Miranda, one of my co-workers, visits South Africa every year on holiday. Once you go black… anyway… every time she brings me a local drink. This time around she selected a bottle of whisky by the name…

Old Perth was initially a blend of Speyside malts (with quite a bit of Macallan) and North British grain, concocted by Peter Thomson, who lived in Perth. This is 1908. In 1993 the brand is acquired by…

The Special Releases from Diageo is something to look forward to every year. Last year, this Collectivum XXVIII was the surprise in the line-up in my book. It is a blended malt of all 28 operational…

In 1974 Sheep Dip – a pure malt which would be a blended malt today – was launched. When Whyte & Mackay acquired the Invergordon Distillery in 1993, Sheep Dip is part of the deal. But Alex Nicol – of the…

Although the label still says Seagram’s, the brand 100 Pipers was sold to Chivas (Pernod Ricard) in 2001. The blend was designed in 1965 and launched first in the States. But it was in Asia that 100…

J&B – Justerini & Brooks – is sometimes jokinly referred to as Junk & Bullshit (I admit, I am not very fond of their ‘Rare’ either, which is clearly meant only for mixing), but this Jet got me intruiged…

Stanley Holt & Son released a blend from 1950 until 1972 as Holt’s Buff Label, of which the whisky is said to be 100% sherry matured. The company was acquired by Long John Distillers in 1963 who disco…

Glendower is a blended malt that was succesful (sorta) a few decades ago. It was called a pure malt at the time, of course. Does that not sound much better than blended malt? There was a 3, 8, 15 and 21…

The Drovers Inn is a hotel on the northers shores of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs and a good place to start to hike the famous West Highland Walk. The walk was invented by Tom Hunter from Glasgow in…

A & A Crawford was founded in Leith in 1860 and released this 3 Star Special Reserve (they went on to add a 5 Star in 1920). In 1944 it was the most popular brand in Scotland. DCL took notice and bought…