The Maker For millions around the world Laphroaig represents their first taste of whisky. I will go further to suggest that for a significant proportion, it was also their last. Many of us have been in that situation at some point in our youth. A bar with a limited whisky choice and some wise guy offers to buy us a glass because they think our reaction to all that peat will be funny. Sometime it is. Afterall, Laphroaig is so utterly unlike anything else. I have seen several p

The Maker What is there to say about Springbank which hasn’t been said many times before? Over the past decade it has easily become the most desired Scotch, if not whiskies in general, on the planet. This desire has led many releases to become instantly unobtainable to the average drinker, with resale prices rising beyond good reason on auction sites. In some ways this demand is starting to cool of late, with lower age releases sticking on shelves. But demand for higher aged

The Maker If you ever visit Ardbeg on the rocky and beautiful southern coast of Islay the first thing they will tell you is that the...