LIVING THE DRAM
Mackmyra has been selling its single malt whisky since 2002 and, as any new distillery would hope for, the bottles flew off the shelves and the Swedes were soon faced with the challenge of making a core range. Flash forward to 2010 when Mackmyra release Brukswhisky. The name means “mill whisky” and is a reference... Continue Reading →
Following last week’s St. George’s Day post, I’m sticking with the White Peak distillery and looking at one of their most recent releases: Full Port. In February 2023 the team released “Double Oak Port” - a limited release of their lightly peated spirit which had spent its time initially in ex-bourbon barrels and then in... Continue Reading →
The beer and whisky industries often seem to run in parallel to one another but occasionally, when they do run hand-in-hand, great things can happen - and I’ve saved this post for St. George’s Day to give you an English example! This is none more prevalent than in Derbyshire, where the ties between the White... Continue Reading →
Stylised as just "Lindores" on their bottles, the Lindores Abbey is believed to be a place of pilgrimage for scotch whisky fans. The Lindores Abbey site has one of the earliest written references to whisky production, dating back to 1494 - hence the name of the whisky! Yes, that's right, the name of this flagship... Continue Reading →
One of the newest names to be making waves in the Indian whisky market is Indri. Launched in 2021, Indri is a single malt whisky offering from the Piccadily Distilleries in North India. Across its 3 distilleries, Piccadily currently produce spirits for 3 different brands. 2 of these focus on molasses-based spirits, but with the... Continue Reading →
The rise and rise of Japanese whisky can be dated back 90 years to 1934 and the foundation of what we now know as Nikka. The Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries form part of the now-giant Japanese whisky establishment and this whisky features malt whiskies from those sites. This bottle is one of their more signature/infamous... Continue Reading →
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