By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Laphroaig is one of the icons of Islay. After just over 200 years of making whisky, they’ve released in 2016 this new expression of their core range: Laphroaig Lore. This new release is supposed to be, according to the distillery, “the richest of the rich.” Laphroaig Lore is a NAS whisky, created by Laphroaig Distillery ...

By Kurt Maitland Josh Hatton is a good friend and fellow whisky lover who also happens to be the President and CEO of Single Cask Nation. My love of independent bottlers has been brought to light on The Whiskey Reviewer, and the U.S.-based Single Cask Nation is one of the better ones, having made a point of identifying great one-off ...

By Richard Thomas Concurrent with the whiskey boom has been a surge of whiskey books, so much so that it seems everyone has a book out now (including us: our work was heavily drawn upon for the new anthology, The New Single Malt). Most of these works include a review section, and I think if you are going to get ...

To celebrate the end of the 21st Anniversary celebrations at Lochranza, the Isle of Arran Distillery has released a limited edition anniversary bottling. Master distiller, James MacTaggart, handpicked a selection of ex-sherry hogsheads from the first three years of production at the distillery to create a complex spirit which epitomises the iconic flavours that have carried ‘The Arran Waters’ around ...

By Elizabeth Emmons Rating: B Royal Brackla has a rich history dating back to 1812, when Captain William Fraser established it on the Cawdor Estate. For those of you who are not up on your knowledge of Scotland, the Cawdor Estate is a breathtaking, sprawling 80 sq. mile property located in Nairn, Scotland. The Cawdor, as it is known, has ...