Be in the Know about what is Happening!

2021 was never going to be an easy year for drinks exports. But Scotch faced additional challenges. Not only has it had the impact of the pandemic to contend with, but the crippling affect of US tariffs, which mercifully came to an end after the first quarter of 2021. (June 20, 2022 - Lauren Eads - The Drinks Business)

Speyside single malt The Glenlivet has evolved its 21- and 25-year-old whiskies with new double and triple cask finishes. The two whiskies have been finished in different types and combinations of casks to create two new expressions, which come together to form The Sample Room Collection. (June 14, 2022 - Georgie Pursey - The Spirits Business)

The Speyside distillery has just unveiled its latest offering, the 30-Year-Old Cask Strength Batch 2 Single Malt Scotch. The limited-edition release is the second installment of the oldest expression in the brand’s core lineup of whisky, following last year’s initial bottling. (May 31, 2022 - Bryan Hood - Robb Report)

There are a variety of whiskeys, each different from the other based on where it is produced and the type of cereal grain used to make it. Types of whiskey are: Single malt, Rye, Blended, Scotch, Irish, Bourbon, Tennessee, Canadian and Japanese. (June 9, 2022 - Divya Jain - Lifestyle Asia India)

The new look for Loch Lomond Group's Glen Scotia whisky range is intended to pay homage to the distillery, the Campbeltown region and its signature style. (June 6, 2022 - Alice Brooker - The Spirits Business)

 This year’s Scotch Whisky Masters showed the diversity of flavours in the sector. Here, we reveal the results from our latest competition. (June 6, 2022 - Nicola Carruthers - The Spirits Business)

Sales of Indian single malts are booming as a new generation sheds old notions about the superiority of imported brands. (June 2022 - The Guardian)

Pernod Ricard-owned Royal Salute is marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a limited edition Scotch whisky. The Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition is inspired by seven of the Queen’s ‘iconic’ brooches from her personal collection, and only 147 bottles have been released. (June 1, 2022 - Alice Brooker - The Spirits Business)

A ‘one-in-a-million’ bottle of 72 year old bottle of Gordon & MacPhail’s Glen Grant achieved a record price in a recent Bonham’s Hong Kong auction, raising a record HK$937,500 (just under £95,000) including buyer’s premium. (June 11, 2022 - Arabella Mileham - The Drinks Business)

The American whiskey category has been growing rapidly over the past decade. Rye whiskey has seen a wonderful resurgence, while American malt whiskey has emerged as a significant new category in the American whiskey universe. (May 23, 2022 - NewHampshire News)

Whisky lovers from around the world will take part in a live global tasting this week as part of the annual celebration in Scotland's smallest whisky region. The Glen Scotia distillery will host its first ever global live whisky tasting as part of the Campbeltown Malts Festival, which starts on . (May 22, 2022 - George Mair - The Scotsman)

An unprecedented 70 expressions of Scotch whiskey have achieved double gold at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC). Thirteen whiskeys qualified for the various elimination rounds. (May 17, 2022 - The Bharat Express News)

The Macallan is a scotch whisky distillery best known for two things—pretty much all sherry cask-aged whisky all the time, and bottling some really expensive old whiskies. For example, the distillery recently released its oldest whisky to date, the 81-year-old “The Reach” priced at $125,000 a bottle. (May 15, 2022 - Jonah Flicker - Robb Report)

Whether they are calling the shots or behind some of the best bottles lining shelves, these are the women you should know in the whiskey world. (March 29, 2022 - Tyler Chin - Gear Patrol)

The series takes inspiration from our unique straight neck pot stills, which were installed at the distillery in 1965 and give us the ability to control the style of spirit produced. (May 10, 2022 - Loch Lomond Distillery)

Six months after breaking ground, Elixir Distillers has confirmed its new Islay distillery will be called Portintruan. (May 10, 2022 -Georgie Pursey - The Spirits Business)

Six months after breaking ground, Elixir Distillers has confirmed its new Islay distillery will be called Portintruan. (May 10, 2022 -Gary Carter - The Whisky Wash)

Scotch whisky producer Loch Lomond Group has unveiled a 46-year-old single malt as the second bottling in its Remarkable Stills Series.(May 10, 2022 -Alice Brooker - The Spirits Business)

Born in the early 1800s, John Walker would create a profound liquid legacy in the form of the now-famous whisky bearing his name, and it all began with the sale of his family farm.  (May 10, 2022 -Wendy Leigh - Tastingtable.com)

LFamily-owned Gordon & MacPhail has unveiled a 64-year-old single malt as the second bottling in its Mr George Legacy series. (May 9, 2022 -Alice Brooker - The Spirits Business)

From light to heavily peated scotch, smoky whisky is becoming more and more highlighted on the market. Here’s a guide that will tell you how whisky gets smoked and a list of the best peaty scotch whisky brand that you, definitly, should taste. (May 5, 2022 - Whiskyflavor.com)

The world’s largest bottle of Scotch whisky – taller than most men and filled with a record breaking 311 litres of 32-year-old Macallan – is to go under the hammer. When it goes on sale at Edinburgh-based Lyon & Turnbull next month, containing the equivalent of 444 standard bottles, it is hoped The Intrepid will smash through the 1.9-million dollars (£1.5 million) mark and become the most expensive ever sold. (April 28, 2022 - Dan Barker - Walesonline)

How a passion for his whisky bottle collection inspired a business plan for buying and selling casks…  Little did Cask Trade MD Simon Aron know that a small dram of Chivas Regal with his father would spark a huge interest in discovering whisky, a passion for collecting bottles, and eventually the creation of a marketplace for buying and selling casks. (April 22, 2022 - Dharshini David - BBC News)

Loch Lomond Whiskies has made steps toward further International growth with the unveiling of a new packaging design. The reimagining of the brand is said to be a sign of the distillery’s ambition. (April 22, 2022 -Whisky Magazine)

How a passion for his whisky bottle collection inspired a business plan for buying and selling casks…  Little did Cask Trade MD Simon Aron know that a small dram of Chivas Regal with his father would spark a huge interest in discovering whisky, a passion for collecting bottles, and eventually the creation of a marketplace for buying and selling casks.  (April 21, 2022 - Eric Twardzik - Bevy)

How a passion for his whisky bottle collection inspired a business plan for buying and selling casks…  Little did Cask Trade MD Simon Aron know that a small dram of Chivas Regal with his father would spark a huge interest in discovering whisky, a passion for collecting bottles, and eventually the creation of a marketplace for buying and selling casks.  (Jethro Kang - Lifestyle Asia)

How a passion for his whisky bottle collection inspired a business plan for buying and selling casks…  Little did Cask Trade MD Simon Aron know that a small dram of Chivas Regal with his father would spark a huge interest in discovering whisky, a passion for collecting bottles, and eventually the creation of a marketplace for buying and selling casks.  (Cask Trade)

Strict social distancing rules and ‘vaccinated, recovered, tested’ protocols will be dropped for this year’s Prowein trade show under current legal provisions. (April 20, 2022 -Melita Kiely - The Spirits Business)

A rare "forgotten" cask of whisky, bought for £5,000 more than 30 years ago, is expected to set a world record when it is sold in an online auction.  The 374-litre cask, originally filled on May 5 1988, has been held in bond at the Macallan Distillery in Moray for almost 34 years. (April 20, 2022 - Lucinda Cameron - Bloomberg)

The selling and marketing of whiskey sometimes includes the phrase “cask strength.” These words are placed on select bottles to make them stand out to consumers ordering drinks at bars or shopping at brick-and-mortar or online stores.  (April 19, 2022 - Lincoln Chinnery - Wine Enthusiast)

The Macallan, in collaboration with the Roca Brothers, has released Distil Your World New York, a single malt whisky and documentary designed to capture the essence of the iconic city. (April 19, 2022 - Georgie Pursey - The Spirits Business)

Everything you need to know about Scotland’s favorite brown spirit, including important terminology and a cheat sheet to the best bottles across all price points. (April 11, 2022 - Tyler Chin and J. Travis Smith - Gear Patrol)

Glen Garioch’s Oldmeldrum distillery announces its re-opening to the public for the first time in two years, following a £6 million investment by owner Beam Suntory. The distillery has been fully renovated, returning it to traditional processes such as floor malting and direct-fired stills and reducing its carbon footprint .(April 2, 2022 - Whisky Magazine)