Dear whisky friend, I want to start this dram of the week differently than usual. It is not the distillery that has certain bottlers, or anything to do with whiskey as a stimulant, and it was my concern today, but ours. The first time I heard about whisky was in 1989 and it was a […]

Dear whisky friend, Today we have an independent bottler that I have not yet talked about before. I have had them in my crosshairs for a long time but until a few weeks ago it was not possible for me to get anything from them. And finally luck struck! So today I can introduce you […]

Dear whisky friend, Today’s Dram of the Week is again about a whiskey, note the subtle – but significant – difference in spelling. Most will be aware of it, but I would like to explain it again. Scottish and Japanese whisky is spelled without the letter ‘e’ while ​​Irish and American whiskey is spelled with […]

Dear whisky friend, There is history to today’s Dram of the week. It’s a story about 162 barrels and a man who set forth to turn his idea into a reality. In July 2002, Andrew Symington, aka the owner and operator of the independent bottler Signatory, acquired the Edradour distillery. Symington, who is well known […]

Dear whisky friend, Today’s dram of the week comes from the northernmost distillery on the Isle of Islay, Bunnahabhain.  The Gaelic word Bunnahabhain means mouth, or origin of, the river and refers to the Margadale spring from which the distillery gets its water.  The distillery was founded in 1883, but its origins go back to […]

Dear whisky friend, I have already written a lot about today’s distillery — Dailuaine, a distillery located in Speyside and founded in 1853 by the farmer William MacKenzie. Like many other distilleries, it was rebuilt several times after it had been partially or completely destroyed, but Dailuaine was indispensable for the whisky industry in several […]

Dear whisky friend, Today’s Dram of the Week comes from a distillery that bears the Gaelic name for “Islay Sound”, Caol Ila. This distillery was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson on the north-eastern tip of the Isle of Islay. That was the same person who built the Littlemill distillery – a distillery so different […]

Dear whisky friend, Our dram today is mysterious, mysterious. The distillery was first mentioned as a barley mill in the 17th century. Then again, elsewhere, and only for a short time – from 1895 to 1911, in Kingussie. Today the distillery named Speyside Distillery is located in Drumguish on the Tromie River in Scotland. Modern […]

Dear whisky friend, Today’s Dram of the Week is about a distillery that dates back to 1810. Ballechin was founded by farmers and it, together with Auchnagie, Grandtully and Edradour, formed a group of farm distilleries in the Ballinluig area. The Edradour distillery is the only one left that is still active today. All others […]

Dear whisky friend, Today’s dram of the week tears me appart. On the one hand I was really looking forward to this dram, and on the other I’m a bit afraid. No worries, I have not gone insane, I have a simple explanation — the new Spirit & Cask Range Exceptionals are out and as […]