A friend, knowing I’m a fan of good Scotch, brought along a 200ml of Cragganmore 12 on a five day canoe-camping trip in the boundary waters of New Brunswick/Maine. It stayed in the cooler ‘til the ...

Hailing from the Glentauchers distillery, this single malt spent 12 years maturing in a selection of first-fill oloroso sherry butts before it was independently bottled by Signatory for the 100 Proof ...

We’ve got a new competition for you and it’s the kind that will have so stocked up on quality booze you’ll consider opening a bar. Thanks to Dutch brand Bols – you know the folks making drinks since ...

This week we have arguably the biggest news we’ve ever covered on this blog. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter has launched a whisky. There have been celebrity spirit launches before, but none like this.

Whisky from the Isle of Harris is here! The Hearach single malt whisky is made using soft Outer Hebridean waters from the Abhainn Cnoc a ’Charrain, which runs over the oldest rocks on earth, and 100% ...

Excitingly, this is the flagship single malt and the first core range expression to be released from Lagg Distillery. We have been waiting for whisky from Arran's Peated sister distillery for some ...

A super Scotch whisky blend from William Grant & Sons, Wildmoor 23 Year Old Dark Moorland was made by master blender Brian Kinsman using Highland and Speyside malts combined with Lowland grain whisky.

A beautiful white Armagnac here from Darroze, made with the Folle Blanche grape variety. It was the historic grape variety in Gascony for a long time and before the phylloxera crisis, it was the only ...

Well-sherried whisky from Sweden's ever-wonderful High Coast distillery, Berg is an unpeated single malt initially matured in first-fill bourbon barrels from Kentucky, before being finished in ...

Knockdhu renamed their whiskies anCnoc to avoid confusion with the nearby Knockando distillery. This 12 year old exhibits a gentle, non-sherried style of whisky.

The folks at La Maison Du Rhum certainly know how to sniff out an interesting spirit, like this marvellous rum from Paraguay. Column distilled in 2008, the rum was filled into bourbon casks to mature, ...

Made by one of the most interesting producers in the Cognac from ugni blancs, the classic grape of the region, this is essentially unaged brandy. It makes a delicious digestif or in a Dry Martini with ...