Lists & Best Of

It’s one helluva month of world-class whisk(e)y finishes. We’ve got an exclusive whiskey from the world’s oldest licensed distillery matured in Burgundy casks from a French winery established in the 1400s and a 27 Year Old rum cask finish made by the person who invented cask finishing itself. This is the stuff of whisk(e)y dreams.  Pour yourself a dram and have a look at the best of the best examples of cask-finished whiskies you need to swirl around your Glencairn. 

Family-owned and fiercely independent, Glenfarclas has one of the most remarkable stories in Scotch whisky history. Read on to learn a thing or two about this Speyside whisky dynasty. 

There’re some experiences you need to have in your life for no other reason than it feels good. Unscrewing a bottle from one of these five Sazerac brands should be one of them.   

Outside of the spiritual homeland of Scotch, other countries across the globe are embracing the dram and have a thriving whisky culture. You know what that means: more whisky for us! Hooray! Read on for a list of all the emerging whisky regions you need to know about. We bet some of them might surprise you. 

Pour yourself a dram and take a look at the best whisy collections in the world.  

It’s that time again. We’ve tallied your responses and the results are in. Is your favourite malt our 2021 Whisky of the Year? Read on and find out. 

The whisky world has had its fair share of crime. During American Prohibition, people had to get, let’s say, legally creative, to get their hands on some whisky. But since then, whisky gangsters, chancers and petty thieves have gone to great lengths to get their hands on a bottle of the good stuff — and make a buck while they’re at it. Here’s a list of eight remarkable whisky thefts and hijinks from across the globe. 

Second maturation, or cask finishing, the practice of taking liquid from one barrel to another towards the end of the whisky’s maturation opens up a whole new world of exciting flavour profiles and expressions for distillers to play with and us to enjoy!

We’ve tallied hundreds of responses and the votes are in. The winner of The Whisky Club Whisky of the Year 2020 is... well, you'll just have to read on to find out.

How’s about 2020, right? From home-delivered whisky cocktails to whisky as a first-home deposit, here are the top six whisky stories that caught our attention last year.