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Gordon & MacPhail’s release the last cask whisky to bear the Milton’s name Although these days it’s known as Strathisla, before 1951 this celebrated distillery – which has been in continuous production since the 1700s – was the Milton Distillery. And it’s this name that adorns the latest, extremely rare release from Gordon & MacPhail.…
A Royal salute from Royal Salute. Appropriately. Thus year marks – as you may have noticed – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. And, however you feel about the Royal family, you’ve got to respect 70 years in the same job, right? To mark the occasion, Royal Salute, they who produce exceptionally aged Scotch whisky, are unveiling…
Nothing to do with mediums. Everything to do with great drinks. Scotland’s Oldest Working Distillery The Glenturret has launched new, to-be-annual edition called the Manager’s Dram. Created by Distillery Manager Ian Renwick, it’s a hand-numbered, limited release of 500 bottles, matured in three American and European Sherry casks. The result, according to Ian, is “sweet…
The new, limited edition Macallan Harmony Collection kicks off under the influence of chocolate. Let’s be honest. Whisky and chocolate is not an uncommon pairing. It has, however, come a long way since we all choked on one of those little bottle-shaped chocolate liqueurs hanging from the Christmas tree. In what’s perhaps its most refined…
When whisky and literature meet in a unique (and Lalique) manner… The Macallan know a thing or two about special editions. They currently hold the world record for the most expensive whisky ever sold – a bottle of their Fine & Rare 60 year old sole for $1.9m at Sotheby’s in 2019. And today, August…
If you read about whisky anywhere close to half as much as you drink it, you’ll have noticed not one but several brouhahas recently. A notable one is the rise of ‘non-age statement single malts’: i.e. non-blended whiskies that eschew the tradition of specifying a year, instead choosing to name their expressions after monosyllabic natural occurrences, elements…
The onset of Winter chill thinly veils an excuse to seek out new whiskies, although in all honesty I’d have to be set on fire before considering turning down a wee dram. A crisp Winter morning and aboard the 90 year old Thames barge ‘Will’, I eye up the coal fire both warily and…
JD and Oak – the perfect mix. At least it is when the wood in question has been in the form of one very special Jack Daniel’s barrel. Not just any barrel of Jack Daniel’s is granted the status of Single Barrel. Every so often, the Jack Daniel’s Master Tasting Panel discover a barrel of…
With family festivities approaching, you’d be wise to bring some ammunition with you to impress the in-laws. Perfect timing because Lusso is offering you the chance to win a bottle of The Macallan Rare Cask, an appropriately complex whisky with a level of clout that will sway the most stiff necked of fathers-in-law. Just as the name implies, Rare Cask isn’t your everyday single malt. Crafted from…
Contrary to popular belief, my lunchtimes rarely involve strings of Martinis punctuated by amuse-bouches, but rather a more conventional sandwich or perhaps an impromptu reformulating of last night’s culinary experiment (dinner). On Wednesday the 2nd of September however, I had the pleasure of being invited to a somewhat hush-hush unveiling at the Royal Opera House,…