IT HAS been more than 70 years in the making and was laid down in a small Scottish distillery the year before the outbreak of the Second World War.
But yesterday, amidst the splendour of Edinburgh Castle, the contents of that single cask saw the light of day for the first time at the launch of [...]
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 [...]
For those of you who are crazy about Islay whisky, we have some good news:
Last Wednesday I along with Michael had the privilege to attend the very first Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting to be held in New Zealand. [...]
As Father’s Day (September 6th) is rapidly approaching, we’ve got some great gift ideas for those hard-working fathers out there who deserve a wee whisky treat. If you are interested in ordering any of the whisky below, click on the images for the relevant whisky and you will be taken to our online store. Altneratively, you [...]
A single bottle of whisky has become the most expensive sold at auction this year and at the same time become the most expensive bottle of 50 year old Macallan ever.
The bottle, sold at the McTear’s Rare & Collectible Whisky Sale for £11,750 [NZ$29,410], was bought by a private collector from California.
The Macallan [...]
A limited edition bottle of Kilchoman Distillery’s first ever single malt from cask number one, filled in December 2005, was sold at auction for a staggering £5,400 (approx NZ$14,200). The winning bid was made by Niels Ladefoged, originally from Denmark and who lives in the UK. The bottle of the three year old single malt [...]
