LIVING THE DRAM
The Dailuaine distillery (pronounced “doll-you-inn”) was founded in 1852 and has gone on to be a mainstay of the scotch industry, even if it’s own name isn’t that regularly adorned across the shelves of the whisky world. In its 170 years, the distillery has been through its fair share of ups and downs with closures,... Continue Reading →
64 years is a long old time. Just to be clear though: that is not the age of this whisky! No, that is the length of time between the Welsh National football team’s appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals. Prior to the 2022 tournament, the first and only time that Wales had previously made... Continue Reading →
Available from 2 March, The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.6 is the penultimate release in The Lakes Distillery’s journey to define a signature style. No.6 (of 7?!) An intensely aromatic evolution, the new sherry-led single malt retains the bold and complex characters The Whiskymaker’s Reserve is known for, bringing rich new flavours to the fore. Delving deep... Continue Reading →
Nestled just above the northern shores of the Isle of Skye, lies the Isle of Raasay. The island is said to be the home of hundreds of years of illicit distilling but in September 2017, the first legal spirits started to run from a new custom made still house on the island. Flash forward to... Continue Reading →
For all the woes that the pandemic has brought, one of the silver linings in that dark cloud has been the increase in innovative, digital, creative, collaboration. Regularly hitting the scotch headlines during this time has been Bowmore’s design collaboration with Aston Martin (see the review of their 22yo Master’s Selection here) but they are... Continue Reading →
The partnership between Nick Offerman and Lagavulin is nearing a decade, and a lot has been said about the fantastic pairing, so I’ll avoid it for this piece save for the quote adorning each bottle which says it all: I have travelled the world and sampled many attempts at pleasing nectars, but it is solely... Continue Reading →
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