The Balvenie is a revered Scotch whisky brand with a history dating back to 1892. That was the year industry legend William Grant set out to build his dream distillery next to the 13th-century castle that gave the liquid its name. The Balvenie means “village of fortune” in Scots, which is quite appropriate considering the … Read more
A rare, 54-year-old single cask of one of Scotland’s most revered single malts has been released for sale in limited quantities this month. Cask broker Duncan Taylor has announced ‘The Accolade’ Highland Park 1970 as a 54-year-old single cask, single malt Scotch whisky. The whisky was distilled and barrelled by Orkney-based Highland Park the year … Read more
Talisker has announced its latest limited edition range of 30-year-old Scotch whisky. The whisky brand first released its limited-edition 30-year-old single malt as part of a special collection in 2006. Since then, the distillery has become a household name among Scotch whisky lovers. The Diageo-owned brand deserves its spotlight for continuing the interest in island … Read more
When I lived in London, I was always amazed at how much the British loved Jack Daniel's. Everywhere I went, the iconic black-and-white label of Tennessee whiskey was on bar shelves, posters, T-shirts, clubs and pubs. It was an import to them, and in turn a sort of American myth, an icon that not everyone … Read more
Blue Label is the pinnacle of Johnnie Walker’s line of Scotch. Only one per 10,000 Scotch barrels produced by spirits company Diageo makes the cut for this blend—and the group makes 11 million casks per year. After carefully tasting Blue Label over a few weeks and talking to the world’s top whisky experts, including Johnnie Walker’s master blender, … Read more
Scotch gets complicated quickly. Its home, Scotland, comprises over 140 whisky distilleries, all of which use just three ingredients—malted barley, water, and yeast—to make thousands of versions of one product that can cost anywhere from $20 to $2.7 million for a single bottle. Even more bewildering, those distilleries release hundreds of new bottlings every year. Some remain part … Read more
One of the highest alcohol examples in the Scotch whisky category and one of the best new cask strength whiskies to try, Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 5 is, as its name suggests, the fifth product in this long-established distillery’s cask strength single malt whisky series. Cask Strength No. 5 is bold but delicious, … Read more
Glen Grant has been producing magnificent single malt whiskies since the 1840s. In all that time, the legendary Speyside Scotch whisky producer has added nothing as old as The Glasshouse Collection, a trio of elegant whiskies aged 21 to 30 years to its permanent range. Each one enters the bottle as an example of the … Read more