Distillery waste will be converted into gas to help make Islay self-sufficient in green energy.
Energy from whisky? Lovers of the amber spirit may think it sounds like the environment movement’s worst-ever idea but the Scottish island of Islay is pioneering a system that uses whisky to create green energy.
A Scottish distillery is to launch a [...]
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 [...]
The first single malt made in England for about a century has attracted the interest of UK whisky enthusiasts.
St George’s Distillery, a family-run Norfolk company, is behind the drink.
Managing Director James Nelstrop said production of the whisky, which is being sold for £35 a bottle, was the culmination of a “45-year-old dream”.
The distillery was built [...]
TOP Sydney tax lawyer Ross Edward Seller and accountant Patrick David McCarthy have been charged with criminal offences in relation to a scotch whisky distillery scheme.
Mr Seller is a former partner at Gadens Lawyers and Mr McCarthy also worked at the company.
Few details of the charges, which are believed to have flowed from the [...]
Not that we didn’t already know that drinking whisky (in moderation!) is good for your mind and soul, we now have empirical proof that it is good for your ticker too:
Taken from The effect of whisky and wine consumption on total phenol content and antioxidant capacity of plasma from healthy volunteers. – G G Duthie, [...]
There is a stiring in the Eastern Highland hills of Scotland: The once quiet Glendronach Distillery has been revived.
Glendronach is a distillery that has alway had a special place in Michael’s heart, being the first single malt he ever really quaffed, so it is to his (and many whisky fans) great pleasure that the distillery [...]
The delightfully interesting brothers from Douglas Laing, one of the best independant bottlers of whisky, have updated their website.
In an interesting move by a consortium of whisky distillers in Speyside, whisky is about to get a bit more green. Thankfully, they’re not making plans to turn whisky actually green, but rather the process of whisky making is getting a bit more earth-friendly.
An article from the Financial times details how Helius Energy has partnered [...]
As reported earlier on the blog, the announcement to close the Ayrshire-based Kilmarnock bottling and packaging plant has caused the Ayrshire community to lash out at the multi-national drinks giant Diageo, forcing the company to hold a summit in Glasgow in an effort to communicate with a growing campaign of support for the of the [...]
