Lagavulin – to be distributed by Dutch distributor Salud Spirits. Starward x Lagavulin combines Starward’s single malt matured in red wine barrels for two-and-a-half years before spending another 18 months in peated Lagavulin Scotch barrels and is […]
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Aussies Mr. Black And Starward Collab On Whisky Liqueur
A pair of popular Australian spirits producers – Mr. Black and Starward – have collaborated to create Double Cacao, a limited edition whisky and coffee-based liqueur. As their contribution to the collab, Mr. Black offers infused cacao nibs from Tanzania along with their coffee liqueur, which is then blended with Starward’s gold medal-winning Peated Finish […]
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Happy Hour Live with Starward Whisky’s David Vitale (Episode 943: April 20, 2022)
Australian whiskies did extremely well at last week’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and Melbourne’s Starward Whisky led the way with 12 Double Gold and 3 Gold medals. That’s the most of any whisky brand in the entire competition. Starward founder David Vitale joined us on the last #HappyHourLive webcast to talk about not only his whiskies, but the success of the entire Australian whisky category. Links: Starward Whisky
Our Top 10 Whiskies of 2021
This is always one of our favourite posts 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…
Allotment Drams / Starward Two-Fold & Power’s John’s Lane 12 years old
We have two more episodes from our Allotment Dram series. Within this we record whisky reviews in the surroundings of our north London allotment. For these two new episodes we have gone Australian and Irish. First, watch as Matt talks about the Starwar…