When you get a opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one conversation with a legend in the whisky industry you drop everything and seize it with both hands and that’s exactly what I did. On a chilly spring morning in Johannesburg I met up with the man responsible for creating the Glenmorangie and Ardbeg […]
FNB Whisky Live Festival 2012 Preview Q&A with Ian MacMillan
The countdown to the 2012 FNB Whisky Live Festival continues! Last week we gave you a preview of what you can expect from John Glaser of Compass Box and this week it’s the turn of the Master Blender of not one, not two, but three distilleries! Of course we’re talking about Ian MacMillan, Head of […]
FNB Whisky Live Festival 2012 Preview Q&A with John Glaser
The 10th FNB Whisky Live Festival is almost upon us! The world’s largest whisky festival – spread over 3 cities this year – attracts whisky lovers in their droves, all clamouring to try old favourites, new expressions and meet the people behind the whiskies we know and love. The festival always attracts renowned international whisky […]
Lost Spirits Distillery – Home of 110ppm peat monster Leviathan I
A dragon, a peat monster and a leviathan all roaming around California – sounds a bit like the plot for an alternate reality fantasy novel right? Well, you’d be wrong. What we’re talking about here is the Lost Spirits Distillery situated in Monterey County, a hop, skip and a jump away from the Pacific Ocean. […]
Peter Arkle – the Man Behind the Name on anCnoc’s New Whisky
It’s not every day that you get a limited edition series of whiskies named after you, but this is exactly what happened to Peter Arkle when anCnoc got in touch with him to collaborate on a project for them. In Part 1 I got the inside story from anCnoc as to how the project came […]
anCnoc and Peter Arkle – A New Collaboration, A New Whisky
On April 18th, 2012 anCnoc launched their latest whisky creation – the Peter Arkle 1st Limited Edition – matured in ex-sherry casks (a first for anCnoc). For those that don’t know of Peter Arkle, chances are you’ve seen his work in publications like the Times magazine, The New Yorker, Mens Health and more. Peter is […]