By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When it comes to talk of shortages and no age statement (NAS) whiskeys, the croakers out there miss most of the real points and even manage to obscure them, as croakers often do. For example, one common misunderstanding is that when a bottler, whether it be a Scottish one like Wemyss Malts or an American ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When Wemyss Malts announced they were both expanding their core line of vatted malt whiskies to the United States and were at the same time replacing the 8 year olds with NAS expressions, my first thought was “I wonder how those new ones compare to the old stuff?” The odd part about that was that ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Many things have been changing at Wemyss Malts as of late, and one of them is part of a wider trend, namely a shift to No Age Statement (NAS) whiskies. The companies core line of vatted malts, including The Hive, The Spice King and The Peat Chimney, used to be based on 8 year old ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ To mark their 10th year in the whisky trade, Wemyss Malts has released a follow-on to last year’s well-received Velvet Fig, a limited edition no age statement (NAS) vatted malt. This new vatted malt has turned to the smoky side, and is appropriately named Kiln Embers. In fact, it’s billed as being even smokier than ...

Independent bottler Wemyss Malts is launching a new limited edition to complement its award-winning blended malts range. The new ‘Kiln Embers’ is a smoky addition to the Wemyss line up, blended with double the amount of smoky Islay malt whisky than its sister whisky, Peat Chimney. Following its popular 2014 limited release, Velvet Fig, Wemyss Malts has created this no-age ...