Whisky Magazine

Calling all whisky enthusiasts! A subscription to Whisky Magazine is the perfect choice for those looking for the finest and rarest malts and blends. Discover everything from little known (but very special) local whiskies and award winning distilleries, to what dram pairs best with your favourite food. It’s guaranteed to get your nose twitching and taste buds tingling. Packed with regular tasting notes from our whisky masters, in-depth interviews with the leading whisky experts, behind the scene tours of distilleries, a subscription to Whisky Magazine will be your ideal drinking companion.

THE STORY SO FAR • How Whisky Magazine has defied the ‘quarter-life crisis’

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LONDON LIFE • Get ready for a bigger and better Whisky Live London in 2024

K-WHISKY • A glimpse of South Korea’s whisky scene

WINTER WONDERLAND • A seasonal de-clutter bring reminiscences

OLDE LONDON WHISKY • When London was the fountainhead for British distilling

HONOURING THE INDUSTRY’S BEST • We welcome the first of our 2024 inductees to the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame

Reuniting distant relatives • Wine is not the only liquid that can be used to season a whisky cask – as the global craft beer revolution has gathered pace more whisky distilleries have been experimenting with casks seasoned with beer, from blonde ales to stouts

Going with the grain • Forget previous cask contents – what if experimenting with oak species could unlock fresh flavours in whisky maturation? With new oak releases increasingly popular, it’s time to embrace the tree's potential

Leading a legacy • After a prosperous period helping to lead Irish whiskey’s global charge, the distilleries of Northern Ireland gradually fell silent through the 20th century – but now a new band of distillers is on the march, reviving the past and rewriting the future

Standing FOR SOMETHING • Whyte & Mackay’s Gregg Glass is making the case for the use of Scottish oak in maturation, working with sawmills and coopers to lay the roots for its broader use in the whisky industry

THE MASTER RETURNS • In his first interview since becoming ‘master of wood’ at the new Ardgowan Distillery in Scotland, Macallan stalwart Stuart MacPherson explains why he’s created a £100 million whisky cask

Understanding WOOD • How the complexities of cask chemistry are translated in whiskies around the world

Harnessing the ELEMENTS • Iceland is certainly not the most hospitable place in the world for a whisky distillery, but Eimverk – which named its whiskies after the island’s first known settler, Norseman Hrafna-Flóki – is determined not to let a little adversity stop it

The darker side • The charring of casks is far from a universal practice in whisky, but for certain species of oak and certain types of spirit it has become an indispensable preparatory technique

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DUTY-FREE BACK ON TRACK IN SUNNY CANNES • The beautiful weather reflected the upbeat mood at the latest TFWA World Exhibition as the duty-free industry continues to recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic

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CASKAWAY • In each edition, we ask one of the industry’s great and good which drams they would take to our desert island

25th ANNIVERSARY WHISKY Magazine

The whisky VANGUARD • The past quarter-century has been one of unprecedented growth for the global whisky industry – while there are many producers worthy of note, here, we’re exploring 25 distilleries around the world that have played a crucial role in the industry’s revival and development

The brightest lights • The whisky world is populated by some truly remarkable individuals, and it is the honour of the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame to recognise those who have...