Harrow Whisky Festival is right around the corner and if last year is anything to go by, this year’s edition is going to be spectacular.

Change is something that many brands fear, however, the brands that thrive are ones that embrace change.

Whisky is perhaps Scotland’s finest export. However, in the Far East, whisky of the Japanese variety has been making a name for itself. At first these whiskies were murmuring in the background, then the ripples gradually became larger and now today, Japanese whiskies are highly sought after and revered worldwide.

'…so succulent! Never before seen spice like it, or such sublime balance with the fruity malt…'

If you’re looking for the perfect bottle to open this Christmas Day, we have just the ticket!

Can you believe it’s THAT time of year already?

With exciting announcements on the horizon for The GlenDronach and The BenRiach, we look back on Gavin Smith's interview for Whiskeria with the three distilleries' then-newly appointed Whisky Maker, Rachel Barrie, back in Autumn 2017.

Little did local barley farmer and school teacher Alexander Reid know, when he took out a licence for what was to become The Macallan distillery in 1824, that almost two centuries later the brand of whisky still made on that site would be celebrated as one of the world’s greatest malts. Nor could he have envisaged that his modest two-still enterprise would have been transformed into what is arguably the most distinctive whisky distillery of them all.

The latest release from The Lakes Distillery honours The Border Marches of the Late Middle Ages, with a blend of Scottish and English malt whiskies

Whisky is one of those drinks that can be enjoyed both neat and on the rocks. The trouble is that the taste of whisky changes significantly when you add water to it.