Stuart picks his next vintage for Balblair

Balblair 1975 is the latest hand-picked choice of Master Distiller, Stuart Harvey and follows the success of its vintage predecessor, Balblair 1979.
Only 3000 bottles of the spirit, which has been wholly matured in oak sherry casks, will be made available internationally in specially selected whisky stores.
With a rich depth of colour and subtle sweetness in [...]

Knob Creek lovers should plan for some serious lounging at Lexington Bluegrass Airport

Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the world’s No. 1 selling super-premium bourbon, invites travelers to grab a seat and a glass of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey at the new Knob Creek Bourbon Lounge in the main concourse of the Lexington Bluegrass Airport. 
The Knob Creek Bourbon Lounge menu will feature signature Knob Creek Bourbon [...]

Smoke your audience with a Lagavulin single malt guitar

This special edition guitar has been built by a long-established Italian bass and guitar maker and whisky lover, Andrea Ballarin, whose firm Manne Guitars was founded in 1987 in Schio, in north-eastern Italy.
The weight and rigidity of the cask oak, so different from the standard guitar materials, posed several technical challenges for Andrea and his [...]

A vote for Boston, Portland, Maine or Louisville might send you to Ireland while a comment could get you geared up

Irish Whiskey Bushmill has set to select a Twin City to Bushmills in America, in celebration of the anniversary of the original license to distill whiskey.

The finalist cities were selected based on an application outlining why they embody the four quintessential values of Bushmills—pride of place, hospitality, craftsmanship, humor and wit. People of legal [...]

Forget the drugs in Amsterdam! Get high on Whisky!

Got a mail the other day from Aleid van Kooten and Léon Elshoff. These guys run the Whiskycafé in central Amsterdam.
A couple of month I was in Amsterdam over the day on business and had the privilege of visiting the café. WOW. This place rocks.

When you enter the café (I would actually call it [...]

Six weeks of hammering comes to and end and WHAM, there goes the roof of the Glenkinchie distillery

If you’re a fan of the “Edinburgh Malt”…Glenkinchie. They you will be happy to know that you will be able to enjoy the Lowland malt also in the future.
After six weeks of hammering an exact replica of its predecessors a new copper still was yesterday carefully lowered through the roof of Glenkinchie Distillery in East [...]

Ardmore Single Malt Whisky now available in the United States.

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. has announced the U.S. launch of Ardmore™ Traditional Cask, the first ever widely available single malt whisky from the Ardmore distillery.
Ardmore claims this is the only Highland malt whisky to be 100% peated since its inception in 1898, Ardmore Traditional Cask offers Highland malt flavor with a twist, [...]

Glenglassaugh distillery woken up from 22 years of sleep

Glenglassaugh distillery - which has been mothballed since 1986 - has been sold by The Edrington Group to a new company, Glenglassaugh Distillery Co Ltd.
The new owners have bought the distillery and warehouses and various trademarks. It is their intention to re-open the plant as a working distillery, after a major refurbishment programme, and the [...]