If you think you may have a fat enough wallet, Macallan is putting up its largest ever crystal decanter up on the auction block next week. Only four six-liter crystal decanters of this size were commissioned by The Macallan – each one named after a Roman emperor – two have been kept by the company, […]
It may or may not have been a big problem – the existence of fake Scotch whisky – but the UK is determined to nip any fake stills in the bud with the recent approval of the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme and identification of Scotch whisky as the first spirit to be given protection under […]
Now that you have your Bushmills Grado wooden headphones purchase all planned, you will probably need something to go along with those wooden phones. Something like, say, an old-school turntable crafted out of the casks used to create Highland Park whisky. Only 40 of the turntables will be made by audio gearmaker Linn which are […]
This holiday season you were found either slapping yourself on the back for finding that perfect gift for the whiskey-loving person in your life or fretting uncontrollably about your lack of creativity in finding the perfect gift for that whiskey-loving person in your life. It was one or the other, you can’t have it both […]
2014 is right around the corner – only a few more hours now – and that means there is some heavy pressure to ring in the new year correctly when it comes to cocktails. The wrong cocktail on New Year’s Eve can spell doom for the rest of the year. Fortunately, WhiskyCritic is here to […]
500 lucky people can hop in Auchentoshan’s time machine and travel back to the year 1975 for some triple distilled single malt Scotch whisky from that year – and all without having to wear bell bottoms, wide collared shirts or suede of any kind. That’s because Auchentoshan has released 500 bottles of its 1975 vintage […]
If you suddenly find yourself flush with cash this holiday season, the folks at Bowmore would like to have a word with you. Seems as though they find themselves with 200 bottles of 50-year-old single malt Scotch whisky from their 1961 release. Distilled in December 1961 in a pair of former bourbon hogshead casks, each […]
If you happen to live in Asia or find yourself visiting the continent any time in the next month or so, consider yourself to be fortunate if you can get your grubby little mitts on The Macallan’s Remix Remixed package. The Macallan produced only 500 bottles of single malt whisky from first fill sherry seasoned […]