Distillerie Guillon was founded in 1997 by Thierry Guillon, former wine maker. The distillery lies in the Parc de La Montagne de Reims, smack in the middle of the French champagne making region. Guillon…

Rudolf Jelinek Distillery is one of the key market players on the market of Slivovitz (a typical Czech drink), brandy and other spirits such as vodka, liqueur and, since recently whisky. Their whisky has…

The marketing of new make spirit has become more than just a trend. Numerous distilleries have followed the example that was launched about two years ago by Glenglassaugh. You can now buy spirit from…

The innovation of selling new make was enhanced by Glenglassaugh when they changed their 500ml Spirit Drinks () to 200ml spirit drinks and added two more varieties. They now offer Clearac (new make),…

Glenglassaugh, founded in 1875 and since then more closed than open, started a new life in 2008, after the Dutch energy Group Scaent bought the distillery and remaining stocks for the round sum of 5…

Let’s get it out of the way immediately: this is NOT whisky. It’s another creation from Compass Box, with sweet Highland single malt and grain whisky from Fife as the basis, with added cloves from Sri…

When Compass Box released the first version of their Spice Tree, they got into trouble with the Scotch Whisky Assoction, who threatened them with a lawsuit after they found out that John Glaser added…

Compass Box was the first to bring a blended grain to the market. This is a blend of Cameronbrigde (and maybe some Cambus as well?) grain whisky of different ages. So no single malts in this Hedonism.…

What’s special about Asyla (which is the plural of asylum… the old crazy people’s home) is the fact that it is a blend of 50% single malt on the one hand and 50% single grain on the other. It matured on…

John Glaser created a special blended malt with his Oak Cross. The casks in which the spirit matured have a body of American oak and heads of French oak, creating a combination of light character (Ame…