In 2015 independent bottlers and blenders Hunter Laing unveiled four Authors' Series limited edition whiskies. Since this first release, the collection has continued to grow.
The Authors’ Series is a special range of limited edition and highly exclusive single malt whiskies, created by the ever prestigious blenders and bottlers, Hunter Laing Ltd.
When The Glenlivet launched The Glenlivet Nadurra back in 2005, the reception was positive to say the least. Praise came in thick and fast from most respected whisky publications and in the years that followed, the whisky won multiple highly prestigious awards -earning its place within the upper ranks of whisky stardom.
With Christmas only a few weeks away, we thought it only fitting that we sit down to taste the new, limited edition Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve. Developed by Ballantine’s Master Blender, Sandy Hyslop.
Johnnie Walker never do anything by the half; Johnnie Walker Blue Label is testament to that. Like the brand itself, Johnnie Walker Blue Label has been through an incredible journey before reaching your dram glass.
For a drink of such complex flavours and character, the three core ingredients of whisky are very basic. They are water, barley and yeast. It is what is done to these ingredients and how they are sourced that makes the process of making whisky so special. The distillation and maturation processes can totally transform the flavour of a whisky.
To accompany his The Welsh Whisky Revival piece in our Winter issue of Whiskeria, The Whisky Shop Cardiff's Stanley Evans gives his tasting notes for seven whiskies hailing from Wales.
The second release in The Macallan's A Night On Earth series, following 2022's A Night On Earth In Scotland, The Journey is the newest limited edition bottling released to celebrate the joy of New Year - a time when we gather to acknowledge the days gone by and make plans for the future.