Spirit of Speyside

By Mark Gillespie March 18, 2020 – For more than two decades, whisky lovers have flocked to Scotland’s Isle of Islay at the end of… Read More

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is not only an independent bottler of Scotch whiskies, but also the world’s largest whisky club – and it’s looking… Read More

The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries… Read More

May 8, 2014 – The Spirit of Speyside Festival has honored four Speyside single malts in its annual whisky competition. The winners were decided by… Read More

May 14, 2013 – Chivas Brothers and William Grant & Sons whiskies took top honors in the annual Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards. Both… Read More

It’s festival week in Speyside, and the Spirit of Speyside Festival has become one of the region’s largest events of the year. We’ll talk with… Read More

Rob Cederlid of Stockholm isn’t your typical Swedish whisky lover. For instance, you’re likely to see him in a cowboy hat and boots that are… Read More

Mike Padlipsky had two loves…software and whisky. He also had one mission…to find what he thought of as the world’s best single malt whisky. Sadly,… Read More

The Powers family distilled whiskey for seven generations and two centuries on John’s Lane in Dublin, and John Ryan is the seventh and final generation… Read More

Whisky truly is the “water of life”, and as many as 60,000 people will benefit from the sale of one very special bottle of whisky… Read More

There’s a locked door at the Glenrothes Distillery, which normally is not open to visitors. The sign above the door reads “I.S.” — and stands… Read More

English farmers send barley north to Scotland, and sooner or later, the Scots send it back as whisky. The Nelstrop family has been growing barley… Read More