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A small but serious distillery tucked along the edge of one of England's most protected natural landscapes has brought on a new leader to guide it through one of the most consequential stretches in its short history. Lancaster Spirits Co. has appointed Craig Drake as its Distillery Manager, a move

There are men who spend their careers building something for someone else, and then there are men who, late in life, decide to build something entirely their own. Stewart Hunter Laing was the second kind. When most men his age were slowing down, he was pouring concrete on a Scottish island, staking

There are whisky festivals, and then there is Fèis Ìle. For four decades, this celebration on the Scottish island of Islay has been doing something no tasting room or whisky bar can replicate — bringing together the people who actually make the stuff with the people who are passionate enough to tra

Ardbeg is no stranger to pushing boundaries, but for Ardbeg Day 2026, the legendary Islay distillery is taking things somewhere entirely unexpected — straight to the sun-drenched vineyards of Sicily. The limited edition release is called Ardbeg Dolce, and it's the kind of whisky that makes you stop

How a Goa Distillery Is Rewriting the Rules of Single Malt For decades, the conversation around the world's finest single malts has started and ended in Scotland. Maybe a nod to Japan. Perhaps a reluctant mention of Ireland. India? That wasn't even in the conversation. Until now. At the World

The whisky world got two new legends on March 25, 2026, when the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame welcomed Serge Valentin and Tadashi Sakuma into its ranks. The ceremony took place at the Waldorf in London, where the global whisky community had gathered to celebrate the World Whiskies Awards — one of t

There's something quietly exciting happening in the world of whisky and fine dining in America, and it's coming straight from Scotland. Saltire Rare Malt, an independent Scotch whisky bottler with a reputation for tracking down exceptional single cask expressions, is making a serious push into the

There are whiskies you drink, and then there are whiskies you experience. Glenmorangie The Thirty falls squarely into the second category — a single malt that took three full decades to become what it is, and it shows in every way. The Highland distillery recently announced The Thirty as the ol

There are distilleries that make whisky, and then there are distilleries that make a point. Bruichladdich has always been the latter. This month, the Islay-based single malt producer dropped something worth paying attention to — a new bottling called Old Skool , a 10-year-old single malt Scotch wh

When two wooden casks of Japanese whisky sold at a Christie's auction for a combined £4.25 million — roughly $5.4 million — it wasn't just a record. It was a statement about how far rare whisky has come as a serious asset class, and why one long-silent Japanese distillery continues to command price