While trawling the local retailers for new releases, I saw four different Four Roses bottles on a site. Three of them had a four-letter code printed on them: OBSF, OESK, OESO, and the fourth had none. My curiosity piqued, I did what any whisky geek would do: bought one of each and then dived into … Read more
Whisky Galore, the shipwreck that became a comedy classic. Plus Rhino Whisky and the new events calendar.
Caperdonich, the Glen Grant twin nobody wanted. Plus Three Ships with strawberries and cream.
Eight whisky books worth keeping. Plus Murdo Mackenzie of Benromach, and another Metanoia release.
Murdo Mackenzie has been distilling at Benromach since 2016, and in 2025 he took over as Distillery Manager from Keith Cruikshank, who ran the place from 1998. It’s a role that comes with an unusual kind of weight: almost everything he decides today — how the mash is handled, the exact point the stills are … Read more
Four South African releases worth knowing about: Metanoia, two Bain’s 23 year olds and the oldest Boplaas yet.