The name alone conjures images of crashing waves, blowing wind, rain-lashed warehouses, and the distinct smell of medicinal brine. Or ripened tropical fruits. It depends on the vintage, doesn’t it?

It’s always nice to go back to basics. I recently attended a virtual Glenlivet tasting. The lineup consisted of the rebranded 12, 15, and 18 year old whiskies. According to the brand ambassador, ...

We’ve not yet covered Old Crow bourbon here at Malt, and today we’re starting with a bang. Our inattention to this brand should come as no surprise, perhaps, given its exceedingly low profile.

The White Horse. The words alone evoke vast imagery across novels and cinema—I’ll give you a minute to let your imaginations wander. In Scotland, however, it is associated with the White Horse Inn in ...

If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt ...

“Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there’s time, ...

Oral traditions of distilling on the Hebridean Islands have passed down from generation to generation, and tell stories of illicit distilling from the early 1700s. Though none have been formally ...

“It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.” – Francesco Petrarch We begin this review of Russell’s Reserve Single ...

Were things really better in the old days? It’s hard to make an empirical observation about this. “Of course,” the old timers will tell you. “When I was a boy…” However, as I’m fond of noting in this ...

Time for a turkey hunt! I was able to check another box on my bourbon bucket list recently when I traveled to Kentucky for a set of picks with the Bourbon Crusaders. Our three-day tour was packed with ...

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile! In my quest for knowledge, I’ve read an ungodly number of books on American whiskey and beverage alcohol history. It’s fair to say that almost of all of ...

As a spirits writer focused on Scotch, I often find myself championing the whisky shops around the country that offer great service, and who value the drinker ahead of the collector. The whisky ...