Remember the Maine
A traditionally rye-based cocktail – but one which can be adapted for a Scotch-loving audience.
A traditionally rye-based cocktail – but one which can be adapted for a Scotch-loving audience.
A little tough love provokes a surprising reaction from the normally pliable Whisky Virgin.
Salt: currency, source of conflict, pre-requisite for human life. And every cook’s best friend.
Great night, painful morning: what the hell is going on in your head when the pleasure recedes?
With a striking skyline springing out of the desert, Dubai is now one of the world's great cities.
A flying visit to Harris and Lewis – Scotch whisky’s most remote Hebridean outpost.
Can flavours do Scotch a favour? Or should honeyed whisky buzz off?
There’s more to flavour than lyne arms and oak: the Whisky Professor talks sulphur and condensing.
An alluring name, a fabulous colour and – most importantly – a great-tasting drink.
From Speyside to Homebase, the delights and limitations of malt whisky’s journey into colour.
Are women really better at tasting than men? If so, why? An examination of whisky and gender.
Malt aficionados rail against chill filtration of Scotch whisky. So why is it still so commonplace?
Matching whisky with food is one thing; using whisky in food quite another. Why bother?
Consumer understanding of NAS single malts in Russia is mixed, our man on the ground discovers.
Single malt whisky is exclusively made from barley – but why? The Whisky Professor responds.
This summer, leave the sunbed behind in favour of a net, a rake and some seafood foraging tips.
Gritty Glasgow is building a growing reputation for the city’s culture, history, food and drink.
A motorcycle tour of the Borders takes in everything from the Devil’s Porridge to lost distilleries.
Dwarves, apes, and William of Orange's campervan distillery. It could only be the last day of Tales.
Becky Paskin's third day at Tales proves whisky brings people together like nothing else.
In Australia, Scotch goes with everything: beer, cheese – even hipster facial hair and tattoos.
Day two of Tales throws up a heated whiskey debate, and a heavy metal bagpipes surprise.
Day 1 at the hedonistic drinks fest served breakfast cocktails, peat geekery and a Stormtrooper DJ.
Phenols, samples and jambalaya – join Dave Broom and Ryan Chetiyawardana in New Orleans.
The timeless whisky and soda receives a 21st century makeover to make its flavours shine.
Our amateur Whisky Virgin is introduced to Scotch through a formative Islay experience.
Chocolatier Matthieu de Gottal loves whisky – yielding an award-winning fusion of spirit and cocoa.