If you didn’t know it already, legally all Scotch whisky must be matured in oak barrels for at least three years. It’s just ...

If you’re in the market for the best scotch whisky you can find, there are some factors to consider. A single malt scotch is produced at one distillery from a mashbill of 100 percent malted barley and ...

Three blended Scotch whisky standouts have consistently won Gold medals at the IWSC year after year, earning the accolade of ...

Aged for a minimum of 10 years in American oak casks, this welcome member of Diageo’s Classic Malts series has been recognised numerous times for its excellence. The Talisker 10 bagged a gold medal at ...

Three Scotch whiskies earned top honors at the 2025 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Spirits Competition, each receiving the elusive Grand Gold medal. Tri Carragh led the field, capturing two Grand Golds ...

Seven of the top 10 highest-scoring whiskies awarded at this year’s International Whisky Competition were made in the U.S., but a Taiwanese whiskey producer took home the top prize.

The world of Scotch whisky is vast and has a whole lot of variables. So naturally, the really good stuff almost always comes at a high price, especially in the U.S. market. But that doesn’t mean that ...

As is tradition, a large panel of judges recently gathered in the UK to taste their way through more than 800 whiskies, kicking off one of the biggest and most prestigious events in spirits: the World ...

When it comes to the bulk of Scotch whisky on the shelf, the proof is almost always low. Scotch — blended or single malt — usually comes in at 40%, 43%, or 46% ABV (80 proof, 86 proof, and 92 proof).

Every year, I try a few hundred different whiskeys in all categories, ranging from single malt scotch to bourbon to Japanese grain whisky to Danish sherry cask-finished rye to American single ...

Twenty-five years ago, just as it was 125 years ago, you could draw the map blindfolded. Whisky meant Scotch, American Bourbon and Irish whiskey, and not a whole lot more. Today? It’s a dazzling ...