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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 ...

Top 5 Best Single Cask Whisky Gift For Christmas

"What whisky should I pour in my glencairn glass? Which are the best drams to share (or not if they are so damn tasty) during Christmas holidays?" Fear not my friends yours truly, Teo Spiropoulos ...

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...

What's the best whisky for the summer

Just like wine or beer, whisky has different flavour profiles that you can match to different seasons. We tell you what the best kind of whisky for Summer is.

Top 5 best whisky cocktails for the summer

In this article we're going to give you our top 5 best whisky cocktails for the summer - and there's not a Highball or Old Fashioned in sight!

Should You Have Whisky with Ice this Summer?

Should you add ice to whisky this summer? It’s one of the most controversial questions of our age: ice in your whisky; nuclear disarmament; jam or cream on top of your scone. It is serious business...

The oldest ever English Whisky bottled by The Single Cask

Article By Sorren Krebs It is truly a very exciting time for English whisky scene. It is the dawn of a new era, it is the birth of a new industry sector and it is beginning to thrive.  Don’t miss...

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...