Royal Salute has unveiled an all-new 21 Year Old Polo Edition featuring a more delicate-flavored blend designed to be enjoyed during the day and as an accompaniment to sophisticated sporting occasions such as polo, a sport synonymous with Royal Salute’s values of luxury, tradition and prestige. Sandy Hyslop, Royal Salute’s Director of Blending, developed the new blend from a combination ...

Counterfeit Whiskey Is On The Rise Everywhere. What Can You Do About It? By Richard Thomas In April 2017, a case of fraudulent activity in the UK came to light that would be laughable, were it not part of a larger and more serious trend. Tofikuddin Ovaysi, a scammer who has claimed to be a Russian national and the son ...

Updated May 2, 2022 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Oban 14 Year Old is part of the Classic Malts collection of Diageo, and it’s a fair billing. It’s one of those single malt expressions that most Scotch fans are familiar with, and it sells well. The 14 Year Old expression is even a fairly old one, having been introduced in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Aged Scotch whisky has an expensive reputation, and very aged even more so. Ultra aged? Fughetaboutit! But even so, it is possible to find an expression that defies your expectations, one way or another. Five decades old Macallans, for example, retain their ability to shock by costing as much as a high end luxury car. ...

Noted independent blender and bottler Compass Box has re-released The Double Single, a blended Scotch whisky expression. Commenting on the release, Compass Box Founder & Whiskymaker John Glaser opens by posing a question: “How many components are required to create true complexity in a Blended Scotch Whisky? For Double Single, instead of using many tens of component whiskies we have ...