A third of the way through 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic is still the dominant news item on the global scene. And for the big three whisky festivals in Scotland—Feis Ile, Spirit of Speyside, and Campbeltown Malts—that means moving the celebration to the virtual sphere, like so many other events on the world calendar. What, exactly, … Read More about Virtual Whisky Festivals
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Decoding the SMWS
At 27,000 members and 28 years old, with branches across the globe, SMWS—the Scotch Malt Whisky Society—is one of the largest and oldest whisky clubs in the world. Each month SMWS outturns numerous single cask bottlings from across the gamut of scotch malt whisky and even a few other whiskies, each with its own whimsical … Read More about Decoding the SMWS
Connecting Drams with Consumers
Some of the Most Interesting Technology in the Whisky World is Outside the Distillery Whisky is both an art and a science. Each individual distillery operates under its own unique combination of old-school techniques and tradition with new-school tools and technology, from those whose production has proudly never changed (such as Springbank) to those who … Read More about Connecting Drams with Consumers
A Conversation on Spirit
As most of you have seen by now, we have partnered with The Single Cask to share a truly unique Bruichladdich with the world. I think that it pairs well with our film for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is that it was distilled by Bruichladdich in 2009, under the leadership … Read More about A Conversation on Spirit
The Spirit at the Heart of our Story
We are very proud to offer this bottle for sale. It’s rare that a film has a chance to share the very inspiration at the heart of a story. But the scotch whisky in this bottle was made by Jim McEwan and his team just as the distillery was really hitting its creative stride. The spirit … Read More about The Spirit at the Heart of our Story