Surreal art is inspiration for the new Macallan

Inspiration for a new whisky can come from many places, and The Macallan Concept No. 1 is perhaps a little different. The first release in a new limited edition series, exclusive to travellers, is inspired by surreal art, celebrating the world’s visionaries by daring to disrupt the whisky making process. Created from whiskies matured first…

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Appliance of science exposes £635,000 of fake whisky

Laboratory tests on 21 different bottles of rare Scotch whisky, potentially worth around £635,000, have confirmed them all as modern fakes. Based on these results, Rare Whisky 101 (RW101), one of the world’s leading experts in rare whisky, has estimated that around £41M worth of rare whisky currently circulating in the secondary market, and present…

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Jura marks special year with launch of Prestige range

Jura single malt whisky is marking the end of a monumental year with its new Prestige Range, showcasing some old and rare stocks from their whisky making history. In March 2018, Jura made waves with the unveiling of a full rebrand and re-launch for the brand globally. Featuring a new house style which for the…

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Distillery’s tree is something rather special

If you’re working in a distillery and don’t have a Christmas tree to hand, what are you going to do? The team at the Isle of Raasay Distillery are an enterprising bunch, so when the festive season approached and they didn’t have their own, they made do with the best materials to hand – casks!…

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Rugby whisky is all for a great charity cause

A new whisky for Edinburgh Rugby has been released in time for Christmas – and it’s all for a great cause. Glen Moray is releasing the exclusive Edinburgh Rugby Single Cask Private Edition Whisky. Edinburgh Rugby teammates John Barclay , Scotland rugby captain, and Damien Hoyland, visited the Glen Moray Distillery in Elgin, Speyside and…

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Tomatin releases its oldest malt whisky to date

Award-winning Highland whisky distillery Tomatin has announced the release of its highly anticipated single malt, the Tomatin 50 Year Old, distilled on 24 November 1967. Following 50 years of maturation at the distillery, the deep-honey coloured expression has been bottled in its most natural form, yielding just 70 special bottles at 45.3% abv. Stephen Bremner,…

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Crabbie’s whisky back in Edinburgh after a century

John Crabbie’s single malt whisky production has begun in  Edinburgh for the first time in nearly 100 years. Halewood Wines & Spirits, owners of Whitley Neill Gin, Crabbie’s and the Crabbie malt whisky brand, announced that spirit production has commenced at its new distillery in the capital. Halewood, which celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this…

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Only 250 bottles of The Macallan – at £38,500 each

Only 250 bottles of The Macallan’s a new and remarkably rare limited edition single malt whisky has been released. Each of the 250 individually numbered bottles are available worldwide, with The Macallan 52 years old 2018, never to be repeated. This latest classic-aged statement has been slowly matured for 52 years in one exceptional, hand…

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Two new rare malt releases from John Crabbie

John Crabbie and Co has announced two new releases of rare single malt Scotch whisky to complement its award-winning range. Crabbie 25 year old and Crabbie 40 year old are the latest expressions to be revealed by Edinburgh-based John Crabbie & Co, a whisky brand which has its roots in the earliest incarnations of the…

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Collection expands with limited edition

Tullibardine has unveiled a new limited-edition single malt to join its award-winning Marquess Collection – The Murray Marsala Finish. The expression was distilled in 2006 and bottled this year at 46 per cent volume, building on the growing range of wood finishes to be crafted at the Highland Perthshire distillery. Inspired by cask experimentation, Tullibardine’s…

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