Off the coast of Southwest Scotland there’s an island of fewer than 4,000 people, more than 20,000 sheep and what was, for a long time, only 7 distilleries – until Kilchoman came along in 2005. Continue reading
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There’s a funny thing that happens at the bar. Whisk(e)y-lovers get all up in arms about the ‘right’ way to drink whisky. Where ‘this guy’ might only drink his whisky ‘this’ way, ‘that’ guy would bet all the barley in Scotland that you’re wrong for drinking it any way but ‘that’ way. So, who’s right? Continue reading
For better or worse, there’s a growing trend in distillation – especially within whisky – to bottle 1-off, unique, rare and limited bottlings. Each carries a story, each brings a specific clientele and each usually brings an increased price.
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These are very interesting times in the whisky business. Not only is whisky high-profile, it’s also high-profit. It’s very difficult to predict what any company’s sales volumes will be in 3-6 months – let alone 12-18 years from now, which is exactly what we ask whisky makers to do. Not to mention having to guess what particular style or flavor of whisky will be in demand. Continue reading