By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Unveiled at a conference in Cannes several months ago and launched in Charles de Gaulle Airport Duty Free in February 2016, the thing that drew my attention to House of Hazelwood was the decidedly moderate amount of buzz it has received since. I made a note of it at the time, the kind of thing ...

By Richard Thomas Although there are more books being published about whisk(e)y now that ever before, few, if any, fall outside the non-fiction category. Whiskey drinking might figure prominently in modern popular fiction, but unless you count the reality TV series Moonshiners, making whiskey isn’t the main subject of the story. “The distillery novel?” I hear you ask, “What is ...

Sazerac, the privately held company that owns many American whiskey distilleries and brands, announced its acquisition of The Last Drop Distillers today. The investment that will be injected into the craft spirits brand through the acquisition will accelerate its ambitious growth plans whilst also allowing the existing Last Drop Distillers team to continue to run the business autonomously, with the ...

By Richard Thomas William Grant & Sons plans to expand from its current 1/4 share of the Indian whisky market up to a 30% share, according to a report in DNA India. India is the world’s biggest whisky market, although nearly all of that market is supplied by domestic whisky-makers, often producing a hybrid of imported whiskies and a locally ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B- AnCnoc, meaning “the hill,” is a single malt produced by The Knockdhu distillery, a whisky distillery in Knock, Banffshire that is currently part of the Inver House Distillers Limited stable (who also owns Balblair and Old Pulteney). The distillery shouldn’t be confused with Knockando, and the name “AnCnoc” was chosen, at least in part, to ...