Tag: Single malt

Glenmorangie Cognac cask: a symbol of innovation

Our Spirits Buyer Rob Whitehead looks to the future of Glenmorangie – and raises a dram of 13-year-old Cognac Cask Finish to its innovation. There are few distilleries in Scotland so well-recognised as Glenmorangie. From their unusually tall stills, via the famous “16 men of Tain” who craft every drop that leaves the distillery, to […]

Dist-opia: visiting The Glenrothes, Speyside

The Glenrothes has been making some of Speyside’s finest Scotch whisky since 1879 – but it’s an humble operation, as Alexis Self discovers on a trip north of the border

Introducing the Glenrothes Soleo Collection

The Glenrothes’ Soleo Collection marks a new chapter in the distillery’s 140-year history. Alexis Self spoke to Gordon Motion and Stuart Cassells to find out what sets the collection apart from its predecessors

Savour the summer of ’69

While Bryan Adams was buying his first six-string, the distillers at The Glenrothes were otherwise occupied producing a rather remarkable single-malt. Released this spring, cask #11485 is a a whisky to savour, as Ronnie Cox, our spirits ambassador, explains… In 1969, one of my cousins bought a Mini from Sandy Shaw, the singer, with the […]