We asked the Council of Whisky Masters, the world’s foremost whisky experts, for 2025’s most exciting new bottles. Their picks chart a must-try trail across Scotch whisky ...

Annually, over 1.6 billion bottles of Scotch Whisky are shipped from Scotland to around 180 markets around the world. If it is Scotch, it has to be from Scotland, the land known for whisky. Annually, ...

If it is Scotch, it has to be from Scotland, the land known for whisky. Annually, over 1.6 billion bottles of Scotch Whisky are shipped from Scotland to around 180 markets around the world. Laid end ...

What is pale gold in colour, smells of citrus fruits and honey with notes of vanilla and salted caramel, and tastes like heaven? Whisky, of course! And where do you go when you want to explore the ...

Whisky lovers know no bounds when it comes to the pursuit of a wee dram. It’s a big reason whisky tourism has boomed as far as Tasmania in the Southern Hemisphere, up through Japan, and into several ...

Think Scotland's whisky scene hibernates in winter? The Malt Whisky Trail's eight distilleries prove otherwise with exclusive ...

Created in the early 1980s, the only malt whisky trail in the world includes seven working distilleries and a cooperage, nestled among the rolling green hills of Speyside. Much like kilts, the ...

Isn’t it lovely to find a factory that’s quieter than the brook running next to it? Scotland’s Aberlour Distillery is like that. Right across from the village graveyard, it’s a small stone campus of ...

In September, during the closing day of the Hebridean Whiskey Festival, rains lashed relentlessly along the southeast coast of the Isle of Skye. The gales were so forceful that they toppled the event ...

The Malt Whisky Trail has more to it than just some of Speyside’s distilleries, but they’re a good place to start, finds Rosalind Erskine. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

THE Scotch whisky industry is in a dynamic phase with major consolidation amongst the big players but also some strong ambitions amongst the smaller fry. Speyside Distillery Company has just taken on ...

IMPISHLY EXCITED IS perhaps the perfect way to describe a traveler journeying through Scotch whisky country in midsummer. With days that draw out long into the evening, mild weather and wild, ...