Culture

Our Culture section includes all of our fabulous gift guides for every occasion. Whether you are browsing for Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or Father's Day, we're sure to have a guide to help you pick that perfect present!

  1. Ahead of the Curve

    Ahead of the Curve

    We all know that every dram is precious, given the time, craft, and dedication involved in distilling whisky. Our shelves are testament to many different brands who express their character and provenance through beautiful design and refined typography. What happens, though, when an expression comes along that is so special and so rare that it needs to be presented in a way that can mirror the decades of maturation and ingenuity of process with bespoke, crafted, luxury? For the likes of The Macallan, Bowmore, Highland Park, and Midleton, the answer often lies with John Galvin.
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  2. Top Whiskies From Asia

    Top Whiskies From Asia

    With Lunar New Year on the horizon, we have chosen to spotlight our favourite Asian whiskies to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. Although Japanese whisky has been around for 100 years, there have been some very exciting new distilleries popping up across the continent more recently. Lets take a look.
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  3. Whisky Pancake Recipe

    Whisky Pancake Recipe

    Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, whatever you want to call it, is officially a week today! We think that any holiday is an excuse for a dram. Give your annual pancake feast an adult twist by infusing them with whisky, giving a new meaning to the term 'Scotch pancakes.'
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  4. Meet the Team

    Meet the Team

    Since 2019, our The Whisky Shop Auctions has flourished into a truly spectacular part of our business. This is hugely due to the hard work of three of our wonderful key team members - Briony Turner, Alan Davidson, and James Corrigan.
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  5. Gift Selection: A Valentine's Dram

    Gift Selection: A Valentine's Dram

    Celebrate love with a tipple or a toast this Valentine's day. What could be better than an extra special drink for your extra special someone? The following are the best whiskies, and other spirits, which we feel are the most romantic gifts for February 14th.
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  6. Ten Best Whiskies For Peat Lovers

    Ten Best Whiskies For Peat Lovers

    Looking for a new smoky whisky, or looking for a gift for someone with a penchant for peat? Lets take a look at Islay and beyond for some of the most loved peaty Scotch.
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  7. Burns Night Recipe: Whisky Sauce

    Burns Night Recipe: Whisky Sauce

    Traditionally, a Burns Supper consists of a meal of haggis neeps and tatties - topped with a creamy whisky sauce. Followed by a whisky infused, Cranachan dessert and washed down with a dram or three.
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  8. Burns Night Recipe: Cranachan

    Burns Night Recipe: Cranachan

    Try out our traditional whisky-infused dessert!
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  9. Traditional Whiskies Inspired by Times of Old

    Traditional Whiskies Inspired by Times of Old

    Twenty-four bottles of whisky distilled back in 1833 sold for £385,000 at a historic auction last December. They were discovered behind a door in Blair Castle, Pitlochry, nearly 200 years since it was made. The lucky buyer has the opportunity to taste a true 19th century single malt, from when methods and flavours were much different.
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  10. A Whisky Toast To The Bard

    A Whisky Toast To The Bard

    Burns Night celebrates the national poet of Scotland on his birthday, 25th January, and is one of the most whisky-filled events in the calendar. Robert Burns was a noted lover of Scotch, despite his occupation as a exciseman - an enforcer of alcohol industry taxation by the English. However, its surmised that he was not entirely comfortable with this job, having written a poem called 'The Devil is Away with the Exiseman', and a love poem to whisky called 'Scotch Drink.'
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