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   Murray McDavid is the 1994 brainchild of established whisky and wine merchants Gordon Wright, Mark Reynier and Simon...

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 Berry Brothers & Rudd (BB&R) is one of the world’s leading wine merchants having been established in 1698 on St James’s Street...

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 Among the whisky geeks of the internet Arran is frequently listed as a favourite distillery. Why is simple. Arran has fostered...

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 If you’re reading this you’ll already be well aware of Ardnamurchan. Alongside the likes of GlenAllachie; Kilchoman; and...

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...

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 Longrow is less a distillery than it is a brand. One of the three brands housed in the now world famous Springbank distillery...

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....