Dean Callan, Monkey Shoulder
Monkey Shoulder’s global brand ambassador on video games, cockiness and the trendiest Scotch.
Monkey Shoulder’s global brand ambassador on video games, cockiness and the trendiest Scotch.
Glenmorangie’s restless experimenter on innovation, LVMH and creating a new whisky in 24 hours.
Hunter Laing & Co’s MD discusses plans for his new Islay dream distillery, Ardnahoe.
The man who founded Glenury Royal distillery – and who famously walked 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours.
Peasant, bard or a bit of both? Reconciling the contradictions surrounding Scotland’s national poet.
The Whisky Galore author was also a wartime spy for MI6 and a lover of classical music and cats.
Kilchoman’s founder explains how he could have lost everything chasing an Islay distillery dream.
War, women and whisky: the story of Hugh Munro, early 19th-century Laird of Teaninich, has it all.
From plots to assassinate Lenin to championing malts over blends, the dramatic story of ‘RBL’.
Flamboyance, fraud and 500 talking parrots: when boom turned to bust with the ‘Pattison Crash’.
From White Horse to Malt Mill, the story of one of the Scotch whisky industry’s true pioneers.
Despite her stern demeanour, the not-so-merry monarch was a great lover of Scotch whisky.
The saga of ‘Grant of Glenlivat’, the early days of legal distillation – and a fairies’ curse.
The Famous Grouse master blender on teetotal grandparents, DIY and a mid-uni whisky epiphany.
The author of Ivanhoe did more than most to romanticise the Highlands – and Scotch malt whisky.
The farmworker’s son whose unique vision transformed the landscape of Scotch whisky distilleries.
Scapa's master distiller reveals the challenges of operating a remote Orcadian distillery.
The extraordinary story of a man hailed as the ‘Great Gatsby’ of the Scotch whisky world.
From Martinis to Macallan (via lager), James Bond's taste in alcohol is as varied as his love life.
Berry Bros' spirits guru on blending, tactical fishing and how to tackle the Telegraph crossword.
With a focus on single malt and exports, brothers John and James Grant were ahead of their time.
How a chance encounter aboard a Transatlantic liner made Mark Twain a Scotch whisky aficionado.
Stephen Marshall of Dewar's talks age statements, worm tubs and his passion for vinyl.