Month: February 2022

Tickets for this year’s Spirit of Speyside Festival go on sale next Monday (March 7), and festival organizers are hoping for a return to normal after two years of pandemic-caused cancellations and postponements. We’ll talk with the festival’s new volunteer chairman, George McNeil, about plans to hold a traditional Spirit of Speyside Festival from April …

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Compass Box Scotch whiskymakers have announced a new limited edition, Experimental Grain Whisky. Costing £100, it contains a parcel of whisky made from 100% peated malted barley that blurs Scotch whisky boundaries This is a unique release that will transport whisky lovers to new territories. Experimental Grain Whisky is now available in the UK online …

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Prestige Whisky Auction are holding their next sale, which begins tonight. A family business set up and owned by Andrew and Nicola Loan, it was founded on their expertise gained as successful investors in the ever-popular Scotch Whisky market, and Prestige Whisky Auction benefits from their extensive industry knowledge and contacts gained from trading prestigious …

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A new bill in the Kentucky state legislature seeks to legalize private barrel selections at distilleries. This could have nationwide implications, as private barrels (or store picks) have been a sizable boost in the bourbon economy in recent years. Kentucky House Majority Whip Chad McCoy filed House Bill 500 last week seeking legal clarity in …

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Alan Higgs Architects has unveiled designs for a ‘drum-like’ whisky distillery on Islay The London-based practice submitted plans to Argyll and Bute Council Scotland for the distillery, which aims to be carbon-neutral, at Gearach Farm, near Port Charlotte. Known as ‘whisky island’ for its long history of producing single malts, Islay, despite only being 25 …

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MGP Ingredients, one of the largest providers of distilled and branded spirits, recently announced a $12-million barrel warehouse expansion designed to meet the growing demand for its American whiskey. Construction began recently in Williamstown, Kentucky, and this will be the company’s second major investment in its distilled spirits operations in less than a year. The …

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Jeremy Paxman has invested in what is thought to be Scotland’s first organic whisky distillery, part-owned by the former prisons chief at the centre of his infamous interview with the former home secretary Michael Howard. The University Challenge presenter is one of the financial backers of Nc’nean Distillery, a “green” Scotch producer on the Morvern …

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