Whisky News
Laphroaig Distillery Manager Steps Down
Barry MacAffer has announced his decision to step down as Distillery Manager at Laphroaig. MacAff...
Gates Closed at Highland Park Distillery
Don’t panic! It’s only temporary. Last week, Highland Park announced that they are closing for th...
Lakes Distillery Valued Over £70 Million
Cumbria’s Lakes Distillery has been valued at approximately £71 million in advance of a potential ta...
Orkney Distillery Begins Production
Last week Orkney Distillery announced the first distillation of spirit destined to become Scotch whi...
Berry Bros to Open London Spirits Store
Celebrated wine and spirits merchant Berry Bros and Rudd are set to open their first dedicated spiri...
Glencadam Constructing New Visitor Centre
Work has begun on the construction of a new visitor centre at Glencadam Distillery. The new visitor ...
Raising Spirits: Ghost Distillery Port Ellen Reopens
On 19th March, the whisky world witnessed the rebirth of one of Scotland’s most famous ‘ghost’ disti...
Ardbeg House: The New Islay Hotel for Peat Fanatics
In the summer of 2025, iconic Islay brand Ardbeg are due to open a hotel on the island called Ardbeg...
OurWhisky Foundation Announce Auction Honouring Women in Whisky
OurWhisky Foundation are partnering with Whisky Auctioneer to host an auction dedicated to women in ...
Wu-Tang Dram: Ballantine's Collaborate with RZA
Renowned blend Ballantine’s are working with hip-hop legend and Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA to Bring D...
Chivas Brothers Unlock The Vault - Their Premier Cask Buying Experience
On Tuesday 5th March Chivas Brothers are set to reveal The Vault, their ultimate luxury tour and tas...
Philippines Grants Scotch Protected Status
Scotch whisky has recently been granted Geographical Indicator status in the Philippines. Only four ...
Pernod Announce New Indian Distillery
Pernod Ricard’s Indian arm are have announced their intention to build a new distillery in Nagpur, I...
Good Morning, Viet-dram: Hanoi Distillery Releases Casks of First Single Malt
Hanoi’s Về Để Đi distillery has launched private cask sales of their whisky, the first single malt t...
New Kid on the Block-chain: Glenlivet Launch 50yo Malt Through Digital Platform
Glenlivet have partnered with online retailer The Whisky Exchange to release a range of 50 Year Old ...
Scotch Exports Exceed £5.6 Billion in 2023
The Scotch Whisky Association has released global export figures for 2023, showing that global Scotc...
Bimber Boss Arrested
According to recent reports, the founder of London’s Bimber distillery has been arrested for conspir...
Bicentennial Boys: Scotch Distilleries Celebrating 200 Years in 2024
Many distilleries in Scotland boast lineages dating back centuries. There’s evidence of well organis...
The Dawn of Whisky Distilling in China
Over the past few years a number of high profile companies have expressed interest in building whisk...
Whisky App Bevvy Closes $1.5 million Seed Round
PORT CHARLOTTE, ISLAY, Scotland, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ Bevvy, the whisky app founded in 2021...
Kingsbarns Reveal Flexibly Priced Tour
Kingsbarns Distillery have relaunched a ‘pay-what-you-like’ option for the tours at their visitor ce...
East London Liquor Company Saved from Administration
Every new business has to jump through many hurdles just to get off the ground, only to find themsel...
Distillers Call for Duty Freeze
A number of organisations representing the UK’s spirits industry are calling on the Chancellor to an...
Macallan's Million Pound Seal of Approval
Saturday 18th November 2023 saw the latest appearance of a Macallan 1926 at auction. Once more, it d...
Oak-y Dokey!: Whyte & Mackay's Adventures in Scottish Oak
Whyte & Mackay’s Scottish Oak Programme is one of the most innovative and intriguing initiatives tak...
SMWS Host Record Setting Whisky Tasting
Many of us will have a fond memory from a big night out, and the chances are if you’re reading this ...
Low No More? Lowland Whisky Revival & Stirling's New Distillery
Stirling Distillery have distilled the first spirit to be produced in the city in over 170 years. Wi...
Charity Whisky Auction Raises £2.25 Million
Sotheby’s have confirmed that The Distillers One of One Auction more than doubled it’s pre-sale esti...
Gartbreck Heartbreak: A Fresh Start for Islay's New-ish Distillery
Pernod have announced plans to build a new distillery on Islay. The drinks company behind Chivas Reg...
The Distillers One of One Auction Returns
The stage is set for the return of the Distillers One of One Auction on 5th October 2023. This will ...
Roseisle Debuts in Diageo's 2023 Special Releases
The first single malt to be publicly available from Diageo’s Roseisle Distillery has been released a...
Glen Grant Release 70 Year Old Malt
Glen Grant have announced the launch of an incredibly limited release of a 70 Year Old single malt. ...
Macallan Launch Colour Collection
Macallan have announced the imminent release of their new Colour Collection. This range will explore...
A Guide to Whisky Glassware
When discussing how best to enjoy your whisky, conversations will usually revolve around nosing and ...
Charlie MacLean Sets Up Charity with Sons
Charles MacLean and his sons have established a charity dedicated to clean water projects around the...
End of the Independent Era? Gordon & MacPhail to Cease Licensed Releases
Renowned Scotch whisky company Gordon and MacPhail have announced that they no longer intend to purc...
Welsh Whisky Earns Protected Status
Whisky produced in Wales has now been granted protected status, alongside a number of other Welsh ma...
Sharing is Caring: Chivas Showcase Carbon Cutting Tech
Chivas Brothers are sharing details of carbon reducing technology with the wider whisky industry, wi...
Rosebank Returns: Production Starts at New Distillery
The revival of Rosebank Distillery has reached a major milestone as the distillery has recently comp...
Gun-Shaped Whisky Condemned
In an unsurprising move, booze industry regulators The Portman Group have condemned the sale of a ma...
Komoro Distillery Opened by Karuizawa Distillers
Karuizawa Distillers have revealed that their Komoro Distillery will be open to the public from 23rd...
Edrington Declare Record Breaking £1bn Revenue
Glasgow-based spirits company Edrington have announced record growth after exceeding £1 billion in c...
A Century of Suntory
Legendary Japanese drinks manufacturer House of Suntory are celebrating their 100 year anniversary w...
The Campbeltown Resurgence
There’s an old saying about buses: you wait all day for one, then three come at once. As whisky f...
From Machir Bay to Barbados: Kilchoman Plan Rum Distillery
The team behind Kilchoman distillery will be trading the West of Scotland for slightly warmer climes...
Skye, Sea and Charity: Talisker's Wilder Seas
Talisker recently released their Wilder Seas whisky, the latest from their collaboration with eco-ch...
Whisky & Water: How H2O Develops Your Dram
Whisky fans are possibly the most particular spirit drinkers in the world. Debates have raged over t...
InchDairnie Unveil Fife's First Rye Whisky
InchDairnie have launched their inaugural whisky called RyeLaw. Based in Fife, the distillery have u...
Modern Face of Whisky: The Image Library Highlighting Diversity in Whisky
The OurWhisky Foundation has launched Modern Face of Whisky, a free collection of stock photos highl...
Deerness Drama: The Debate Around Orkney's New Distilleries
Recently, Deerness Distillery announced their plans to become the first new whisky distillery on Ork...
Kythe Distillery: In With The Old, Out With The New
Construction has begun on the Kythe Distillery in Perthshire, with those behind the company promisin...
Wire Works Caduro: White Peak's Refillable Dram
Sustainability is an important and frequently discussed topic, yet in the world of reusable straws a...
Regeneration Game: Bruichladdich's Sustainable Rye Whisky
Bruichladdich have announced the release of The Regeneration Project, the world’s first Islay Rye wh...
Springbank Announce Countdown Collection
Springbank have recently announced the first release from their forthcoming Countdown Collection, a ...
The Inverness Monster: Uile-bheist Distillery Opens
Uile-bheist distillery in Inverness has officially opened, making it the first new distillery in the...
Highland Park Reveal Their Oldest Ever Whisky
Highland Park have launched a stunning 54 Year Old single malt whisky - the oldest to have ever been...
Unashamedly Unofficial: A Beginners Guide to Independent Bottles
I remember when I first got into whisky, the scale of the undertaking was equally exciting and daunt...
The Long Lost Star of Port Ellen Shines Bright Again
The announcements in past years that the well-loved, but lost, Port Ellen distillery will be reopeni...
Glengoyne, Time, and Environmental Charity.
What are you willing to do for a free bottle of whisky? Would you be willing to wade through wetland...
3 New Distilleries Coming in 2023
In recent years, the whisky world has not been short of new distilleries opening their doors and fir...
Speyburn Distillery to Open to Public
After over a century of operating behind closed doors, Speyburn distillery will open to visitors for...
Whisky Industry Reacts to Government Report on Alcohol Advertising
A recent Scottish Government report proposing the restriction of alcohol advertising and promotion h...
Bevvy Team FAQs - Part 3
Part of a series of blog posts, where the three Bevvy whisky specialists face the most common questi...
Macallan-esque: The Influence of a Successful Speysider
There’s only so many ways we can talk about how significant a name Macallan is within the whisky wor...
Has the Whisky Bubble Burst?
Love it or hate it (and it is usually one or the other), it is an undeniable fact that whisky has be...
No Dirking Around: Duncan Taylor's 52 Year Old Macallan
Anyone with even a passing interest in whisky knows that Macallan pitch themselves as a top-tier, pr...
Karuizawa Reborn?
Karuizawa Whisky Company have partnered with online retailer Dekantā to offer their forthcoming inau...
Brewdog Distilling Auctions First 50 Casks
Brewdog Distilling Company recently took the first steps in their whisky journey by holding an aucti...
Only Hauf Measures: Exploring Beer & Whisky
Self-styled whisky purists will usually scoff at the idea of Scotch being enjoyed any other way than...
Bevvy Team FAQs - Part 2
Part of a series of blog posts, where the three Bevvy whisky specialists face the most common questi...
Johnnie Walker x Harris Tweed
Johnnie Walker celebrated St Andrews Day with a brand new collaboration and accompanying limited edi...
To Infinity And Beyond!
There is no right or wrong way of creating an infinity bottle, and there is certainly no limit as to...
Macallan Announce 77 Year Old Red Collection Addition
November 2022 saw the latest addition to Macallan’s Red collection, bottled at a *ahem* notable 77 y...
Yeastie Boys: Loch Lomond Remarkable Makers Series
In recent years Loch Lomond have engaged in a number of high profile sponsorships and partnerships, ...
Dominic Roskrow Passes at 61
This past weekend the whisky world lost one of its greatest writers with the announcement that Domin...
The Bevvy Advent Calendar is here!
Bevvy are delighted to announce the arrival of its 2022 Whisky Advent Calendar! 24 drams have been h...
Bevvy Team FAQs - Part 1
Part of a series of blog posts, where the three Bevvy whisky specialists face the most common questi...
Macallan x 007: Bottled Bond
Weeks after the news of a forthcoming collaboration with Bentley, Macallan have announced that they ...
Macallan, Bentley, and Horizontal Bottles.
Macallan have teamed up with Bentley Motors and announced the forthcoming release of the Macallan Ho...
The Secrets of Shirakawa & Japan's Rarest Whisky
The whisky industry is no stranger to hyperbole, but the story behind the world’s rarest Japanese wh...
What the Flip!
I got into a social media discussion the other day with a distiller who was bemoaning the fact that ...
Ardbeg & a £16 Million Question
Recently, Ardbeg grabbed numerous headlines with a record setting sale of a single cask for £16 mill...
Strathearn Release 'New' New Make, The Heart
Strathearn first launched onto the scene in 2016 with their inaugural single cask expression. Since ...
Tormore snapped up by Elixir Distillers
After selling The Whisky Exchange in 2021 to global drinks conglomerate Pernod Ricard, Elixir Distil...
Bowmore ARC-52, Aston Martin, and Art.
Can whisky be art? I don’t think I would be alone in saying yes. Whisky bottles and labels can ra...
Tasting Notes: just a bit of fun?
It may not always feel like it these days, but the way a whisky tastes is actually still quite impor...
Feis Ile 2022 Part 4 - Jura, Kilchoman, Laphroaig & Lagavulin
Rounding off our review of Feis Ile 2022 we start with the festival release from neighbouring Jura. ...
Feis Ile 2022 Part 3 - Bruichladdich & Dramfool
Bruichladdich headline the third part of our recap of the 2022 Feis Ile releases. To celebrate the f...
Feis Ile 2022 Part 2 - Bunnahabhain & Caol Ila
Continuing our look at the whisky of Feis Ile 2022 are Bunnahabhain and Caol Ila. For the 2002 fe...
Feis Ile 2022 Part 1 - Ardbeg, Bowmore & Big Peat
Feis Ile is the legendary annual festival that celebrates the culture, food and drink of Islay. It i...
Blends - Then and Now
Blends have a bit of an image problem. Sorry, but it’s true. Especially in the domestic Scottish mar...