With the last remaining casks if Littlemill due to be bottled this decade, Master Blender Michael Henry gives us some fascinating insight into what it takes to be the final custodian of an iconic piece of whisky history.
We're thrilled to be the release partner of InchDairnie distillery's second release, a trio of whiskies bottled straight from their sample room. The three one-of-a-kind bottlings are available exclusively from The Whisky Shop.
Does it pain you to simply throw away a beautifully made whisky bottle? Well, take a look at our list find the best way to give your empty a new lease of life.
One of the most prevailing myths about Irish whiskey is that, to be an Irish whiskey, the liquid must undergo triple distillation. Lets take a look at how this became to be believed, and why it is less than true.
We're delighted to be the release partner for this first release from the all-new Cabrach distillery. The Feering: Early Harvest is a blended whisky, made with liquid donated from three Speyside distilleries, to support the venture as it finds its feet.
In February, we sent out an unlabelled sample to a selected group of W Club members, for an at-home blind tasting. They filled out a form with their honest thoughts, rating out of 25 for nose and palate, out of 20 for finish, and out of 30 for their overall impression.
We're very excited for this W Club exclusive Digital Drams tasting, as we'll be sampling the second/third/fourth bottlings from the innovative InchDairnie distillery - the folks behind the much-loved RyeLaw Fife Single Grain Scotch Whisky. Ahead of the release, we're offering our valued members a chance to taste the new limited-edition Sample Room range, which will be launching exclusively with The Whisky Shop soon.
For our Whisky People feature, in the latest issue of Whiskeria magazine (in store now!), we met with Craig Grozier of Fallachan Dining. Based in Glasgow, the restaurant is famed for fusing whisky and cuisine by using peat, malts, bere barley, the wash and, of course, the liquid, in a number of unique dishes. Three of which have become his signature:
This week, our York store's W Club members were the first folk in the world to taste the inaugural whisky from Ardnahoe distillery - the newest and ninth distillery on Islay. The liquid was very well received, with fans of smoky whisky loving this modern take on an Islay single malt.
Presenting Ardnahoe Inaugural Release, the limited-edition first single malt from the ninth and newest distillery on Islay, founded by the team behind the Glasgow-based independent bottlers, Hunter Laing & Co.