Bacardi has completed a £15 million project to upgrade its Aultmore Distillery in Speyside. The project includes a new tun room, still house, and boiler… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Scotch Whisky Association Blasts UK Excise Tax Hike
The Scotch Whisky industry is accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government of going back on its campaign promise to back Scotch makers “to the hilt.”… Read More
Buffalo Trace Releases 2024 Antique Collection
Buffalo Trace Distillery has unveiled the annual Antique Collection, with five whiskies ranging from the George T. Stagg uncut and unfiltered Bourbon to the Sazerac… Read More
Shining a Light on Lost Lantern
Lost Lantern Whiskey took the Scotch Whiskey tradition of independent bottlers and applied it to American craft whiskies. Founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski weren’t… Read More
Behind the Scenes at a Spirits Competition
Ever wanted to find out how a spirits competition works? This week, we’ll take you inside the recent American Craft Spirits Association’s annual judging of… Read More
From Scotland to California: John Campbell’s New Journey
John Campbell has long been regarded as one of Scotland’s best distillers, but he shocked the whisky world this week by leaving Scotland to join… Read More
True Story: Wes Henderson’s Next Chapter
Wes Henderson retired recently from Angel’s Envy, the whiskey brand he and his father, the late Lincoln Henderson created. Retirement didn’t suit Wes well, though,… Read More
The World’s Most Remote Distillery?
Few places are as remote as the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, and that makes the Faer Isles Distillery the world’s most remote distillery.… Read More
Nelson’s Green Brier Maple Old Fashioned
Rachel Ramirez, the leader of the cocktail team at Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee created this variation on the classic Old Fashioned using… Read More
Caitlin Bartlemay: Craft Distilling’s Future
Caitlin Bartlemay of Oregon’s Hood River Distillers is one of the up-and-coming craft distillers on the American whiskey scene. She makes the whiskey widely regarded… Read More
Edrington Sells The Famous Grouse
Edrington’s leading blended Scotch whisky brand, The Famous Grouse, is being sold to William Grant & Sons for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which still… Read More
Campari Takes Minority Stake in Capevin
Campari Group has acquired a 14.6% stake in the owner of Scotland’s Bunnahabhain, Deanston, and Tobermory distilleries for $92 million. The Italian company bought the… Read More