Imagine a school that is open just three days a year and is devoted to its students’ favorite subject, and it is little wonder that there’s world wide appeal, and a lengthy waiting list, for the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival Whisky School. That’s the view of four whisky legends who, with a collective knowledge of 200 years in the ...

By Richard Thomas Last month I finally got the opportunity to catch up with the Netflix and Marvel superhero show Jessica Jones, thereby feeding my superhero entertainment craving. Much to my surprise and amusement, I discovered the show is literally soaked in whiskey. Jessica Jones is the dark and stylish interpretation of the Marvel comic character, a minor superhero turned ...

Peat, Used In Making Prized Whiskies, Is Running Out By Richard Thomas Drinkers scurried to buy up Islay single malts and other peated whiskies today as the Consolidated National News (CNN) revealed that whiskey was threatened by another dire shortage. Hard on the heels of the threats posed by new Chinese whisky drinkers, an American oak shortage, and the activities ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Glenfarclas is arguably the example of a single malt that is known and loved inside whisky circles, while remaining largely unknown outside of them. I know very few Scotch enthusiasts who do not think well of the distillery and its products, and at the same time I have encountered very few casual drinkers, the sort ...

Why Bourbon Barrels Dominate Not Just American Whiskey, But Irish, Scotch And Japanese Too By Richard Thomas When it comes to whiskey and wood, two basic facts stick fast. First is that barrel maturation, that intricate dance of cask, climate and clock, often accounts for half or more of how a whiskey tastes by the time it reaches the bottle. ...