The Maker Bunnahabhain is one of the great Islay distilleries. Founded in 1881 on the shores of the Sound of Islay overlooking Jura,...

The Maker Longrow is a brand rather than a distillery. One of the three brands housed at the much coveted Springbank distillery in...

The Maker Hunter Laing remains a family business having been established as a whisky blender in post-war Glasgow. Much like similar...

The Maker What do you do if you’re running a highly successful and respected distillery on the Isle of Arran? If you’re Arran Distillery...

The Maker Phil and Simon Thompson are well known to whisky nerds as the managers of the Dornoch Castle Hotel in the northern Highlands -...

The Maker North Star Spirits is a relatively new entrant to the growing independent bottling scene. It was established by husband and...

The Maker In the two decades I’ve been drinking whisky I’ve rarely bought anything other than single malt. Sure, I began with some awful...

The Maker Founded way back in 1846 and named for its location overlooking the Islay Straight between it and Jura, Caol Ila has gone...

The Maker Bunnahabhain is one of the great Islay distilleries. Founded in 1881 on the shores of the Sound of Islay overlooking Jura,...

The Maker Thomson was founded in 2009 by husband and wife team Mathew and Rachael. While they began as an independent bottler with the...

The Maker For millions around the world Laphroaig represents their first taste of whisky. I’ll go further to suggest that for a...

The Maker As distilleries go few have had as interesting a history as Clynelish. Indeed, the distillery we now know as Clynelish isn’t...

The Maker Regular readers (Ha!) will be no strangers to Caol Ila given that while this is only my 19th full bottle review it’s also my...

The Maker Craigellachie is one of those distilleries about which it’s rather difficult to say interesting things. This isn’t a criticism...

The Maker The Cooper’s Choice is a single cask range of independent bottlings from The Vintage Malt Whisky Company. Established in 1992...

Caol Ila (North Star) Whisky Review

The Maker Murray McDavid was the 1994 brainchild of established whisky and wine merchants Gordon Wright, Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin....

The Maker Gordon & MacPhail are among the oldest and largest independent bottlers in Scotland having been founded in 1895. Like a number...

Caol Ila Moch Islay Whisky Review

The Maker The Càrn Mòr range of independent bottlings is part of the Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers company. Starting out as Victorian...