LIVING THE DRAM
The distillery long associated with producing the base mat for Famous Grouse has seen a wholesale revolution in the last decade or so. With its focus now seemingly on single malts and luxury, the Glenturret is turning heads. Their site claims to be the oldest working distillery in Scotland, but rather than weather-worn facilities, their... Continue Reading →
In 2019, the team at Tomatin rebranded its distinct peated “Cù Bòcan” releases with the launch of a revised set of three expressions: Signature, Creation #1 and Creation #2 with the moniker “Unlocking The Unusual”. The series is now up to 7 different ‘Creations’ but here I’m revisiting the first in that run of experiments: Creation #1. What we have... Continue Reading →
There’s a good handful of distilleries in Scotland that have made their name from good sherry cask stocks. Tamdhu is one such name. Launched back in 2015, the Batch Strength series looks to celebrate the Sherry only maturation of its malts, but delivered without an express age statement and a significant alcohol strength - not... Continue Reading →
Appropriately branded for a Halloween tipple, this is Ian Macleod Distillers’ Smokehead. Launched in 2006, Smokehead is a single malt scotch whisky, with the identity of the source distillery itself kept as a closely guarded secret. What we do know is that hails from one of the whiskymakers on the fabled Isle of Islay, and... Continue Reading →
The Cairn Distillery owned by Gordon & MacPhail is inviting adventurous whisky drinkers to ‘taste the future today’, with its range of blended malts providing the flavours predicted to feature in the distillery’s single malt releases in years to come. One of the expressions - the CRN57° 70-year-old - is the world’s oldest blended malt Scotch... Continue Reading →
In September 2024 Lindores announced that they would be producing an annual small batch release under the title “Thiron”. In anticipation of this year’s edition being released we look back to the first edition. The name “Thiron” harkens back to another historical abbey: the mediaeval abbey at Thiron-Gardais (founded 1109). The distillery leans heavily into... Continue Reading →
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