The Single Cask guide to whisky

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Is whisky vegan?   If you want the short answer, then yes: whiskey is vegan. Thank you very much for playing. But, you know me, I like to explore....

In this article we look at what gluten is, and whether whisky is gluten free.  We also talk about why whisky is or isnt labelled as being gluten free and some examples of whisky that are safe for people with gluten allergies.

What is whisky made from? Effectively, whisky is made from three ingredients: water, yeast and some kind of cereal. That’s the short answer, but it...

J.B. Phillips said: "If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and exp...

Is whiskey good for you? This is, I suppose, a bit of a nuanced questions. Is it good to drink whisky, get drunk and fall down the stairs? Perhaps ...

"Unique spirits, bottled one cask at a time" This is our mission and what we work towards on a daily basis. At heart, The Single Cask is an indepen...

Maturing whisky in casks Over the last couple of years we’ve been bottling a greater variety of casks, not just in terms of which distilleries they...

One of the questions we are commonly asked is how we decide when a cask is ready to bottle, as well as how we go about finding ‘good’ casks in the ...

“So what do Independent Bottlers do, exactly?” Not an uncommon question for an independent bottler, and to be honest our answer to some degree is “...

Maltstock is one of the most unique events in the whisky calendar. It is an entire weekend of rare drams, excellent food, expert masterclasses and ...

Sometimes making plans regarding which casks we should bottle and when can be a little tricky. We see new casks come and go on a weekly basis in ou...