Search Results for: macallan
Dec
Young Whisky: While spirit has to be matured for at least 3 years to be considered whisky, anything between that and 10 years old is generally thought of as a young whisky. If you are an avid reader of our Whisky Foundation blog, you will remember that back in May we looked into whether older […]
Dec
Glenrothes 26 Year, experience the structure and flavor that has made a mark for the Glenrothes distillery. A 26-year-old single-cask Speyside whisky distilled at Glenrothes in 1990 and bottled at 45.6% after maturing for 26 years. About The Glenrothes Distillery The Glenrothes is one of the great Speyside distilleries located in the village of Rothes […]
Nov
Independently bottled Scottish whisky specialists, Whisky Foundation today launched their innovative stock market for whisky, and revealed the first bottle on sale as a Springbank 24 year old single malt, matured in a sherry cask and bottled by The Maltman in 2017 at 47.1% ABV. Only 244 bottles are available, making these rare and collectible items, and are available for shipping worldwide.
Nov
It’s nearly time to start buying your advent calendar, and if you’re a bit of a whisky buff, there’s no doubt that you’ve heard of Drinks by the Dram, a whisky advent calendar going for a pretty eye-watering £10,000 (or, around $13,000 USD if you’re on the other side of the pond). Sure, it’s […]
Jul
If you’re a wine drinker, you’ll be well-aware that each wine-producing region has a distinct character. A wine from the Bordeaux region – due to the fact they only grow five types of grape – tends to be full-bodied and well-structured, while wine from the Champagne region will be light and crisp. Whisky is no […]
Jun
If you’re new to the world of malts and peats, then you might never have heard of floor malting. And there’s good reason for this – it’s not common practice anymore. It hasn’t been for the past half a century. The vast majority of distilleries stopped the process in the 1960s and have moved on […]
May
A few years ago, legendary independent bottlers Gordon & MacPhail ran a marketing campaign called ‘The Wood Makes the Whisky’ with the aim of making people more aware of the importance of wooden casks in the maturation of whisky. Speaking at the time, Ewen Mackintosh, COO of Gordon & MacPhail, said: ‘…at Gordon & MacPhail we […]
Treat yourself this World Whisky Day: 5 of the best independent bottlings
Independent Bottling, Uncategorized
May
You can keep Christmas. You can keep Easter as well. And, while we’re at it, you can keep New Year. If there’s one date on the calendar (well, it’s on our calendars, at least) that we look forward to most at Whisky Foundation, it’s World Whisky Day. Quite simply, it’s an excuse to celebrate […]
May
If you read the article we wrote about chill-filtration a few weeks ago, you’ll know that in a blind test of bona fide whisky buffs, whiskies that had been aged in a sherry cask were consistently ranked higher than their non-sherry-cask counterparts. And it’s not surprising – the time spent ageing in a sherry cask […]