Whisky Week Begins Next Week

2026 Whisky Week begins next week in Scotland as it tours Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. 2026 Whisky Week offers tastings, tours and a variety of exclusive experiences. 2026 Whisky Week begins in Aberdeen on Thursday, August 20, 2026, where it will remain until Sunday, August 30, 2026. Simultaneously, in Glsagow, 2026 Whisky Week will begin […]

The Glenturret launches brand protection initiative to tackle whisky cask mis-selling

The Crieff, Perthshire-based Glenturret Distillery has announced a new brand protection initiative in response to increasing reputational and consumer risks associated with the mis-selling and misrepresentation of whisky casks. The Glenturret, Scotland’s oldest working distillery, has appointed The Online Eye, a specialist online research, monitoring and security assessment business, to identify instances where casks are […]

Distilleries And Art 

Distilleries have a long relationship with art. Mostly art was created for advertising purposes, but not always. It started back in the late 1800s when distilleries such as Max Selliger and Brown-Forman hired Carl Brenner to paint landscapes of their…..

Wee indie Brackla

Royal Brackla 11 yo 2014/2025 (57.2%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 288 bottles)
Cawdor Springs 10 yo 2015/2025 (56.6%, Fragrant Drops, matured in a fresh Margaux barrique, cask #319, 281 bottles)

Stetson Debuts Bourbon

Longtime – born in 1865 – iconic cowboy hatmaker Stetson has collaborated with Kentucky-based Lofted Spirits to produce their first-ever bourbon. Stetson Kentucky Straight Bourbon blends bourbons from both Bardstown and Green River distilleries to create a high-rye bourbon blend aged for an average of seven years, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] […]

Just eight Cognacs, vertically

Rémy Martin ‘V.S.O.P. Special Reserve’ (80 US proof, OB, USA, Fine Champagne, +/-1975)
Château de Montifaud ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Petite Champagne, +/-2025)
Michelet ‘Lot 16’ (63%, Piacere Rinato, Grande Champagne, 2026)
Vallein-Tercinier ‘Lo…

House Of Hazelwood Adds To Legacy Collection

House of Hazelwood adds Calm Waters – a 1992 Speyside-inspired blended Scotch malt whisky – to their Legacy Collection. House of Hazelwood Calm Waters 1992 Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is a blend of Speyside malt whiskies bottled at 52.1% alcohol by volume [104.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of fennel, licorice and toffee. […]

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