November 18, 2021
The Distillery That Dares
I travel to Fife to visit Inchdairnie and try two new makes – the first of their kind…
September 22, 2021
Tapping into a new mixer
My latest unfortunate Highball incident (see here) hasn’t dampened any of my enthusiasm for finding new ways to…
May 21, 2021
Brora: The Outsider Returns
And so, it happened. A turn the handle, the susurration of new make into the cask. The fact…
May 18, 2021
The Fife Arms
In December last year, the team behind the remarkable Fife Arms in Braemar asked me to consult on…
February 8, 2021
2021. Batch 1 Beauty Comes in Threes
Sorry for the hiatus…anyway, here we go again, and what a start with three venerable drams, two grains…
November 2, 2020
A stride through time: Nick Morgan on Johnnie Walker
In case you hadn’t noticed it, this year is the 200th anniversary of John Walker & Sons. As…
October 26, 2020
Peninsular whiskies Part 1: Nc’nean
A summer trip to Scotland’s west coast peninsulas to see its two newest distilleries: Ardnamurchan and Nc’nean. We…
October 26, 2020
Peninsular whiskies Part 2: Ardnamurchan
In the first part of this duo, I visited Morvern’s Nc’nean distillery. Now it’s time to head to…
August 8, 2020
Black (Bowmore) thoughts
The other afternoon, I sat in on an on-line tasting of the new Black Bowmore DB5 1964. Or…
June 23, 2020
Master Mujician (I.M. Keith Tippett)
The musician Keith Tippett died on June 14. He was not only someone whose music I have listened…