By Kurt Maitland You’ve actually already met Colin Hampden-White in our interview with his fellow Three Drinkers. However, he and I go back a bit (we have a few mutual friends and constantly run into each other at whisky festivals) so I had a few additional questions to ask him about his career in spirits as well his hit Amazon ...

By Emma Briones Rating: D+ The distillery at the Isle of Jura has taken a new path. That is why they couldn’t choose a better name for the entry whisky of their new Signature Series range: Jura Journey. This small Scottish island is (in)famous for having just one road, one pub, one distillery, and a population of only 200. Deer ...

By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor Best To Pass My Lips, Booker’s 30th Anniversary Bourbon: Whereas the standard batches of Booker’s Bourbon and even some of the special releases of the brand are selected by committee, this Booker’s 30th Anniversary was a project of Fred Noe from start to finish. He brought in his son and apprentice Freddie as as ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A- Each year, Douglas Laing launches for Christmas a special edition of one of their most known whiskies: Big Peat. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Big Peat brand, so its limited-edition Big Peat Christmas 2019 had to be something really special. As for each edition, the recipe quantities change, but not the ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: B I tend to start with a distiller’s most basic, down-market whiskey. I figure if I don’t like a distiller’s entry-level dram, then I’m probably not going to love its more scarce bottlings. So Forager’s Keep, the first single malt Scotch expression from Diageo’s Orphan Barrel series, isn’t something I would typically sit down and drink, ...