New release - Girvan 25 years old

William Grant & Sons, the owners of the Girvan grain distillery, has announced a new range of single grain whiskies that will bear the distillery's name. The Girvan Patent Still range was launched in London back in October with a 25 years old expression - this was a 500-bottle batch that appeared as a UK exclusive in selected specialist retailers. It is the company's first ever single grain whisky release and marks the 50th anniversary of the innovative column still being installed at Girvan in 1963.

Inbox - December 20, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Inbox will take a short break over the festive period and will return on Friday 3 January 2014, news permitting.

Inbox - December 13, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Douglas Laing 'Scallywag' competition - Winners

A few weeks ago we announced a competition where we teamed up with Douglas Laing & Co, one of Scotland's leading independent whisky bottlers, to offer you the opportunity to win a bottle of Scallywag, their new blended malt.  The Scallywag is made in small batches and use only Speyside single malts - amongst those named are Glenrothes, Macallan and Mortlach, although more have been used. It is bottled at 46% ABV, is non-chill filtered and of natural colour.

New release - Glen Garioch 1999 Vintage

This whisky is a new bottling from Glen Garioch, which is Scotland's most easterly distillery.  The 1999 Vintage is the latest addition to its popular and ever-growing small batch vintage range. This new expression is the first whisky from the distillery to have been fully matured in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Any ex-sherry cask whisky is normally mixed with that matured in ex-bourbon casks to produce the single malts in Glen Garioch's core range.

Inbox - December 6, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

New release – Cutty Sark 'Prohibition Edition'

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the USA. 2013 also marks the 90th birthday of the Cutty Sark blended whisky brand. The Prohibition Edition has been created as a celebration of the earliest days of Cutty Sark, when it was smuggled into the USA during Prohibition by infamous bootlegger Captain Bill McCoy.  This is the man whose name was lent to the term ‘The Real McCoy’, as you knew the product was genuine and not a fake when he delivered it. McCoy was teetotal so his cargo, unlike many others, could be assured not to be ‘sampled’ and, as a result, watered down.

Our whisky related Christmas gift guide

It is that time of year again when many people's thoughts turn to the festive season and what to buy their family, friends and colleagues.  Black Friday has been and gone, as has Cyber Monday and most are still panicking about what to buy  If you are like us, December seems to have snuck up on us this year and Christmas is just a few weeks away - where has 2013 gone?  As with previous years we have decided to do a short gift guide, so you can banish any ideas of Christmas socks that play Jingle Bells when you walk along ...