Whisky legend hand picks 21 bottles for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s 35th anniversary celebrations Scotsman Food and Drink Staff June 18, 2018 Drink, Whisky The specially selected whiskies, which range in age from 8 to 29 years old and feature tasting notes written by the man himself, will go on sale exclusively to the Society’s members around the world from...
A £17 supermarket whisky wins big at the Scotch Whisky Masters Scotsman Food and Drink Staff June 15, 2018 Drink, Drink, In the News, Whisky Beating off stiff competition the Ben Bracken Speyside Single Malt, won a coveted Gold Award in the Speyside Standard category. The Standard Blended Malt award also claimed a Silver medal with the Abrachan...
New Johnnie Walker whisky campaign to celebrate bringing people together Sean Murphy June 12, 2018 Drink, In the News, Whisky Part of the Keep Walking series, the new ads feature aerial photography of landscapes across the Highland, Island, Speyside and Lowland regions of Scotland alongside a “series of feel-good films” showing...
Video: Whisky tasting at the incredible Mash Tun Bar at Blair Athol Distillery Sean Murphy June 12, 2018 Whisky The pair chatted about the 'up-cycled' centre piece of the distillery's visitor centre, which saw coppersmiths from Diageo Abercrombie in Alloa taking a redundant mash tun and transforming it into a bespoke...
Scottish Tories call for American whiskey not to be included in EU retaliation against US trade tariffs Scotsman Food and Drink Staff June 6, 2018 Drink, Whisky American whiskey is included on the European Union’s list of US exports that could be targeted with additional duties. There are fears of retaliation from the US by imposing damaging tariffs on Scotch...
Firm behind Benromach announce plans for new single malt distillery at Craggan Sean Murphy May 30, 2018 Drink, Whisky Speymalt Whisky Distributors, which is also the parent company of Elgin-based whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail, said the new distillery will be located near the River Spey and the first to be built in...
Video: Experts answer some of the most frequently asked whisky questions Sean Murphy May 28, 2018 Drink, Whisky We spoke to Diageo's Global Scotch Whisky Ambassador, Donald Colville, senior site manager at Glenkinchie Distillery, Ramsay Borthwick, and head barman at Scotch at The Balmoral in Edinburgh, Cameron...
How to Dram during Whisky Month according to Keith Geddes, Master Blender at Tullibardine Distillery Scotsman Food and Drink Staff May 18, 2018 Drink, Whisky Whether you’re well aquainted with whisky or are keen to try it out, there’s no time like the present to get tasting and exploring one of the world’s most popular spirits. We spoke to Keith Geddes,...
Whisky Month: In search of the perfect Scotch Highball Iain Meldrum May 18, 2018 Drink, Whisky The Highball was – and still is, in essence – a Scotch and Soda. Back when a ‘cocktail’ was just a subfamily of mixed drink, fizzy water was still a rare and new-fangled thing outside of Spa towns like...
Record-breaking whisky sale beaten by another bottle at same auction Scotsman Food and Drink Staff May 18, 2018 Drink, Whisky The Macallan Peter Blake 1926 60-year-old went under the hammer in Hong Kong for 7,962,500 HK dollars (£751,703), beating the previous title-holder which sold for around 4.9 million HK dollars...
