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Month: June 2021
Tullibardine whisky worth more than £10000 stolen from Blackford distillery
EIGHT bottles of whisky worth more than £10,000 have been stolen from a distillery visitor centre. The break-in was discovered at around 11.25pm last night when a member of staff noticed the doors to the Tullibardine distillery centre in Blackford, facing the A9 in Perthshire, had been damaged. Two display cabinets had been tampered with and eight …
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8 smoky whiskies you must try
How Is Peaty Whisky Made? During the malting process, barley is slightly germinated. But this needs to be stopped halfway which is done by applying heat. The fuel used for roasting is usually peat, which burns like coal and is abundant throughout Scotland. The smoke from the burning peat imparts a distinct flavour to the …
Bank fund BGF toasts £7m investment in Edinburgh-based whisky specialist
A FUND backed by Britain’s five biggest banks has invested £7 million in a specialist Scotch whisky retailer as part of its £78m float earlier this month. The deal makes BGF – formerly known as the Business Growth Fund – the biggest investor in The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), which owns The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Both …
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Ardbeg Scorch, This Year’s ‘Ardbeg Day’ Release, Is More Balanced Than You Might Expect
When it comes to smoky, peated Scotch whisky, it’s hard to find a more beloved brand than Ardbeg. Due to its rabid fanbase sipping on expressions like Uigeadail, Corryvreckan, An Oa, Wee Beastie, and Blaaack, it should come as no surprise that the distillery not only launches a special whisky for its most loyal fans once per …
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5 unmissable whiskies to enjoy in BBQ weather
With the full warmth of summer final here (well, most of the time), the draw of a BBQ is, for many, too much to resist. Whisky pairs perfectly with the smokey and bold flavours – there’s a dram to perfectly match with everything from a decadent Tomahawk steak, to exotic delights like pineapple, or even …
Behind the wood used in cask maturation
Take a sip of whisky and you’ll be met with myriad flavours, the tasting notes of which will be exalted by whisky experts, aficionados and makers globally. The flavour of a whisky develops over many years and, especially in Scotland, even decades. And while a large proportion of those flavours will come from the production …
In conversation with: Nate Woodruff – Whisky With A View
Nate Woodruff couldn’t have chosen a more challenging time to begin a whisky road trip around the United States than he did. But perhaps it was just that juxtaposition and desire to show off the beauty of his home country during one of it – and the rest of the world’s – most difficult years …
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Diageo and the Drinks Conglomerates – Is it Good for the Industry?
What’s the most Scottish thing you can think of? Outside of tartan, bagpipes and that one Mel Gibson movie, there’s a good chance that single malt whiskeys are going to be high on the list. Names like Glenmorangie, Ardbeg, Talisker, Laphroaig, and Lagavulin are redolent with images of big proudly bearded Scotsmen making fantastic whisky …
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Whisky vs The Fine Art Market
Fine art has always been considered, ironically, the gold standard when it comes to commodities investment. The popular image for investing in physical commodities is nearly always wrapped up in the idea of fine art and jewels, the Manet and the Faberge. However, the cold hard data coming out of the commodities investment market tells …
Faking the ageing process: can technology threaten the whisky market?
The recent downturn in tech stocks, which followed an unprecedented surge at the beginning of the year, has started a rash of comparisons between the current state of the market and the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Many market experts are pointing to the current investor euphoria as the genesis of the problem …
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