Blended Scotch Whisky

There is a certain poignancy in sipping a great whisky that can never be created again. This 26-year-old is from distiller William Grant’s Ghosted series, sourced from distilleries that no longer exist. A blend of single malts from Ladyburn (1963–1975) and Inverleven (1938–1991), it is deep with oily, oak-laden notes (courtesy of Ladyburn) and floral […]

In the 1980s at the Rainbow Room, Dale DeGroff reinvented pre-Prohibition cocktails…

For the first time ever, Dewar’s reveals the single malts that go into its award-winning blends…

Islay malts are known for their peatiness, but an unmalted Islay whisky exists, and it’s delicious…

Only 20 bottles of the Balvenie Fifty, Cask 4570, will be sold in the United States.

The rare Icon blend comprises expressions from over 20 distilleries, including some gone for good…

In 2008, three veteran spirits executives teamed up to launch the Last Drop Distillers Limited, an independent bottling company that finds and releases rare whiskies that have inexplicably languished inside the warehouses and cellars of revered distilleries. The firm’s first offering, a 1960 blended scotch found within three sherry casks at the back of Auchentoshan’s […]

At the beginning of the 17th century, Giovanni Reina, a member of a prominent Italian family from Saronno, acquired a local woman’s recipe for a flavorful almond- and herb-infused liqueur, which today we know as Disaronno Originale. For the first time in 400 years, however, the family-owned liqueur brand has deviated from the centuries-old recipe by […]

The world’s longest-serving malt master has masterfully combined some of the Balvenie’s top stocks…