From Scotland and Japan to India, the United States, Australia, and beyond, great whiskey is produced around the world. A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to blend my own single malt Scotch ...

Which blended malts triumphed at the World Whiskies Awards 2026 Scotland heat? From Noble Rebel's Smoke Symphony to category ...

Compass Box was founded in 2000, and a quarter century on the whiskymakers (as the company likes to call its team) are still sourcing and blending malt and grain whiskies and coming up with fantastic ...

Three blended Scotch whiskies made the New York World Spirits Competition World’s Best Blended Scotch Whisky final round. Below is a brief background and tasting notes on the three finalists. Three ...

Blended whiskey is a wonderous, wide, wooly category. It’s where all those whiskey barrels that don’t fit “single malt” or “straight” whiskey designations go to create a new expression that has its ...

As defined by the TTB, the organization that regulates alcohol in the U.S., malt whiskey must be made from a mashbill of at least 51 percent malted barley and aged in new charred oak containers (which ...

For a background and detailed tasting notes on these ultra-aged, single malt Scotch whiskies, see Best Ultra-Aged Scotch Whisky, According To The SF World Spirits Competition. These Scotch whiskies ...

It has deep, complex notes that you’d expect from Highland Park or Talisker, which is why the whiskey has won major awards. When I lived in London, I was always amazed at how much Brits loved Jack ...

The origin of crème brûlée, which translates to “burnt cream,” is contested by some in the food world, although maybe not reaching the level of the Scotland vs. Ireland dispute over who invented ...