Auchentoshan American Oak is a no-age-statement (NAS) single malt that’s been aged exclusively in a combination of first and ...

I an Macleod sources the whisky, then handles all the bottling, branding, marketing, and distribution under the Smokehead ...

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile! In my quest for knowledge, I’ve read an ungodly number of books on American whiskey and beverage alcohol history. It’s fair to say that almost of all of ...

Whisky reviews with objectivity and transparencySome of the big whisky websites are funded by corporate groups. Others do paid-for content with brands. We don’t want to sell advertising. We don’t want ...

If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt ...

Before we begin to worry about our precious Uisge Beatha, these water shortages have the potential to impact on critical infrastructure such as renewable hydro-electric power schemes. Access to water ...

Malt uses a full 10-point scoring scale, with sensitivity based on price. Scoring is problematic, because it imparts a false quantitative precision to what is an inherently subjective experience.

An introductory chat with Shortbarrel.I’d be lying if I said marketing e-mails didn’t work on me. There I was, just minding my own business, and I see the Seelbach’s “’Must Try’ Of The Month” show up ...

I want to start this article by stating something clearly and without hesitation: I have been personally collecting and drinking “dusty” bourbon for more than three years now. In part, because of that ...

Glenallachie has done well with very little, but I’m not sure their fans are whisky connoisseurs.

When is a single barrel not a single barrel? When there are six of them! Alright, fine: they remain – individually – single barrels. However, this set has been selected from among barrels that have ...