If you’re visiting Scotland, I’d highly recommend a visit to Edradour Distillery. Located in Pitlochry, about 1.5 to 2 hours north of Edinburgh, it’s ideally positioned for a day trip from the capital, or you could stop off on your way further north if you’re doing a longer trip and visiting distilleries in the Highlands… [Read more...]
The BenRiach: Arumaticus Fumosus
I have to admit that I didn’t know about The BenRiach Distillery until about two days ago when I got a bottle of their Arumaticus Fumosus as a present. It seems I may not be the only one: the distillery’s website describes BenRiach as a long kept secret that has only ever been enjoyed in… [Read more...]
Thinking Of Starting A Whisky Distillery?
I’ve been reading up on the history of Kilchoman Distillery on Islay in order to add it to our (slowly but surely expanding) distillery database, and it struck me just how expensive it is to start a distillery… Anthony Wills (Kilchoman’s founder) raised an initial £1 million, which ran out within four months. Further fundraising… [Read more...]
The Famous Grouse & The Biggest Bottle Of Whisky In The World
A little while ago I mentioned that The Famous Grouse was going to attempt to break the world record for the biggest bottle of whisky in the world. Well, their attempt was successful, and they completely smashed the record previously held by Jack Daniels! If you weren’t able to make it to The Famous Grouse… [Read more...]
Glenfarclas 1953: A Rare Treat
At 58 years old, the Glenfarclas 1953 is the oldest whisky ever released by the distillery. Only 400 numbered bottles from cask #1674 are available in this limited edition release. The cask is an ex Spanish sherry cask, and the whisky is bottled at cask strength of 47.2% ABV and is non-chill filtered. We were… [Read more...]
The Famous Grouse Attempts To Break World Record
If you’re in Scotland on 12 August, you may want to pop into The Famous Grouse Experience to witness their attempt to set a new Guinness World Record by creating the world’s largest bottle of whisky! The large bottle, a supersized replica of The Famous Grouse bottle, will hold 200 litres (that’s 8 200 drams!)… [Read more...]
Antique Whiskies
Have you ever wondered what the whiskies of yesteryear tasted like? How your favourite whisky brands have changed (if at all) over the years? I’m absolutely fascinated by this topic, and adore the fact that Master Of Malt have now made a collection of antique spirits available. The collection is not only limited to whisky,… [Read more...]
Ian Buxton’s 101 World Whiskies To Try Before You Die
Ian Buxton’s guide to 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die is an excellent source for discovering whiskies beyond the obvious and usual suspects. The book covers some of the well-known whisky-producing countries (such as Scotland, the USA, and Canada) as well as some that may come as a surprise to you (for example,… [Read more...]
Tobermory’s Water Shortage
Water, water, everywhere… at least that’s how it’s felt in the UK for the last few weeks. Summer’s been dismally absent and the rain dismally frequent. Everywhere, that is, except on the island of Mull off the coast of Scotland. Mull apparently has its own micro-climate, and has been having it’s own little micro-drought, it… [Read more...]
Old Pulteney Packaging Branding Change
Old Pulteney single malt whisky is a staple feature of our whisky shelf. We stumbled across this particular whisky a few years ago when we took part in, of all things, a whisky tasting via Twitter, which worked surprisingly well! Old Pulteney was one of the whiskies that would be tasted and we ummed and… [Read more...]