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.

A DEEPER APPRECIATION • Enjoying a whisky can, and should, involve all our senses

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DELICIOUS AND WONDERFUL • In praise of Glenmorangie’s collaboration with Miles Aldridge

AN ATHENIAN AFFAIR • Whisky Live returns to Greece

LOOKING AFTER YOUR OWN • Should big distilling companies help maintain local infrastructure?

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THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY • What whisky tasted like before the 1770s

ICONS OF WHISKY • Celebrating this year’s winners from Ireland and Scotland

2023 ICONS OF WHISKY IRELAND

A year of Princes Street • Diageo’s Johnnie Walker Princes Street experience has dominated the headlines and won numerous awards since it opened to the public in September 2021. Just over a year on, we visit the Edinburgh blended Scotch ‘whisky wonderland’ to see for ourselves how the venue has influenced Scotch tourism

THE END OF THE BEGINNING • Over the past two decades, Australia’s distillers have taken inspiration and adapted techniques from around the world to craft a whisky style all their own – now, they are going for growth

Cheers!

ON A ROLL • For some whisky lovers there are few finer pairings than a cigar and a dram, with complementary aromas and flavours and a long, contemplative finish. We peer through the smoke to discover the secrets of this match’s success

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL • The island of Islay is preparing to welcome its 11th distillery – a venture joint-led by spirits veteran Sukhinder Singh that promises an innovative approach to Scotch whisky production informed by the past

THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY • In its most essential form the whisky highball is simply a way to lengthen a dram, but over the past century brands and bartenders have turned this humble cocktail into an artform

Casks and community • From a local cask syndicate to a remarkable global membership, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has witnessed total transformation. On the eve of its 40th anniversary, we explore its past, present and future

Libations and literature • A bar’s whisky menu is a golden opportunity to educate and entertain drinkers – top US bars explain how they have elevated their whisky menus to new literary heights

A JAPANESE SINGLE-CASK SHOWCASE • As the prominence and proliferation of Japanese craft whisky grows and more distilleries come on-stream, a new series of independent bottlings aims to uncover the cream of the crop

Tastings Latest

HAINAN OPENS WORLD’S BIGGEST DUTY-FREE STORE • Large enough to cover 40 football pitches, Hainan’s latest duty-free store, run by China Duty Free Group, is a magnet for Scotch whisky distillers

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

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