By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The 15 Year Old is the middle rung in the Old Pulteney line up, and in my mind it fits that roll perfectly. It’s a lovely single malt, superbly balanced, and reasonably priced (even in America). However, the odd thing about the 15 Year Old is it isn’t what one might expect from Old Pulteney, ...

There are plenty of things that we associate with East London, from the vibrant markets to the iconic landmarks, but one thing we don’t associate with East London is manufacturing whisky. Normally when we think of whisky we think of Scotch Whisky that is made in far-flung distilleries on dark and wet moorlands – but all that is set to ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating: B- Mystery surrounds this Islay single malt scotch, as there are many who wonder which distillery is responsible for producing the whisky. There is little to no information on the distillery responsible and the only information that is available is that it is a series in The Vintage Malt Whisky Company’s portfolio. Loch Finlaggan is a ...

Rachel Barrie, one of the world’s top whisky Master Blenders, also known as the ‘First Lady of Scotch’, was recognized with one of the Scotch industry’s most prestigious accolades by being inducted as a ‘Keeper of the Quaich’ at a private ceremony held at Blair Castle in Scotland on October 7, 2019. Rachel Barrie is the Master Blender for Brown-Forman’s ...

By Richard Thomas For many years, Scotch Whisky was the most expensive category in world whisky, and has only lately been eclipsed on a general level by Japanese Whisky. Scotch continues to produce the whiskies that command prices on par with that of a new car, but Japanese Whisky has the 12 year old, entry level single malts that cost ...