Japanese whisky faces its new future
In the face of controversy and stock shortages, Japanese whisky is reawakening, says Dave Broom.
In the face of controversy and stock shortages, Japanese whisky is reawakening, says Dave Broom.
Peated whisky brands could learn a lesson from hot sauce producers, says Becky Paskin.
A trip to Israel reminds Dave Broom of our need to blend spices, tea, music – and whisky.
Whisky produced in the ‘Golden Age’ wasn’t always better, says Dave Broom, just different.
Jacques Tati, silo thinking and corporate fragmentation: why they matter to Scotch
Whisky has come a long way in Africa, but the journey into consumers’ hearts has only just begun.
Innovation is rife around the whisky world, from Midleton to Hakushu. Where does that leave Scotch?
How should Scotch counter the craft spirits challenge? Beat them? Join them? Or buy them?
There’s a new breed of bar in town set to revolutionise the way we drink whisky.
Distilled spirits do not contain gluten, so why are some brands allowed to say it, and some aren’t?
The Scotch industry needs to think hard and fast about its future post-Brexit, says Dave Broom.
American firms buying Scotch whisky companies proves the category has a bright future ahead of it.
Oslo and Singapore may differ in climate but their whisky messages are the same, says Dave Broom.
Flavour and efficiency are not enemies; embrace the evolution of barley, says Dave Broom.
If you’re buying whisky at auction it will pay to do your own research, says Dave Broom.
Love, like whisky, shouldn’t be shared on just one day a year, writes Becky Paskin.
Like fine wine, great whisky comes from a willingness to make mistakes, says Richard Woodard.
Dave Broom reports from Japan on the challenges facing the country’s whisky industry.
Reflecting on a busy Islay Festival 2018, Becky Paskin presents her ultimate survival guide.
Dave Broom reflects on the impact the traditional flavoured spirit has on our whisky today.
Attempts to ‘simplify’ Scotch whisky are only complicating it further, says Becky Paskin.
Whisky must adopt a different approach to tap China’s market potential, writes Dave Broom.
Scotland’s native oak must be nurtured if it’s to be used for whisky-making, says Dave Broom.
Counterfeit copies of western brands don’t just disappoint consumers – they can kill them.
The revered independent bottler will be remembered as a ‘legend’ of the whisky world.
As popular blends face major price increases, we assess the likely effects of the move.
Dave Broom looks back at the now complete single malt collection’s ascent to cult whisky status.
Rye’s return in Scotland after a long gap marks the latest chapter in a chequered history.
Special Releases pricing has soared in recent years – but how and why? Let’s crunch some numbers…
No industry appetite for change, says John Glaser – but he still believes that change will come.
As auction prices soar, does whisky’s secondary market have a serious counterfeit problem?
The murky waters of auctioning whisky labels is not only unclear, it’s unregulated too.
The whisky collection will be exhibited in a Dutch museum due to open later this year.
Further debate on transparency is needed, say SWA members, following our open letter on the issue.
The expression returns as part of the Speyside distillery’s core range after a three-year absence.
Highland distillery Tomatin unveils a £2,000 1972 single malt, alongside innovative whisky tea.
The rare 40-year-old single malt is limited to 750 bottles.
Two new heavily peated expressions from Loch Lomond distillery have been released.
A rare 27-year-old expression from the extinct Lowland distillery is limited to 500 bottles.
The whisky retailer will launch a new auction site in September, with rules to combat ‘flipping’.
The new expression from the Kintyre distillery offers a ‘true taste of Campbeltown’.
The £2k Glenfiddich Cask Collection Finest Solera is presented in a crystal Baccarat decanter.
Bottles sold from the Prince’s cask of Royal Lochnagar 30 Year Old have so far raised £225,400.
The limited edition Islay blended malt marks 10 years since Big Peat's launch in 2009.
A bottle of the Prince’s Royal Lochnagar 30 Year Old expression was auctioned for charity.
The Highland distillery’s new single malt has been aged for 25 years in Sherry casks.
Only 150 bottles of The Glenlivet Winchester Collection’s third expression have been made.
Only 300 bottles of the third expression in the Warehouse 6 Collection have been made.
The distillery has released the fourth annual expression in its NAS series.
The technology enables shoppers to trace the whisky from ‘source to store’.
The 38-year-old single malt is one of the highlights of the bottler’s Spring Collection.
The rock group’s anniversary blend will be sold alongside salvaged Whisky Galore! bottles.
The alcoholic tea blend offers whisky lovers an ‘alternative’ drinking experience.
The Port-matured whisky is a new limited release from the Highland distillery.
The Swedish distiller will change its name to avoid a ‘brand collision’ with Compass Box.
Tomatin 1971 is the first whisky release in the brand’s Warehouse 6 Collection.
‘The nose’ will celebrate five decades in the whisky industry with a global tasting tour.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebratory bottling is expected to sell for between £8,000 and £9,000.
Aged in three different casks, the latest release from the Highland distillery will cost £3,500.
The limited edition Speyside Collection features six rare vintage single malt Scotch whiskies.
Four limited edition Old Particular single cask whiskies will be released throughout 2017.
Matured in Black Sea oak casks, the single malt is named after a legendary sea demon.
Only 503 decanters of the distillery’s ‘oldest and rarest’ whisky will be available, for £7,200.
The 1972 bottling, aged 44 years, almost doubled its pre-auction estimate.
The Islay distillery collaborated with drum specialist Majetone and the Rhythm and Booze Project.
The Highland distillery has unveiled new releases of two vintage single malts.
The Japanese whisky has become the most expensive ever sold at auction.
The Highland distillery debuts Metal and Water, the final two whiskies in the series.
The Winter Queen is a fusion of single malt from Scottish and Dutch distilleries.
The range features 14 Sherry cask-matured whiskies, plus one matured exclusively in a Port Pipe.
The movement will tackle ‘out-dated perceptions’ of the stereotypical whisky drinker.
The release is the first from Glenmorangie to be matured in Côte-Rôtie red wine casks.
Smokehead High Voltage is introduced as a ‘more intense’ version of the Islay single malt.
The 60-mile trip involves cycling and kayaking to every distillery on Islay and Jura in three days.
The first single malt from Daftmill distillery will be sold in a randomly allocated ballot.
Douglas Laing and Co. released the maritime blended malt to coincide with National Oyster Day.
The 2018 collection features malts from Bunnahabhain, Deanston, Tobermory and Ledaig.
The Highland distillery launched an initial batch of 3,000 bottles of its new single malt.
The Speyside distillery is ‘pushing boundaries’ in a first for the Scotch whisky industry.
The 58-year-old single cask whisky is the distillery’s first commercial bottling in its history.
The 27-year-old limited edition malt has been matured in ex-PX and oloroso Sherry casks.
The English distillery’s new expression has been aged in its founder’s ‘favourite’ STR wine casks.
The new releases include ‘spirit drink’ Stranger & Stranger and blended malt whisky Juveniles.
The Lowland distillery has released its first widely-available whisky since opening in 2014.
The lost distillery’s Celestial Edition pays tribute to its pioneering former distillery manager.
The Lowlands distillery’s new whisky has been finished in ex-red wine casks for up to three years.
The Scotch whisky blender’s unconventional new expression celebrates two ‘complementary’ spirits.
The blended whisky brand’s first foray into the style is exclusive to global travel retail.
The indie bottler’s new releases are made up of malts from Arran, Islay, Jura and Orkney.
Malts from St Magdalene and Dallas Dhu distilleries head up the bottler’s Summer Collection.
The whisky, targeted at a ‘new generation of drinker’, has been finished in ex-Cognac casks.
Bruichladdich’s Organic, Bere Barley and Islay Barley single malts welcome new expressions.
After a weekend as a Royal Mile Whiskies exclusive, the 21 Year Old is now getting a wider release.
The peated whisky brand from Tomatin is now exploring ‘innovative’ combinations of casks.
Whisky Illuminati’s Solaria series will explore how five single malts develop over four years.
The distillery’s new whisky is its first permanent age-stated malt in almost 20 years.
The 23-year-old single malt is the first in the Speyside distillery’s new Grand range.
The latest in the limited edition series showcases the ‘uniquely bold’ colour of Macallan’s whisky.
The festive bottling from Douglas Laing is a cask-strength edition of the Islay blended malt.
The yet-to-be-constructed distillery unveils its second limited edition blended malt.
The English whisky distillery will release its new malt matured in ex-Islay quarter casks.
The high-strength Madeira-finished blended malt is adorned with a label echoing Madeiran art.
The online sale of rare bottles donated by the industry will help fund the Beatson Cancer Charity.
The five-book compendium details the 3,000 rare whiskies in the famous collection.
Bruichladdich and InchDairnie have run commercial distillations of pot still rye spirits.
The Fife distillery has become the ‘first’ in over a century to use oats to make Scotch whisky.
The founder of Arran distillery and veteran of the D-Day landings has passed away at the age of 91.
The Soho whisky specialist has undergone its first rebranding in more than 50 years.
The two single malts are the first Speyside releases from the rare spirits specialist.
Ex-Morrison Bowmore CEO to take charge of financial and corporate strategy at rare spirits business.
Collectible Macallan, Dalmore and Ardbeg all feature in Friday’s 176-lot auction in New York.
Glen Garioch 1967 bottling marks company’s first foray outside the world of blended Scotch.
Milsean – Gaelic for ‘sweet things’ – is extra-matured in heavily toasted Portuguese red wine casks.
Construction work at the R&B Distillers facility at Borodale House is due to begin in April.
New NAS bottling Blas is a collaboration between distillery and menswear designer Patrick Grant.
Limited edition 17-year-old bottling follows on from Orkney distillery’s Valhalla Collection.
The Scottish international scrum-half is to set up a Scotch-focused retail business in the US.
The new range of oak-aged gins was matured in casks sourced from five Scotch whisky regions.
World’s leading Scotch whisky company reports improving trends for Johnnie Walker and Buchanan’s.
France relaunch is society’s bridgehead to expand its activities across continental Europe.
Dramatic company U-turn follows axing of much-praised educational initiative two months ago.
From the Scots Gaelic for ‘baked’, the single malt was extra-matured in Madeira wine casks.
Only 106 bottles of the Highland single grain, priced at £2,400 each, will be released.
The range redesign comes as the Orkney single malt launches a new series of special editions.
Speyside malt is sold by Berry Bros & Rudd seven years after moving in opposite direction.
A range of single malt expressions will be offered alongside a variety of cheese pairings.
Unusual peated expression, aged for 14 years, will be exclusive to travel retail.
The Exciseman is the last of the three releases celebrating Arran’s whisky heritage.
The new NAS single malt is the first permanent addition since Corryvreckan in 2009.
Limited edition single malt whisky celebrates James MacTaggart’s 10 years at Arran.
The Bordeaux wine cask-matured single malt joins the distillery’s Wood Finish range.
The complete set from 2001 to 2016 could fetch up to £25,000 at Bonhams in Edinburgh.
The launches follow the withdrawal of the distillery’s 17-year-old and 21-year-old malts.
The single malt, distilled in 1999 and matured in 100% ex-Bourbon, is aimed at music lovers.
The 50-year-old whisky was distilled in the year that Bowmore was first bottled as a single malt.
The independent bottler is releasing a number of limited-edition whiskies to celebrate.
The seventh annual release has been matured in Pedro Ximénez and oloroso Sherry casks.
The limited-edition single malt has spent five years in Portuguese Moscatel barriques.
The final Vintner’s Trilogy single malt has spent more than half its life in a Port pipe.
The 57-year-old malts, priced at £30,000 a pair, are the oldest Longmorn releases to date.
The 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami was sold at auction by Bonhams in Edinburgh for £848,750.
More than 40 cases of century-old American whiskey were found hidden in a secret vault.
The single cask collection starts with a 12-year-old Craigellachie ‘Fire’ bottling.
The 16-year-old single malt whisky has been part-matured in Rioja-seasoned wine casks.
Almost 500 rare whiskies and nine casks will be offered for sale by Sotheby’s later this month.
The whisky specialist will open a four-storey whisky bar and shop in September.
Alwynne Gwilt, aka Miss Whisky, has joined the Glenfiddich and Balvenie producer’s prestige team.
Speyside-born Struan Grant Ralph has adopted the role previously occupied by Ian Millar.
Luxury independent bottler the Last Drop Distillers has been acquired by US drinks group Sazerac.
Twelve bartenders have created a single malt whisky designed to be mixed in cocktails.
The collection of six vintage whiskies from the 1950s will be released for £10,000 each.
The Islay distillery is launching three single malts, all of which have been finished in wine casks.
The blended Islay malt is releasing its first age-stated expressions, starting with a 25-year-old.
The Speyside distillery’s new rare cask range includes a 50-year-old malt priced at £4,500.
The Orkney distillery’s latest expression is the first of two releases observing the seasons.
Douglas Laing & Co. has launched a 10-year-old version of its Highland blended malt.
The ninth release in the limited edition series has been aged fully in ex-rye whiskey casks.
The Highland distillery is releasing a limited edition 24-year-old single malt this month.
The amount of rare Scotch whisky sold at UK auctions has hit a record high.
A whisky glass designed to fit in a woman’s hand is being launched next month.
The oldest globally available release from Talisker is the first in a new Sherry-inspired range.
The opening marks the start of a new chapter for the luxury Speyside single malt.
The Speyside distillery has revealed the 17 bottlings to make up its 2018 single cask programme.
The Speyside distillery has added a 21-year-old peated malt to its core range.
The new facility will be a state-of-the-art hub for whisky blending and testing.
The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962 has been created from some of the distillery’s oldest stocks.
A bottle of the ‘world’s most valuable whisky’ is to be auctioned in Edinburgh this autumn.
Douglas Laing & Co has revealed details of its £10m distillery in Glasgow.
The Spanish wine-influenced blended malt joins the whisky maker’s permanent range.
The single malt expression will now be released in batches to ‘enhance its collectability’.
The penultimate DCS Compendium chapter features whiskies with ‘unexpected’ characteristics.
The single malt has been matured in a single European oak ex-Sherry cask.
Distilled in 1948, the Glen Grant is thought to be the distillery’s oldest whisky ever bottled.
The distillery’s 10th Private Edition whisky has been made using a strain of local yeast.
A blend of Clynelish and Caol Ila, the whisky is a follow-up to the ground breaking Eleuthera.
The first in a new series of bottlings from the lost Islay distillery is a 39-year-old malt.
The 1926 Macallan designed by the British pop artist achieved a high price at auction.
The Highland distillery has married two ‘incongruous’ malts for its latest vintage release.
Macallan has opened the first of several new prestige whisky shops in Dubai airport.
The Highland distillery has launched 14 single Sherry and Port cask-matured whiskies.
The city-based distillery has added two new stills to double its whisky making capacity.
The value of rare Scotch whisky sold at auction has fallen for the first time in 10 years.
Three casks of Kininvie’s first run are released as the distillery continues its luxury strategy.
The retailer’s new flagship store in London’s Covent Garden features a dedicated whisky room.
The blended malt has been named the most requested Scotch whisky brand by the world’s leading bars.
Ailsa Bay distillery’s first single malt bottling is a lesson in Scotch whisky innovation.
Many a dram has made an appearance on the silver screen – some authentic, others imagined.
Take inspiration from these travel titles for your next whisky adventure.
Some recommended whisky-related reading matter for the forthcoming festive period.
From Amos Milburn to Metallica, this is how whisky made its mark on music. Rock on!
The crime author shares several drams with Dave Broom while discussing music, whisky and life.
UK chefs and sommeliers are increasingly – and successfully – pairing whisky with their menus.
Summer is all about cooking outdoors, from barbecues and picnics to terrace drinking and dining.
Cold weather calls for hearty dishes – and a pinch of the right spice can make all the difference.
From Scotch blending sessions to funky Bourbon BBQ parties, LCW has it all.
Most people have tasted corked wine at some point – but can the same unpleasantness affect whisky?
Scotch maturation was never restricted to only Bourbon and Sherry casks, explains the Prof.
The Sherry-like cask seasoning agent was once commonly used by whisky distillers.
Out to impress the rellies, our Whisky Virgin ponders which drams to crack open for Christmas.
The Virgin wonders whether certain types of water can negatively affect a whisky’s flavour.
Are women really better at tasting than men? If so, why? An examination of whisky and gender.
One of the world’s most famous collections of whisky has gone on display in the Netherlands.
From quaich to tumbler to specialist tasting glass, this area of whisky has never stopped evolving.
Deciphering the complex code of the brain and the senses as they assess and evaluate every glass.
Coming up with a new design for a Scotch whisky bottle is a long, complex and painstaking business.
It is imperative for new releases to convey brand identity, but how do producers achieve success?
Build a picture-perfect Instagram account with tips from top whisky influencers.
A who’s who of Scotch whisky is on hand to answer this most challenging of questions.
The popularity of single malt stretches back to the 1820s, when it was a royal favourite.
The region’s deep whisky roots encompass the likes of Ferintosh, Dalmore and Balblair.
Scotch whisky makers are snubbing traditionalism and getting experimental with yeast.
How this wine-drinking nation became the world’s biggest consumer of single malts in the 1970s.
The strange tale of the Czech single malt born before the Berlin Wall came crashing down.
The origins of whisky are closely linked to the use of aqua vitae in early medical science.
Whisky should feature, of course, but there are plenty of fun ways to celebrate Scotch.
From Stormtroopers to sushi, these are the instadram accounts to make your news feed next level.
Blenders are exploring the boundaries of flavour by mixing Scotch with other world whiskies.
Screw chocolate – count down to Christmas with a whisky advent calendar to suit any budget.
Dave Broom picks apart Scotch and Irish whiskey’s close relationship in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
Dave Broom endeavours to make sense of the factors affecting how we nose and taste whisky.
New distilleries are coming thick and fast, and there’s still plenty of room for more.
The historic bottler embraces change and continuity, 123 years after it was established.
As one of whisky’s three ingredients, yeast offers huge possibilities in flavour creation.
Time to celebrate dads everywhere, and to share a glass of his favourite whisky with the old man.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement ignites anticipation for more Royal Wedding whiskies.
Why, in today’s gender-inclusive world, is whisky still perceived as ‘a man’s drink’?
Take a behind-the-scenes peek at Macallan’s architectural and distilling marvel.
At least nine new whisky distilleries are set to open in Scotland in the next 12 months.
Go one better than a bottle of Scotch and give an alternative Christmas whisky gift this year.
As the retailer celebrates 60 years, LMDW’s CEO explains why whisky is more than just a business.
The four-time Oscar winner had a long and distinguished career – and a love for Famous Grouse.
The film star was always three drinks ahead, whether it be with a Scotch or a Martini in hand.
The controversial American football star had a particular soft spot for Johnnie Walker Red.
The American writer and poet had a lasting, but devastating, love for Scotch whisky.
Scotch featured heavily in the crime author’s works, including The Maltese Falcon and Red Harvest.
The Whisky Galore author was also a wartime spy for MI6 and a lover of classical music and cats.
Bill Murray’s jet-lagged and jaded movie star remains his most celebrated film role.
America’s most loved singer had a colourful off-stage life, with Jack Daniel’s to the fore.
The Scottish chemist is believed to be the pioneer of Bourbon’s sour mash process.
The farmworker’s son whose unique vision transformed the landscape of Scotch whisky distilleries.
A career as colourful as his socks, including staring down the barrel of a gun more than once.
The Italian collector on how he amassed one of the world’s most enviable whisky collections.
How a memorable Macallan sparked a passion for rare whiskies – especially those of a certain age.
Inside the Frenchman’s astounding whisky collection, some of which dates back to WWII.
What started as a hobby turned into a sound investment for this Strathisla-loving Swiss.
The whisky vlogger on how he ‘collects’ whiskies for others to try as much as for himself.