The first official bottling of Bruichladdich's Port Charlotte was launched yesterday. PC5 (or Port Charlotte 5 year old) Evolution is a departure in many ways from the currently available Bruichladdich expressions. PC5 is peated to a level of 40 ppm, putting it right up there with Laphroaig in terms of ...

At the Paris Whisky Live I got a chance to catch up with John Glaser and try Compass Box Whisky's newest products: Flaming Heart and Oak Cross. John has once again decided to utilize high quality sessile oak in the mix - but instead of using inner staves, he's had new cask heads (the top and bottom ends of the casks) created. Cask heads are generally made of oak which is thicker than the wood...

I'd like to talk about sampling whisky directly from cask samples - something most of us never get to do. On a recent trip to visit the blending lab at Compass Box, I had a chance to try samples from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...

Much as it is the obligation of every Muslim to make “the Hajj”, the pilgrimage to Mecca; it is the obligation of the whisky lover to make the pilgrimage to Islay – arguably the origination point of the introduction of whisky to Scotland. One should plan to visit all eight ...

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