LIVING THE DRAM
Legend has it that the small Isle of Arran once had 50 distilleries working on it. With none remaining for some time though, the team at Lochranza Distillery set out in 1995 to resurrect the island’s whisky making ways. As with any new distillery, the team on the Isle of Arran have been learning their... Continue Reading →
Glenfiddich is undeniably one of the most recognisable single match scotch whiskies, and here we have the more senior sibling to their flagship 12 year old release, oldest of their core range, and owner of key to the door: the 18 year old. “Carefully matured for eighteen years in the finest Oloroso Sherry and bourbon... Continue Reading →
Fast approaching its bicentennial celebrations, the small distillery of Edradour has been producing “a whisky of rare distinction” in Pitlochry since 1825. Nestled in a pocket glen, in the hills above Pitlochry in the southern Highlands, lies Edradour, Scotland’s Little Gem. The neat cluster of buildings, houses equipment only just capable of producing commercial quantities.... Continue Reading →
Originally known as Minden Day - a military nod to the Battle of Minden during the Seven Years War - in more recent times, the 1st of August has been referred to as Yorkshire Day: the celebration of all things from “God’s Own Country”. Of the many great things to come from Yorkshire, probably the... Continue Reading →
If you are in the UK and have a genuine interest in whisky, then chances are that you’ve come across Atom Supplies Limited, albeit you may not know it… If you’ve bought your whisky through Master of Malt, then you’ve bought from Atom. If you’ve dabbled with the tasty drams and awesome artwork of That... Continue Reading →
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 →
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