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Cask Strength Whisky: What It Means and How to Drink It

What does cask strength whisky actually mean, why does it vary bottle to bottle, and how should you drink it? A practical guide from The Single Cask.

Owning a Whisky Cask: The Complete Guide

What does it mean to own a whisky cask? Owning a whisky cask means buying an individual barrel of maturing Scotch, in your own name, while it sits in a bonded warehouse in Scotland. You are not buy...

How to Taste Whisky Without Overthinking It

No rules, no exam. Here's a relaxed, practical guide to how to taste whisky properly: glassware, nosing, mouthfeel and the aroma trick most people miss.

What Makes a Single Cask Whisky Different?

Two casks from the same distillery can mature into completely different whiskies. Discover what really makes single cask whisky different — and why it can never be repeated.

The types of whisky casks and their flavours

The humble oak cask plays a pivotal role in the character of all scotch whisky, whether it’s single malt whisky, single grain whisky, or blended whisky. What was once nothing more than a container ...

Meet Our Whisky Moods

Let’s be honest, some whiskies refuse to play by the rules. Those drams who ignore the typical flavours, opting instead for remarkable adventures that veer far from the beaten track. Discovering wh...

Revealing the industry’s first-ever panel of ‘Taste Masters’

We’re revealing the industry’s first-ever panel of ‘Taste Masters’ - whisky experts specifically chosen to draw from personal experiences in whisky and life to help categorise our whisky by mood.  ...

How do casks make Bold Whisky Flavours?

We often associate Bold flavours in whisky with how the spirit was matured. Spicy ex-sherry casks will probably come to mind first. However, there are many factors during maturation that will contr...

MEET OUR WHISKY MOODS

Let's go bold... Big ‘Sherry Bomb’ drams. Powerful peated single malts. And spicy west coast whiskies. The excitement of such powerful flavours is the allure that attracts so many to scotch whisky,...

How the Ex-Bourbon Barrel Defined Scotch Whisky

Scotch whisky and ex-bourbon barrels have enjoyed a long-lasting and harmonious relationship. In fact, over 90% of all scotch whisky is matured in ex-bourbon casks today. Considering there are some...