When you’ve got a family member who likes whisky, buying them a present couldn’t be easier: you find out their favourite whisky and buy them a bottle.Job done. (Sometimes, you might even get them a gift set that includes a glass too.) But what if you want to do something a little different this year? […]
Monthly Archives: November 2017
London Calling – We’ll be taking a few drams to Spirit Show London next weekend. Here’s your chance to get tickets to join us there! Simply retweet our competition post and follow us on Twitter to be in with the chance of winning two tickets to the show on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 December. […]
Over the last few months we have been working hard on a project that will hopefully excite our whisky fans the world over and today is the day that we finally launch our innovative stock market for whisky, the Whisky Foundation Reserve. While the financial markets in the US are closed for Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving […]
It’s that almost time of year again: the days are colder, and the nights are longer, which means there’s soon not going to be a radio station in the country that isn’t playing either Slade, The Pogues or Michael Buble 24/7. Yes, in the immortal words of Noddy Holder, it’s (almost) Chriiistmaaaaaaas. And for us […]
Have you ever found yourself scouring the wine aisles at Christmas, desperately Googling what type of red wine goes with turkey (you can’t go wrong with a Pinot Noir, if you were wondering) and wishing that there was a way that everything you served at Christmas could be accompanied by whisky? (No? Just us?) Well, […]
It’s nearly time to start buying your advent calendar, and if you’re a bit of a whisky buff, there’s no doubt that you’ve heard of Drinks by the Dram, a whisky advent calendar going for a pretty eye-watering £10,000 (or, around $13,000 USD if you’re on the other side of the pond). Sure, it’s […]
Is there a better day to celebrate all things Scottish than St. Andrew’s Day, or a better way to celebrate all things Scottish than with a St Andrew’s Day scotch? We don’t think so – but yet, in recent years, St. Andrew’s Day seems to have fallen out of favour. It doesn’t have the raucous […]
As Thanksgiving fast approaches, it’s time to start thinking about the most important part of the meal – the alcohol. And if you’re thinking of grabbing a nice bottle of red or a crate of beer, we’ve got some great news for you – whisky pairs incredibly well with almost every Thanksgiving food you can […]
On this blog, we’re a little guilty of writing for an audience of people who have been drinking, loving and cherishing whisky for years. And, although we try to avoid falling into the pit of whisky elitism wherever possible, we have noticed that whenever we recommend a bottle of whisky, it’s complex, elegant and takes […]