Classic Malts Add a New Twist

Classic Malts of Scotland In the 1980s “dark days” of Scotland’s malt whisky malaise, United Distillers and Vintners (now Diageo) …

Irish and Texan Bottle Bonding

Cask Finish Experimentation As cask finishing experimentation spirals increasingly outward, so does our joy of whiskey tasting. But it isn’t …

Another Day Another Smokehead

Islay Whisky In the ever-widening field of Islay Scotch whisky, Ian Macleod Distillers, under its Smokehead label, is pushing the …

TASTING NOTE: Dalwhinnie 15

The war at distilleries, between the need to create cash flow and the desire to produce longer-aged products, continues. It’s …