In order to toast their sell out Beat The Drum event held at Loch Ness recently, Scottish super group Runrig got together with award-winning whisky merchant Duncan Taylor of Huntly to create a special commemorative malt.
The day long, Beat The Drum event blended music with a particularly Highland f...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 66 published on 25/09/2007
The Benromach name will take to the high seas this year as whisky producer Gordon & MacPhail backs the Glasgow crew competing in this year’s Round the World Yacht Race.
Speaking about its involvement with the Clipper 07-08, Gordon & MacPhail director Michael Urquhart said: “We are delighted to be i...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
Four Roses Bourbon and Rocky Balboa have a lot in common. They’re both well-aged winners with a lot of fans. And now they’ve crossed paths in the latest Rocky Balboa movie.
Four Roses Yellow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is used in the movie during a scene between Rocky, the retired heavyweight...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
Glenrothes loss
Tributes have poured in for John Sutherland distillery manager of Glenrothes who died recently.
Luke Tegner, Glenrothes brand director said: “John was taken into hospital, initially to Elgin then to Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He went home at the end of the week, apparently never reall...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
She blazed a trail that many women in whisky have followed, but a chance discovery has shed more light on a woman who is still a legend in the whisky world.
These previously unseen photographs offer a unique window in to the life and times of one of the first ladies of Scotland’s whisky industry - ...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
The Jack Daniel’s Distillery, the famed Tennessee Distillery has unveiled a new bottle for its twice mellowed premium whiskey, Gentleman Jack.
But they were quick to point out one thing that has not and will not change: the whiskey.
The redesigned Gentleman Jack glass bottle features a slimmer pro...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
Kilchoman, Islay’s farm distillery, has launched miniatures of its ‘New Spirit’ which can be bought at the distillery shop or on line at www.kilchomandistillery.com.
Jim Swan, production consultant to Kilchoman comments: “This is the best new spirit I have ever tasted. It has a strong but not overp...
By Rob Allanson
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
