Bowmore announces the final edition of the exclusive Black Bowmore releases
Whisky Magazine
Bowmore Islay Single Malt Whisky, the first distillery on Scotland’s isle of Islay, has announced the release of the fifth and final edition of the exclusive Black Bowmore 1964 distillation. Available from the end of 2016, the last cask to […]

Scotchwhisky.com (blog)

Glenmorangie Bacalta: from brain to bottle
Scotchwhisky.com (blog)
To Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s director of distilling, whisky creation and whisky stocks, the Private Editions are ‘basically me deciding to bottle the results of a range of experiments that I’ve been carrying out’. The bottlings serve as a kind of […]

Whisky– all in the blend
Lexology (registration)
The General Court did not agree with the argument that the typical purchaser of whisky would pay a high level of attention, not accepting as generally applicable the claim that Scotch whisky “inspires a devoted following among its connoisseurs” and …

FoodBev.com

Top four ways that brands are getting frisky with whisky
FoodBev.com
With Christmas, New Year and Burns Night falling within a month of each other, it’s probably the right time of year for a whisky revival. Thankfully, the industry has obliged us – and if the past few weeks are […]

Scottish Daily Record

Whisky legend Jim McEwan tempted out of retirement by new Islay distillery
Scottish Daily Record
Whisky legend Jim McEwan has been lured out of retirement to head up production at the first new distillery to be built on Islay in more than a decade. McEwan has been hired […]

Kingston Upon Thames

Why Whisky? A Chat with Leigh White – Co-Owner of The Grey Horse
Kingston Upon Thames
Whisky, isn’t that the drink that just burns your throat? Wrong! Leigh tells us why there’s so much more than you may think to the drink, and why so many are now […]

Whisky barrels to float down Mississippi River from Kentucky to Louisiana
WIS
Cane Land Distilling Company has partnered with a distillery in Tennessee to bring a 5-year aged whisky to the market. Original Mississippi Floated Whisky, or OMFW, has a bourbon mash bill and began its 10 to 14-day journey down the river […]

Scotchwhisky.com (blog)

Jim McEwan joins Islay’s Ardnahoe distillery
Scotchwhisky.com (blog)
McEwan, who left Bruichladdich in July 2015 after 15 years, has joined Ardnahoe distillery as production director with responsibility for shaping its whisky style. Hunter Laing & Co., a family-run independent whisky bottler, is currently building …
Islay veteran McEwan […]

Forbes

3 New Limited Edition Whiskies Released by Bruichladdich (Review)
Forbes
Since its grand reopening in 2001, Islay-based Bruichladdich has been at the forefront of Scotch whisky marketing and production. Its whiskies have undergone all kinds of experiments over the years, and the distillery has committed to using the old …

Scotchwhisky.com (blog)

Glenmorangie Bacalta is 8th Private Edition
Scotchwhisky.com (blog)
Inspired by the Highland distillery’s discontinued Madeira Wood Finish – claimed as the first whisky of that type – Glenmorangie Bacalta (Scots Gaelic for ‘baked’) spent two years in former Madeira wine casks after roughly 10 years’ maturation in ex …