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, ...

If you live overseas or are unfamiliar with the national grocery chain Trader Joe’s, all you need to know is that Trader Joe’s is popular for having lots of fun stuff at very cheap prices. A notch or ...

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 ...

Whiskies from Glen Grant have always felt like very solid whisky staples to me. Alongside both Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet, they are always readily available at most bottle stores in my area, and ...

There’s such a reverence to that suffix, isn’t there? Brings to mind awed silences, triumphant exclamations, Jeremy Clarkson pauses. In the world. There is, by definition, nothing better. It’s the ...

Let’s start with something we can all agree on: people have different tastes. This statement is no surprise in any aspect of life, and this statement is no less true when it comes to bourbon. Too ...

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 ...

If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt ...

Today, I’m continuing the sharing of bits of my Singapore trip. After visiting a rum bar, I returned to one of the most beloved whisky bars there. This is The Single Cask in Chimes. This isn’t the ...

Some of the big whisky websites are funded by corporate groups. Others do paid-for content with brands. We don’t want to sell advertising. We don’t want to partner with brands. We don’t want to sell ...

How do you think the 2020s would be remembered 50 years down the road? Dare I be boldly optimistic (maybe slightly jingoistic) to say: I think it would be recalled as a decade of Asian whisky ...