Fri 8th June 2018
Highland Park Orkney Malt has launched ‘The Light’, a new 17-year-old single malt Scotch whisky, which has been aged exclusively in American oak casks. The new malt represents the spring and summer seasons on Orkney, and follows in the footsteps of ‘The […]
Fri 8th June 2018
The team at Perthshire-based Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery is in high spirits after topping off five years of growth in its visitor experience business by winning Best Visitor Attraction at the Scottish Thistle Awards. The distillery attracted 38,000 whisky fans through 2017/18, […]
Thu 7th June 2018
Since 1801 the Crabbie name has associated with Edinburgh – most recently it has been connected with Crabbie’s, the number one selling alcoholic ginger beer, but the real history of the Crabbie name lies in Scotch whisky and now John Crabbie […]
Thu 7th June 2018
Speyburn Single Malt Scotch Whisky has put up for sale 222 limited edition bottles of its new 2004 Single Cask – number 263. The cask which has been maturing for the past 14 years is the first Speyburn Single Cask to […]
Wed 6th June 2018
There is a new, but old, bottle of Glenfarclas now on view at the Glenfarclas Visitor Centre in Speyside. The recently rediscovered bottle is from 1920 and is the oldest known un-opened bottle of Glenfarclas, which makes it a very important […]
Wed 6th June 2018
Smokehead Single Malt Whisky hosted an immersive evening of mind-blowing cocktails and big, bold smoky dishes last month at SWG3 in Glasgow to launch its new look and a new expression – Smokehead High Voltage. Commenting on the new expression and […]
Tue 5th June 2018
They say there is a whisky for everyone and family-run malt whisky distillers, Gordon & MacPhail, should know. They have been introducing people to whisky for more than a hundred years and the company has just introduced a new range ‘Discovery’. It’s […]
Tue 5th June 2018
There is now a distillery with a real Wow factor and that’s the new Macallan Distillery at Easter Elchies estate in Speyside. It’s unlike any distillery and visitor centre you will have seen before. The striking piece of contemporary architecture is […]
Sat 27th May 2017
DAD ROCKS – Fathers Day 2017 The Wee DRAM has selected some gifting ideas for dads that enjoy whisky this Fathers Day. The Glenlivet is inviting you to Say #CHEERSDAD (Picture above) Do something different this Father’s Day and join our […]
Tue 23rd May 2017
Whyte & Mackay is backing the The British & Irish Lions 2017 Tour to New Zealand. It’s the Glasgow-based brands, biggest ever international sport partnership. The British & Irish Lions boast a heritage stretching back to 1888 while Whyte & Mackay […]
Visitor Centre Galore If you would like to find out more about whisky then why not visit a few whisky distillery visitor centres this summer? Almost half of Scotland’s distilleries are open to the public so there are visitor centres galore, […]
Isle of Arran Distillery, Arran’s first distillery, has a state of the art visitor centre which has recently been totally revamped ...
Single Malt is King? Right now, as a statement, that’s hard to argue with, and yet when you break it down, you quickly realise just how much of a fallacy it is. So, other than the obvious, what is the real […]
Fiona Hyslop, the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, launched the new Sense of Scotland tour at Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience in May. The revamped tour, which is a specially commissioned film, takes visitors on a stunning 180° panorama […]
Blair Bowman is well on his way to being the ‘Whisky Geek’ of the moment. PJ O’Neill caught up with him to find out all his news. Blair Bowman is known the world over as the brains behind World Whisky Day, […]
Our interviewee this issue is Alwynne Gwilt, who was recently appointed whisky specialist at Wm Grants. She is now responsible for the companies Ancient Reserves Portfolio of whisky which includes the newly launched Ailsa Bay, The Girvan Patent Still, Kininvie and […]