The town of Campbeltown, at the tip of the Kintyre Peninsula, once rivalled Speyside as a center of Scottish distilling. In the late 19th century, there were around 30 distilleries operating simultaneously. By the early decades of the 20th century, only two remained; much-celebrated Springbank, and Glen Scotia, which has typically maintained a lower profile. …
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Buffalo Trace
Availability…It is, but it isn’t! Highly recommended For the details… I am, unabashedly, a single malt Scotch drinker first and foremost and a more general whisky/whiskey drinker only secondarily. I started drinking single malts in my late teens, and only came to other types of whisky/whiskey a little later, when I was in my early …
Ardbeg to launch new range
The fine folks at Ardbeg are launching a new range called the Anthology Collection, per a recent article from Spirits Business. The first entry in the range will be dubbed "The Harpy's Tale". It will be a whisky aged for 13 years in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-Sauternes casks, bottled at the Ardbeg standard …
Ardmore Legacy
You can find it if you want it But do you want it? For the details… Ardmore, located near the town of Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, is one of the relatively few Highland distilleries still operating in the zone of the Highlands lying east of Speyside. It was founded in 1898 by Adam Teacher, of the Glasgow-based …
Ailsa Bay
Specialty retail For the adventurous taster and completionist For the details… Ailsa Bay lies within William Grant and Sons’ grain distillery at Girvan. Girvan was the result of a dispute between Diageo forebear DCL and Grant’s (owners of Glenfiddich and Balvenie) in which DCL refused to supply grain whisky to Grant’s. In response, Grant’s built …
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