Your Guide To Dark Mofo 2022
Dark Mofo’s in full swing! The two-week winter festival will light up Hobart from 8-22 June. We’ve had requests from Members visiting the whisky isle for the lowdown on Tassie’s annual winter event. So, make sure you factor in some time between distillery tours to check out some of the festivities.
Scotch Superbrand Ballantine’s Collaborate For The First Time Ever
This is the start of something really big. We can't wait to spill the beans. But we will. Make sure you stay tuned for more news and if you're not a Member yet, join free now to get in on history-making whisky with all the Member benefits to match.
Aberlour and Miltonduff to get a 150-million-dollar expansion
Big news in the whisky world this week. Scotch whisky company Chivas Brothers announced this week it will invest a colossal £88m (that’s AUD $156,081,640.00…gulp) into its Aberlour and Miltonduff single malt distilleries to make them more sustainable and increase production capacity. That means more whisky! Winning.
Diageo's 2021 Scotch Whisky Special Releases Collection Is Coming To Australia
It’s one of the most anticipated times in the whisky calendar. Every year, drinks goliath Diageo unveils its Special Releases collection.
European Court Rules ‘Glen’ Can’t Be Used On Whisky Bottles That Aren’t From Scotland
A nine-year whisky legal case has come to a head with a European court ruling that the word ‘Glen’ can’t be used on a whisky label if the whisky isn’t from Scotland.
Chef in Scotland Claims His Bar Has The Biggest Whisky Collection in the World
Scottish chef Derek Mather claims to have beaten the Guinness Book of Records title for the most drams behind a bar, according to the Daily Record.
Whisky of the Year 2021
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.
Man Who Doesn’t Like Whisky Grows $64000 Whisky Collection
Yes, you read that right. A man in the UK has grown a 4,00-strong miniature whisky collection worth £35,000 ($63829.95). Brian Marshall from Kettering, Northamptonshire began his collection in the late 1980s despite finding our beloved spirit ‘horrible.’
Drink beer and fix the planet
Sink a schooner and mend the planet at the same time? Sounds pretty cool, right? Sydney craft beer brewery Young Henrys has teamed up with scientists to turn the pub tradition of a steak and a schooey into an Environmentally friendly act that could “fix the planet.”
In a world-first, Newtown brewery Young Henrys, who also released its debut 18-year-old ‘Ramblin Man’, whisky earlier this year, use algae to capture carbon dioxide during fermentation.
Emma Walker To Become Johnnie Walker’s First Female Master Blender
Johnnie Walker has appointed Dr. Emma Walker as its newest Master Blender. Walker will become the global whisky giant’s first female Master Blender in its 201-year history.
