Cask The Family

Husband-and-wife-owned Islay distillers Kilchoman release two new Cask Explorations editions With so many new distilleries popping up across Scotland, Kilchoman feel like part of the peaty furniture. In fact, the distillery, founded by husband-and-wife team Anthony and Kathy Wills is less than 20 years old – slightly longer if you include the building works started…
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Smoke Gets In Your Ice

Ain’t to proud to Ardbeg… It’s summer time. It’s Britain. We’re going to go out and cook things over fire. Look. It’s what we do, it’s who we are. As a break from cold beer or a glass of rose, Ardbeg have a suitably smoky suggestion as to what you should quaff with your ‘que.…
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A Touch of the Vapours

Happy Ardbeg Day. It’s a peaty party… Saturday 3 June is Ardbeg Day. No, us neither, but it’s whisky so we’re willing to roll with it… To mark this year’s celebration, the Islay distillery is releasing a special limited edition that promises to be the most Ardbeg of Ardbegs ever made because they’ve abandoned the…
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Cask Master

1959? It was a very good year… Mr George Legacy is coming. While he sounds like a US congressman, the reality is, frankly, so much more appealing. Mr George Legacy 1959 – to give the full name – is the latest release from Gordon & MacPhail’s in their annual series celebrating the legacy of George…
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One Singleton Sensation…

Every little drop they make… “Neuroaesthetics” is a not a word we’d generally associate with single malt whisky. Nor is it a word we can pronounce after single malt whisky. But that perhaps explains why we’re here, being gently sarcastic about The Singleton’s new release while they’re actually producing something delicious and golden and valuable.…
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The Lusso Christmas Drinks Round-Up.

Bottles of delicious alcoholic product sent to the Lusso office. What could possibly go wrong? Well, perhaps “wrong” is the, er, wrong word? Should we just go with “inevitable”? I mean, we had ALL the good intentions of giving you a lovely, detailed list of great things you could be drinking this Christmas. Seriously, it…
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One Singular Sensation

House of Hazelwood unveils its second release of exceptionally rare whiskies  After – somewhat inevitably – selling out of their inaugural ‘First Drop’ release, House of Hazelwood has revealed its Autumn Collection of eight more rare and old whiskies, selected from the private collection of the Gordon family. The eight come from two ranges: The…
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Elusive Spirit

The new Elusive Expressions have been released… There are certain things that suggest we’re coming to the end of the year. The nights draw in. Someone will start telling you how many days it is ‘til Christmas. Conversations start with comments about how nippy it’s getting… And Diageo release their latest Elusive Expressions Special Releases…
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The Missing Linkwood

The past and the future combine in this strictly limited release whisky from Gordon & Macphail Like many spirit aficionados, my daughter and I might heatedly discuss the technicalities of what exactly constitutes as a ‘unicorn’. It is readily acknowledged that it is a rare beast, but rarity does not necessarily begat beauty. About half…
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Cask & Ye Shall Receive…

Benromach launch their second annual release of their 40-year old single malt whisky Age. Not so good if you want to be an influencer, but if you’re a grain spirit that’s been living in a barrel in a warehouse… proper badge of honour, innit? Benromach Distillery in Speyside has launched its second annual release of…
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