The Macallan and Highland Park, but also the well-known blends The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, in which much of The Glenrothes’ production ultimately ends up.  Fortunately Glenrothes has moved more and more in recent years towards single malt bottlings, and today we are tasting the 1995 vintage.
One way in which Glenrothes distinguishes itself from other Speyside brands is by bottling its whiskies in vintages rather than using age statements.  Hence in your local whisky shop you might find The Glenrothes 1998, 1988, 1994, etc. as well as the vatted malt …

It’s no surprise that we at The Aspiring Gentleman are fans of Drinkwel, the multivitamin for people who drink.  Our experience with long nights of conversation and debate over scotch and cigars is that there exists a direct correlation between the heat of the debate, the number of drams consumed, and the ease with which one wakes the following morning. While we would all like to be Ian Fleming’s Bond, who consumes dozens of drink with nary an effect, us lesser mortals must take action to counter the combined effects …

Isle of Jura distillery, resurrected from the stones of a decrepit 19th century distillery in the 1960s, now produces a range of whisky from the lightly peated Superstition to the heavily peated Prophecy.  Called “Diurach’s Own 16,” Jura’s 16 year old offering is not peated like its siblings, and is usually considered a lightweight offerings from Jura, who describe it as follows:
Nurtured for sixteen long years, this is the whisky of choice for the people of Jura. It’s a subtle malt – unassuming, understated yet intriguing. Qualities often attributed to the Diurachs …

Glen Garioch distillery, sitting on the eastern end of the Scottish Highlands, is in isolation from other distilleries.  About 20 miles south-east of the Glen Dronach distillery, Glen Garioch sits in one of the finest barely-producing regions in the world.  Currently in the Morrison Bowmore portfolio (and hence under the Suntory umbrella), Glen Garioch has had a storied history starting over 200 years ago, including several years with no production in the late 1960′s due to water shortages, and a transition from lightly-peated to non-peated whisky in the late 1990′s.  With …

It’s not often new distilleries are built, particularly Canadian distilleries making single malt whisky. Shelter Point Distillery is one such place; Mike Nicholson, who has seen time at Lagavulin, Royal Lochnager, Blair Athol, Glenkinchie and Caol Ila, is the master distiller.  While currently meeting high demand with a rye brought in from an Albertan distillery, the ultimate goal of Shelter Point is to have single malt bottlings at 5, 10 and 12 years.
For serious connoisseurs, you now have the opportunity to put your name on 200 litres of future Shelter Point …

Some time ago Esquire Magazine posted a video guide to properly pronouncing the names of various scotches.  Because today I heard at least three different bottles mis-pronounced, it is worth linking back to the guide.  Of the more commonly mis-pronounced, listen in particular to Glenmorangie, An Cnoc, BenRiach, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Knockando, Oban, Tomatin, and Tomintoul.