MALTYMISSION

Part 3 of this series takes me all the way across the world. When talking single grain, as a general rule  (emphasis on the term...

"You may hate me but it ain't no lie Baby rye rye rye Rye rye" (Justin knew what he was talking about) Rye: it’s arguably the most...

For the month of September,  I’m taking a look at grain whiskies – in different shapes and sizes. And because this is review no. 200, I...

Much like Jimmy and Eddy Russel’s  connection to Wild Turkey, so is the name ‘Blanton’ attached to Buffalo Trace. Albert B. Blanton (the...

When we’re talking about living legends of the whisky industry, I’m betting a lot of people will immediately picture folk the likes of...

Pioneering spirits, in every sense of the word Summer break is done and dusted. As so often, I intend to take just a short break of a few...

Ok, time to put this series of ‘looking over the whisky wall’ to rest. And I’m ending it by taking a closer look at a drink that arguably...

After rum and jenever, I’m looking south of the border in my search for good malternatives. France is by many people regarded as ‘the...

After last week’s deep dive into jenever (a consequence of it being a local spirit to me and I felt I needed to elaborate a bit as it’s...

It’s arguably one of the most 1st world – like problems out there: option overkill.  By which I mean having a plethora of options to...

If nations were to have social media accounts, I feel as if  the Scottish – English relationship status would read something down the...

What defines the character of a whisky? Its identity? Is it the craft, knowledge and know-how  of the people making it?  The barley? The...

Ok, time to spice things up a bit. In the build-up  for this series, I’ve been going back and forth through my cabinet, deciding on which...

It’s been said before, but the fact that ‘world whiskies’ are upping the ante in terms of quality  pretty much  all over the world, is...

So far in this series, I’ve covered a rather expensive newcomer and the hopelessness of Global Travel Retail. Two examples which, when...

There was a time, when I wore a younger man’s clothes, where I spent many an hour in and around airports. A good dose of my carefree...

Easter break done and dusted, it’s time to get back in the saddle and mount the whisky horse again. Back in 2022, I did a series on Non...

Ok, I’ll admit that this is a bit of a poorly chosen header. After all, it could (and should) be applied to many a whisky, particularly...

Throughout this series, I’m taking a closer look at a few whiskies that are all on the pricier side of what I (and I assume, a lot of you...

Throughout this series, I’m taking a look at whiskies that are on the pricier side of the scale of what I’m comfortable paying for...