Corryvreckan is a no-age-statement single malt whisky, matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and new French oak casks. It’s ...

Peat is formed from dead, partially decayed organic plant matter that’s often built up in peatlands over millennia. The wet, acidic, low oxygen conditions of peatlands slow down decomposition, ...

If you survey the abundance of internet reviewers, bloggers and commentators, you are certain to find 10 years’ worth of complaints about price hikes. The passionate whisky hobbyist’s budget is ...

It’s always nice to go back to basics. I recently attended a virtual Glenlivet tasting. The lineup consisted of the rebranded 12, 15, and 18 year old whiskies. According to the brand ambassador, ...

What do you consider to be value in whisky? It is certainly something which seems to be harder and harder to find, with the ever-escalating prices across the board. Let’s start with a couple of rather ...

I’ve never written a preface to an article before now, but I think this one needs it. Uncle Nearest – as a brand, as the people who represent it – were early additions to the Whiskey Ring family. Fawn ...

4,750 miles separate Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England and Santa Fe, New Mexico. One lies just 70 miles south of the Scottish border, an hour-plus away from a land synonymous with barley, peat, and whisky.

The devil made me do it! I am not referring to Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, or whatever moniker you prefer for the prince of darkness. Rather, I’m talking about some of the deadly sins ...

“And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ...

“I’m laughing because I know the secret of life. The secret of life is that I have validated my existence” – Carlos Santana Fortaleza is a tequila brand that surely needs no introduction. To know it ...

Is anyone excited about Benromach? What distillery does excite you? I am sure that there are Benromach fans reading this and I mean no offence. The Malt Review readership is a broad church, and ...