Editor's Word
I have often been asked the question before in the past but as our digital edition, the first whisky related magazine to appear for the iPad, starts to gather pace and readers, the issue raised its he...
September 2012, Issue 106, page 5

Editor's Word
So here we are, as I write, caught in the iron bound grip of winter weather. It is that time of year when you need the warmth of a whisky to take the edge off the day, especially if you are facing the...
February 2013, Issue 109, page 5

Editor's Word
There has been a lot of chatter on the social media sites recently about Diageo's latest addition to the Talisker line up, and it throws up that age old topic of age statements, good or bad? It looks...
March 2013, Issue 110, page 5

Editor's Word
We live in a very noisy and auditorily overloaded world. Traffic noise, constant music from various sources, tannoy announcements, machinery drones and groans. It is almost a constant presence whether...
March 2012, Issue 102, page 5

Editor's Word
As I sit writing this we are fast approaching the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It is one of those stories that captures the imagination: the romance and glamour of the great liner ...
April 2012, Issue 103, page 5

Editor's Word
Sometimes life takes funny turns, things that exist in your past reappear in your present like old pennies; the ghosts of memories suddenly take stark sharp focus in your conscience taking you back to...
July 2012, Issue 105, page 5

Editor's word
This is one of those columns that I had not originally intended to write, it took on a life of its own as I was drafting it. I had intended to pontificate about all the new whisky books that have hit...
June 2012, Issue 104, page 5

Editor's Word
The seasons here in the United Kingdom are starting to turn again; not that most of the summer this year was anything to shout about, but so far Autumn has been fairly decent with dry, crisp days. Th...
October 2012, Issue 107, page 5

Editor's Word
Rob looks at what this redesigned magazine means
April 2013, Issue 111, page 3

Editor's Word
Rob looks at the alchemy of creating tasting notes from the unknown
June 2013, Issue 112, page 3

Editors Word
Well it looks like the year might end as it began in the whisky world with some significant changes afoot. Quite how they play out is yet to be seen, but what is certain is that they will have ramifi...
December 2012, Issue 108, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
There are moments when you are whisky tasting that you are lost for words to describe the liquid in front of you. Those nail-on-the-head descriptors just don't come as quickly as they should. Usually...
March 2011, Issue 94, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
Well here we go, hurtling into a new year. Looking ahead makes me wonder what we are going to find in our glasses this year, how much it's going to cost and how we are going to hear about it. I have a...
January 2011, Issue 93, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
The word 'blended' whisky seems to be one that divides the drinking public, and possibly the worst reaction you can get from people is the opinion that single malts are best and blends are somehow inf...
October 2011, Issue 99, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
Here at Whisky Towers we have been receiving lots and lots of your lovely images for our inaugural photographic competition. I have to say that there is some talent out there and I have been very impr...
October 2010, Issue 91, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
?This is not really the column I was planning on writing for this edition, but something has been on my mind. One thing that the Japanese disaster has brought home to me is the changing role of report...
April 2011, Issue 95, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
It is always good to be back in Ireland, to return to the cradle of so many things that we often take for granted: distilling, Christianity, EU funding and that elusive craic. Despite the recent econ...
June 2011, Issue 96, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
There is a strange phenomenon afoot in the whisky world at the moment, and I don't think we have seen it reach its zenith yet. This is of course the trend of über expensive whiskies in blinged out bo...
July 2011, Issue 97, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
Well by the time you read this the epic Bowmore Ben Nevis Challenge will be over and I will probably not be looking forward to tackling any big flights of stairs in a hurry. I have never been in a ro...
September 2011, Issue 98, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
You know, sometimes it takes one of those late night malt moments to realise what it is all about: where you fit in, what life really means and how whisky pervades everything. Now I am not talking ab...
December 2011, Issue 100, page 5

Welcome to Whisky Magazine
Well here we go, hurtling into a new year and there has already been plenty of news to fill our hearts with joy regarding our chosen tipple. There are certainly a couple of major events that could se...
February 2012, Issue 101, page 5