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Month: February 2020
Highland Park Exclusive For World Duty Free And Heathrow
Highland Park has created an exclusive single cask whisky bottling for World Duty Free and Heathrow. This extremely limited whisky – just 642 bottles available – is launching today (20 February) and will be available exclusively at the World of Whiskies main stores in all four terminals at the airport. Filled on the 13th March …
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Scotch whisky exports, both in volume and value, reach all-time high in 2019
Recently released HMRC export data shows the volume of Scotch exports increased 2.4% and the total value rose by 4.4% to £4.9billion. The most notable growth in value came from the Asian and African markets, with Asia experiencing a 9.8% rise alongside Africa’s impressive 11.3%. Although not to the same extent, a further 106 Scotch …
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Scotland’s Most Diverse Scotch: BenRiach
A typical 10-year-old from BenRiach can have a range of characteristics as varied as a list of groceries. Fruity, spicy and malty followed by apple, pear, poached peach, bananas, cream and last but not least, honey. This of course sounds like an awful lot of flavour profiles to come from one bottle of single malt, …
A look at the Benrinnes Distillery
The History In 1826 the Benrinnes distillery was first built by Peter Mackenzie however this would not be the only build to take place. The name was taken from the Ben Rinnes hill which it was situated at the foot of. After just three years of operating the distillery was destroyed by a flood and …
A look at the BenRiach Distillery
The History In 1898 the BenRiach Distillery was formed by the Grant family and it was situated in the same location as the Longmorn Distillery. At the time, locals were known to refer to it as Longmorn 2. Despite initial optimism, the establishment of BenRiach was poorly timed as its opening only preceded the ‘Pattison …
Fort William – Steeped in History
The Ben Nevis distillery is lucky enough to be located in an area that is steeped in history, and that area is Fort William. The Fort at Fort William was initially built in 1654 by Cromwell’s forces. The aim was to pacify local clans, particularly the Camerons. It started life as a wooden stockade on …
A look at the Aultmore Distillery
The History In 1895 the Aultmore distillery was founded by Alexander Edward, one of the big distillery owners during the late 1800’s. He was the same man that also founded distilleries such as Benrinnes and Craigellachie. The Aultmore is beautifully isolated in a perfect location off an infamous route that runs from a fishing port …
A look at the Ben Nevis Distillery
The History A license to brew at the Ben Nevis distillery was taken out in 1825 by ‘Long’ John Macdonald. His distillery was located near the base of Britain’s highest mountain and the outskirts of Fort William. His son, Peter Macdonald, was given control shortly after the license was issued and proceeded to build a …
Aultmore Whisky in Asia
John Dewar & Sons launched a travel retail exclusive in Singapore back in 2015 as part of their Fine Whisky Emporium. Aultmore’s ‘Foggie Moss Speyside Single Malt’ was presented in a very unique way. Moss and humidified air to represent the fog were used in a display to highlight the characteristics of the distillery and …
