Category: Spirits

How to collect whisky – part one

Ronnie Cox, our eminent Brands Heritage Director of 25 years and an ambassador for The Glenrothes – separates the fact from the fiction in his appraisal of the whisky collectors’ market The earliest fatherly investment advice I received was the true story of my great grandfather who purchased shares in a gold mine in the […]

Our No.3 Gin, three ways

Following our nationwide cocktail challenge, Amanda Baxter releases the top three cocktail recipes, all based on our No.3 London Dry Gin, with an “English Garden twist”. On 29th September, we gathered the six finalists at Roundhay Park in Leeds to battle it out for the champion mixologist title. Representing the north were Will Farquhar of […]

A whisky drinker’s rum?

Doug McIvor, our Spirits Manager, is the man responsible for Berry Bros. & Rudd’s rather exceptional premium rum. Here, Doug, who is more usually found nosing whisky, expounds the virtues and complexities that elegant ageing brings to this oft-underrated spirit. When Berry Bros. & Rudd first offered a sneak preview of the first batch of […]

How to serve your single malt

With Father’s Day this Sunday, no doubt many bottles of whisky will be unwrapped and sampled. But rather than serving yours with nothing more than a drop of water, Ronnie Cox, our spirits specialist, commends pouring it alongside your favourite pudding for a seriously delicious indulgence. Convention might guide you away from matching whisky and […]