By Richard Thomas Recent years have seen each and every year billed as a “record setter” for new distilleries set to open in Scotland, and 2018 will be no exception. Investment in Scotch distilling has reached a level not seen since the original whisky boom of the late 19th Century. A slate of ten new distilleries either have opened or ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- An oddity in the world of independently bottled Scotch single malts is not indicating what distillery a whisky came from, but that is exactly what Exclusive Malts did here. This release is labeled “Orkney,” distilled in 2000 and aged 17 years in a refill hogshead. Only two distilleries are on Orkney, then and now: Highland ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Mackmyra Distillery is working hard to establish its own place in the European whisky market. Mackmyra Moment Körsbär, one of their latest limited editions, is another example of the Swedish whisky potential. Mackmyra Moment Körsbär is a Swedish single malt created by Angela D’Orazio, Master Blender at Mackmyra. This limited edition whisky has been aged ...

By Richard Thomas Solera aging jumped over from fortified wines in Southwestern Europe to whisky-making about 20 years ago, but it’s virtues have only been catching on recently. That slowness to spread was really only to be expected, though, since it was the boom in world whisky that has driven the adoption of new methods and the creation of new ...

Glenmorangie Single Malt Whisky’s Bond House No.1 Vintage collection celebrates the unique origins of the Highland Distillery’s most prestigious parcels of aged whisky, each distilled in a single year. Today, Glenmorangie announces the second limited release in the Bond House No. 1 Vintage collection: Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1989, the first Glenmorangie expression to be part-matured in rare ex-Côte-Rôtie casks. ...