LIVING THE DRAM
The Benriach distillery has had a fairly unfortunate and turbulent past, with fortunes coming and going and the distillery going through several regenerations. With its origins dating back to 1898, the site was built on a hill (Ben) on the Riach farm, the dust seems to have finally settled with a slick operation and growing... Continue Reading →
Independent Scotch whisky producer The GlenAllachie Distillers Company issues peated single malt brand Meikle Tòir’s annual limited release: The Turbo 2024 Edition. The new label, launched in September 2023, features Scotch whisky produced at independent distillery The GlenAllachie in Speyside. With veteran whisky maker Billy Walker at the helm since 2017, the distillery... Continue Reading →
Out today!! It’s always exciting when a distillery releases a new core release. It symbolises the main team’s satisfaction with the flavours that they are able to create and a recipe that they can produce time and time again. Today’s “Bourbon Barrel” release is just the second core release to be named by the White... Continue Reading →
Dubbed “The Master Blender’s Reserve” and made of “the finest malt and grain whiskies”, the Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve was launched in 2012 and has remained part of the Label line-up since. The “Gold Label” has been used by Johnnie Walker under several guises previously and was reportedly first created by using the blending... Continue Reading →
The output from the White Peak Distillery goes on! With new whiskies and explorations hitting the shelves every couple of months or so, the pace shows no sign of letting up and May 2024 saw the release of the first in their upcoming Wine Cask series: Amarone. As the name suggested, this single malt whisky... Continue Reading →
For the last few years, Arbikie have been breaking the scotch whisky mould by making rye whisky - the first to be officially produced in Scotland in over 100 years! Nestled in Inverkeilor near Arbroath, Arbikie is an independently-owned family-run distillery whose farm dates back some 400 years. In addition to growing their own crops... Continue Reading →
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