Spirit of Speyside 2019
The annual Speyside festival featured Star Wars-themed tastings and whisky ‘foraging’.
Festivals and events
07 May 2019
The annual Speyside festival featured Star Wars-themed tastings and whisky ‘foraging’.
Festivals and events
08 May 2018
The annual festival is about more than exclusive bottlings and distillery tours.
Festivals and events
13 September 2016
The inaugural spin-off festival held in Elgin captured the essence of Speyside perfectly.
Festivals and events
28 April 2017
The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival got off to a roaring start, with not a snowflake in sight.
Latest news
29 March 2018
Festival-goers will again hunt for hidden caches of whisky across Speyside this May.
Festivals and events
01 May 2017
Gin, beer and smugglers’ tours on the penultimate day of Speyside’s annual whisky festival.
Festivals and events
04 May 2018
Photo highlights from the first day of the annual Speyside whisky festival.
Latest news
01 February 2019
Over 650 events have been announced as part of the festival’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
Latest news
21 March 2017
Visitors can seek out secret stashes of Scotch as whisky taps into the geocaching craze.
Festivals and events
29 April 2016
Mixing traditional and modern on festival day one – from hi-tech hotels to the joys of the ceilidh.
Festivals and events
07 May 2018
Barbecues and village fairs to whisky launches and the unmissable Closing Ceilidh.
Festivals and events
03 May 2016
Whisky and chocolate; whisky and music; whisky and dancing. The SoSWF concluded at a frenetic pace.
Two apprentice coopers experience the traditional ‘Blackening’ – an historical rite of passage.
Take a tour of Diageo's 'liquid library' of 5,000 bottles, some of which date back 200 years.
Film shows the skill and craftsmanship that goes into installing new washbacks.
This trio of drinks industry stalwarts discuss the Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2015 Edition.
In order to create new whisky styles, distillers need to get out of their comfort zones.
The Balvenie has partnered with chef Michel Roux Jr to explore the meaning of craftsmanship.
Richard Woodard, magazine editor of Scotchwhisky.com, tastes Editors' Choice in the video booth.
A bird's eye view of Islay's seven distilleries, and on an uncharacteristically sunny day too.
Elements of Islay Lp6 is dissected by this retailer and blogger.
The chairman of King George V Malt Whisky Society in Chatham tastes Benriach 19 Year Old.
A member of the King George V Malt Whisky Society in Kent, tastes Benriach 25YO.
The editor of Whisky Quarterly tastes Editors' Choice whisky in the #OnAir video booth.
New Whiskies
24 July 2019
Thirteen new single malts from Caperdonich, Longmorn, Glen Keith and Braes of Glenlivet.
Themed tastings
29 December 2015
Our magazine editor chooses his whisky highlights from 2015, including two bargain Speyside malts.
Themed tastings
27 December 2016
Our editor covers all bases with her favourites of 2016: a single malt, single grain and a blend.
New Whiskies
11 January 2019
Editor Becky Paskin delivers her verdict on the much-anticipated Game of Thrones single malts.
Themed tastings
25 December 2018
Indie bottlings of Glen Elgin, Mortlach and Caol Ila most impressed Dave Broom this year.
Themed tastings
29 December 2016
In a year of discovery, there were three whiskies that really captivated our street-wise novice.
Themed tastings
26 December 2016
Smoky, floral and fruity – we’d expect nothing but an eclectic mix of drams from our chief engineer.
Themed tastings
31 December 2015
Dave Broom looks back on 2015 with whisky-tinted glasses and selects his three stand-out drams.
Themed tastings
30 December 2015
Our editor, Becky Paskin, selects her top three Scotch whiskies tasted in 2015.
Themed tastings
25 December 2017
Dave Broom selects an eclectic trio of whiskies as his top drams of 2017.
Themed tastings
28 December 2016
Smoke is the overriding theme as our magazine editor picks his three stand-out whiskies of 2016.
New Whiskies
28 April 2017
A Speyside-themed selection this week, including Braeval, Linkwood and Tormore.
Best of Whiskies has a collection with over 60,000 bottles of premium and vintage whiskies, ...
Split over three floors, the LMDW store offers more than 1,500 bottles of fine spirits.
whisky.auction is a new auction website that offers the finest whiskies from all around the world.
whiskyauction.com is a hub for whisky collectors to buy and sell bottles online.
The Whisky Exchange shop in Covent Garden has one of the biggest whisky collections in the UK.
Distillery & brand
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
Own-label
The Speyside-based sporting retailer has had a couple of whiskies bottled under its own label.
Independent bottler
An independent, Essex-based wine and spirit wholesaler dissolved in 2010.
Independent bottler
Dublin-based wine and spirit merchant founded by Alexander Findlater.
Distiller
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
Brand
Blended malt created to closely mirror the style of one of Speyside’s lost distilleries.
Brand
An experimental peated Speyside malt produced at Glen Keith distillery on Speyside in the 1970s.
Distillery
Also called House of Burns, a lost distillery at Monzievaird, near Crieff in Perthshire.