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From the Cellar

Journal

Tasting notes, distillery deep dives, and the thinking behind the bottles.

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The Craft

Should you add water to whisky? The most argued question in the glass.

Few topics divide whisky drinkers faster than a small jug of water on the table. Here is what actually happens when you add a drop.

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes: Paul John Sherry Hogshead.

India produces some of the most exciting whisky in the world right now. This is what it tastes like when a sherry hogshead and a Goan climate find each other.

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Distillery Focus

Linkwood: the quiet Speyside we keep coming back to.

Four bottlings and counting. Here is why this understated Speyside distillery keeps earning its place in our range.

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The Craft

Peat is not smoke: understanding one of whisky's most misunderstood flavors.

Peat is not the flavor. It is the source. Here is what that distinction means, and why two peated whiskies can taste completely different.

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Distillery Focus

Allt-a-Bhainne: the Speyside you have been drinking for years without knowing it.

Almost every drop from this distillery disappears into Chivas blends. Our Kiddush Club Vol. 2 is a rare chance to taste it alone, at 23 years old.

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Tasting Notes

Milk & Honey and the rise of Israeli whisky.

Ten years ago, Israeli whisky did not exist. Today it earns scores that rival Scotland's finest. Here is how that happened.

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The Craft

What makes a cask worth buying? Our sourcing criteria.

We taste hundreds of samples a year and select a handful. These are the questions we ask every time before we say yes.

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