In a blind taste test organized as part of Scotland’s Burn’s Night festivities a Taiwanese Whisky shocked everyone by coming out as the clear winner over its Scottish and English rivals.
The contest took place in a hostelry north of Edinburgh and when the results were announced author and whisky connoisseur Charles MacLean exclaimed, “Oh my [...]

Three cases of perfectly preserved MacKinlay’s Rare Old Whisky and two cases of brandy are amongst dozens of new objects discovered by an international team working to conserve Sir Ernest Shackleton’s only Antarctic hut.
The discoveries were made during the current short Antarctic summer.
The objects were found while removing ice from under Shackleton’s hut at Cape [...]

This month in the Malt Advocate there is rather a good article about Australian Whisky Distillers. I this article there is a mention of some distillers perhaps dumbing down the malts and them not having the character that they “once” had. This intrigued me, I have had a good look at so many whiskies over [...]