Whisky
A new Scotch whisky gets an American slant
A Scotch whisky has been given an American twist ahead of the Christmas market. The Glen Moray Fired Oak Cask 10-Year-Old Single Malt Whisky is released this month, as the Glen Moray team continue to develop their ‘Gateway to Flavour’ by adding a new expression which is intensely sweet and smooth. Master Distiller, Graham Coull…
Read MoreWhisky firm set to grow its global travel range
A Scotch whisky company is set to boost its Global Travel Retail range with the launch of a range of new products, expected in stores next year. The Loch Lomond Group’s new expressions were unveiled at the 2018 TFWA World Exhibition and Conference, which took place in Cannes from September 30 until October 5. The…
Read MoreDistillery celebrates first (and 525th) birthday
Regarded as ‘the spiritual home of Scotch whisky,’ Lindores Abbey Distillery celebrates its first anniversary since it opened to the public on 5 October last year. The team at the distillery brought whisky production back on the historical site of Lindores Abbey in Newburgh in Fife. It was here that, according to the Exchequers Roll,…
Read MoreGlen Scotia brings Campbeltown to the Fringe
If visitors won’t come to the distillery then the distillery will come to them, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. IT’S safe to say that only the most hardcore whisky fans will have visited Campbeltown. While many Scotch nuts will make the pilgrimage to Speyside or catch a plane or a ferry to Islay, the three-hour drive…
Read MoreGlengoyne toasts its history at the Fringe
Peter Ranscombe raises a glass to Glengoyne’s Fringe show and food pairings at Contini’s Cannonball restaurant. “SLOW” isn’t a word you’d normally associate with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. During August, 56,796 performers will stage 3,548 shows in 317 venues across Scotland’s capital city, from the biggest theatres all the way through to the tiniest church…
Read MoreHyde Irish Whiskey and Scottish Field
Clarification – With reference to our piece dated 22 June 2018, titled ‘The Irish Whiskey Market Faces Tough Challenges’, we would like to confirm that: 1. Hyde Whiskey do not source whiskey from the Cooley distillery; 2. Hyde Whiskey operate from a warehouse in Little Island, County Cork as a whiskey ‘Bonder’ and independent whiskey bottler; 3. Mr…
Read MoreRaise your glass and enjoy a double celebration
There’s a double celebration this weekend – with the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as World Whisky Day. Glen Moray Classic Whisky has the perfect spring cocktail The Northern Great for celebrating this special day, May 19. Handcrafted in the picturesque Glen Moray Distillery in the heart of Elgin, Glen Moray…
Read MoreEden Mill’s first whisky sells for £7100 at auction
A bottle of single malt whisky from Scotland has fetched a record-breaking price at auction for the first release from a distillery. Eden Mill’s bottle number one of 300 from the Limited Release First Bottling, the first drops of whisky to be distilled and bottled in St Andrews for nearly 160 years, achieved a record…
Read MoreNew whisky tours to get underway in Edinburgh
An exclusive new whisky tour of Edinburgh is set to get underway next month to mark World Whisky Day. As plans for Edinburgh’s first single malt whisky distillery in 90 years and a £150 million pound immersive whisky visitor experience in the historic capital city are announced, award winning storytellers, Mercat Tours are encouraging locals…
Read MoreDundee gets set to welcome a festival of whisky
A popular whisky event is on the move – because it has been such a success. After two sell out years in Falkirk, the Whisky Social will expand as it moves to Dundee. The Bonar Hall will be the venue for the first whisky festival to come to the City of Discovery on Saturday. Offering…
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