The Angels' Share

Something doesn’t quite add up anymore. For the past few years, words like inflation, interest rates and shrinking purchasing power…

Last week I rambled on at length about Nikka’s past and present, so it feels only fair to actually taste…

Japanese whisky is both celebrated and debated in equal measure in everything from eye-watering auction prices and astonishing quality to…

A little while ago, during a whisky tasting, someone asked me a question I honestly wasn’t prepared for: What’s happening…

How do you approach being a guest blogger? There are different ways of going about it. You can show off…

This bottle came to me via my friend Christofer, who in turn inherited it from an older relative. One of…

A little while ago, my friend — and seasoned whisky jury member — Cecilia Hjortzberg joined me for a dive…

Deanston Virgin Oak 46.3% The nose opens with an abundance of grapefruit, followed by spicy oak tones and a hint…

There are distilleries everyone talks about – and then there’s Deanston. Every year, hundreds of thousands of whisky-thirsty travellers head…

I’m not even going to pretend I need to justify doing an end-of-year summary or putting together a list of…