Recent Single Malt Articles
Nikka Miyagikyo 10 Year Old Returns After a Decade
After a Decade of Silence, Nikka's Miyagikyo Single Malt 10 Years Old Is Back — and American Fans Have a Narrow Window to Get It There are releases that generate noise, and there are releases that carry genuine historical weight. The return of Nikka's Miyagikyo Single Malt 10 Years Old belongs fir
Scotch Whisky's Premiumization Strategy Is Unraveling
The Great Scotch Reckoning: How an Industry Built on Scarcity and Prestige Is Learning to Price Itself Back Into Reality There is a particular kind of hubris that thrives in industries where the product takes decades to mature. Scotch whisky, more than almost any other category, has operated for t
Isle of Harris Single Malt Launches After a Decade of Waiting
Isle of Harris Distillery Drops Its Signature Single Malt — A Decade in the Making There is a particular weight to the phrase "ten years in the making" when it comes from the remote edge of the Outer Hebrides, where time moves differently and the Atlantic winds shape everything from the barley in
Glenglassaugh 15-Year-Old Ditches Bourbon Barrels Entirely
Glenglassaugh Drops a 15-Year-Old Single Malt — and It's Nothing Like the 12 There are distilleries that grow old quietly, adding age statements the way a craftsman adds tools to his bench — methodically, purposefully, one at a time. Then there's Glenglassaugh, a coastal Highland operation that ha
Torabhaig Taigh: Skye's Second Distillery Finds Its Voice
Torabhaig Taigh: The Isle of Skye's Second Distillery Finally Plants Its Flag For nearly two centuries, a single copper still stood watch over the Isle of Skye's whisky heritage. Talisker, founded in 1830, was long the island's sole voice in Scotland's great chorus of single malts. Then, in 2017,
The Dalmore 17-Year-Old Sherry Trilogy Joins Principal Collection
The Dalmore's Long-Awaited 17-Year-Old: A Sherry Trilogy That Changes the Game for Highland Scotch There are distilleries that release something new every few months, chasing trend cycles with limited editions and special casks and promotional bottlings that blur together after a while. And then t
Does Climate Shape Whisky's Flavor? New Global Study Finds Out
Does Where Whisky Ages Change What's In Your Glass? If you've ever cracked open a bottle of Kentucky bourbon after a long week and sat back thinking, "Man, why does this taste so different from that Japanese single malt I tried last month?" — well, you're not imagining it. The answer has always be
How Kavalan Made Taiwan a World Whisky Powerhouse
One Thousand Gold Medals: How Kavalan Turned Taiwan Into a World Whisky Powerhouse On June 11, 2026, a distillery tucked into the lush, rain-soaked plains of Yilan County, Taiwan, announced something that would have sounded like fantasy two decades ago: it had crossed the threshold of 1,000 gold m
Macallan Double Cask vs Sherry Oak: What's the Difference?
Two Bottles, One Distillery, Entirely Different Experiences The Macallan Double Cask and Sherry Oak ranges are easy to confuse. Both are built around sherry-seasoned oak, sit near the center of The Macallan's entire lineup, and come in familiar age statements like 12 and 18 years. They are also us
Single Malt vs Blended Whisky: What's the Real Difference?
Single Malt vs Blended Whiskey: What's the Real Difference? You're standing in the whiskey aisle — or maybe you're at a bar and the bartender's looking at you waiting for an answer — and you've got a bottle in each hand. One says "Single Malt." The other says "Blended Scotch." And somewhere in the
