Islay distillery Laphroaig is poised to release it’s oldest expression to date, a 28 year old single malt. The stock to create this new limited edition release was drawn from a range of cask types, from small quarter casks to massive Sherry butts. After being vatted together, the whisky from the various casks were “married” and finished for an additional ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Anchor Distilling’s (now Hotaling & Co.) Old Portero is craft whiskey before there was craft whiskey, predating the movement we know today by almost two decades. However, it took the explosion of small distillers for Old Potrero to pursue brand expansions. After all, you need to know a market is there. Old Potrero 18th Century ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: B+ Saying Islay whisky is known for peat and smoke is like saying the newest iPhone is known for its screen. While, yes, that is its most obvious and dominant feature, it takes many different things working together behind the scenes to create the distinct and specific experience one enjoys and learns to expect. Port Askaig ...

By Richard Thomas   The Glenlivet 12 Year Old returned to shelves in Europe this summer, three years after it was discontinued in that market and two years ahead of schedule. * Citing the now ubiquitous concern of rising demand putting pressure on finite supply, parent company Pernod Ricard replaced the 12 Year Old with the no age statement (NAS) ...

Single malt Scotch whisky creator Gordon & MacPhail is releasing two decanters as part of its Private Collection of single cask releases, personally selected by members of the family that owns the company. The ‘twin’ whiskies – the oldest Longmorn single malts ever released – were selected for bottling by identical twin brothers Stuart and Richard Urquhart from stock originally ...