Sometime in the late 1970s a young musician was working at Edinburgh Crystal. A whisky company came to the Edinburgh Crystal with a silver stags head and asked about the possibility of creating a decanter for the stag’s head to sit upon. The stags head was a Glenfiddich stag. Glenfiddich …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White Tuthilltown was the first distillery to establish itself in New York State since Prohibition. Many more followed, but it still leads the pack. Over the last few years American whiskey has been gaining popularity, across the UK, and in its own backyard. The number of new craft …
Photo Credit: Whisky Magazine Once a year, whisky drinkers around the world wait in expectation to hear one piece of very important news: which whiskies are considered to be the best in the world that year according to the World Whiskies Awards. The most sought-after of the awards being world’s best …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White Speyside has many pretty distilleries. It also has some very large and some very small distilleries, some which are easy to find and others that aren’t. Cardhu is none of these. It is medium-sized, attractive and slightly off the beaten track but not difficult to find. …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White Many people who have visited Cuba say it is a must-see destination before it changes forever. The fading grandeur faded and the upbeat atmosphere downtrodden by the weight of influence from America. But I would beg to differ. There is so much to change in Cuba that …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White America is, as stated, the United States of America. These states may be united but, as we all know, each state is very different from the other. One state that makes a big difference to the whole of the USA, politically, economically and culturally, is California. The …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White We read a lot about Glenfarclas, and with good reason. There is a fabulous history, people behind that formed their story and of course the incredible whiskies they produced, and their descendants make today. One of those descendants is George Grant. We also read a lot about …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White Irish whiskey has experienced a great revitalisation recently. Several new distilleries have been built with many others either under construction or in the planning stages. It is a far cry from the days when three Irish distilling families put their competitive spirit aside and, for the sake …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White North of Inverness, beyond the Black Isle, up on the Dornoch Firth there are two distilleries. The first produces one of the world’s best-known and bestselling single malt distilleries: Glenmorangie. A few miles further lies a smaller, lesser-known distillery with a very different ethos. The house of …
There is a lot of whisky in the world – excellent malts, delicious blends and a growing number of grain whiskies. So why would anyone try and create another one, let alone three? Thankfully, two men decided they wanted to because their creations are not only very good and complement …