We recently visited two very different distilleries in the east of Scotland – one founded in 1763, the other in 2014. As time has passed, how much has really changed in Scotch whisky distilling? Siggi Gunnlaugsson, one of our Account Managers, reports. After a lumbering journey to Scotland aboard the Caledonian Sleeper in early August, […]

It was founded in 2017; it’s a baby among Scotch whisky distilleries. How, then, does whisky production at Lindores Abbey predate all others? Lindores Abbey Distillery, built in 2017, sits nestled in a shallow valley just outside Newburgh in Fife. Overlooked by the image of the bear and ragged staff (an emblem of the Earls […]

The Scotch whisky industry has been built on a bedrock of blends. Yet single cask bottlings are becoming more prevalent. Barbara Drew MW explains what single casks are, and why they’re so special.   Whisky, it’s said, is about the art of the blend. Around 90% of all Scotch whisky is blended whisky and there is […]

Each month, we spotlight a different wine or spirit that’s available to taste in our London Shop at 63 Pall Mall. This month, Account Manager Henrietta Gullifer celebrates a very special whisky: the Port Askaig 12-Year-Old Autumn Edition – a delicious and evocative dram, typical of Islay’s finest whiskies.