LIVING THE DRAM
The Speyside distillery have built up quite the roster of core releases over the years and this Trutina release represents the lightest [ed: fairest?] of them all. The name "Trutina" translates from Latin as "honest and pure" and "balanced", and is a fitting name as this is expression has been matured in one cask type... Continue Reading →
Turntable Blending House was launched in 2023 by brothers Gordon and Alasdair Stevenson. Their mission was to tackle the modern misconception that single malt whiskies are best, and demonstrate how blended whiskies can bring real quality by “creating new rhythms in blended whisky”. Rhythms indeed, as the Turntable name and references within their brand also... Continue Reading →
Despite taking the foot off the gas in terms of posts this year, I think I’ve actually tried more new whiskies than in previous years. That’s in terms of new whiskies that have been released on the market AND established names and bottles that are simply new to me. Looking back over the year and... Continue Reading →
Benromach Distillery in Speyside has launched the latest addition to its Contrasts range – a 12-year-old double matured limited release which has been matured in both first-fill bourbon and Bordeaux wine casks to create an imaginative twist on the signature Benromach style. This whisky started out in first-fill bourbon barrels before a final five years maturation in... Continue Reading →
Leading Scotch whisky distillery The GlenAllachie launches a fourth iteration of one of its oldest core range expressions: The GlenAllachie 21-year-old Cask Strength Batch 4 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Batch 4 (UK RRSP £306), a run of only 2,000 bottles, follows in the footsteps of well-received and significantly oversubscribed previous instalments of the annual release.... Continue Reading →
Independent Scotch whisky distillery The GlenAllachie reveals its new peated single malt Scotch whisky brand: Meikle Tòir (pronounced mee-kuhl tor). Spearheaded by celebrated Master Distiller Billy Walker, The GlenAllachie Distillery, which surpassed £20 million in sales for the first time last year, has won countless notable awards, including the hotly contested World’s Best Single Malt... Continue Reading →
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