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An exciting new way to taste Single Cask Whisky

THE CHARACTER OF SINGLE CASK WHISKY Welcome to The Single Cask whisky moods Have you ever found yourself standing at a bar, scanning the shelves proudly adorned with whisky bottles, pondering one...

How to Buy a Whisky Cask: A Complete Guide

We believe buying a whisky cask should be a milestone, not just a transaction. "I really think purchasing a whisky cask should be an experience. It shouldn't be about numbers and figures on a spre...

Whisky’s age is just a number

“Age just tells you how long [a whisky] has been in a cask, not how good it is.”                                              Dave Broom, whisky writer and expert  At first sight, the title we ch...

Why is it called a dram of whisky?

Naturally, you can ask for a nip of whiskey. A toot. A tot, a wee one. Or just a whisky. But there is something I find very satisfying in the word ‘dram’.   But why is it called a dram, and exactl...

What kind of whisky casks are there?

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 come from but also the ‘type’, or size, of cask. ...

What is whiskey made from?

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’s actually a bit more complex than that because d...

How To Taste Whisky?

Had plenty of tastings so far with all kinds of audiences but the question is always constant: “How do you taste and understand whisky?” Grab your whisky bottle and a good nosing glass (preferably ...

Whisky clubs: 5 best monthly whisky subscriptions

Christmas is here so we've decided to help you and picked 5 of the best monthly whisky subscriptions in 2021 that give you an easy way to try unique whisky every month, delivered to your door.

Why are they shaking whisky bottles?

Ever been at a whisky festival, seeing someone shaking the bottle saying "I am checking if it really has higher alcohol strength as the label says"...Yes it did happened to us. But as it turns out...

When is a whisky ready to bottle?

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 first place. The fact that prices of casks have b...