Fèis Ìle highlights the best of Islay — the island’s people, culture, music, nature, and not least of all its famed whisky.

Late one night in the early 1990s the phone rang in Bill and Lyn Lark’s home in a residential suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. Slightly puzzled, Bill answered. A Scotsman introduced himself. “Hi Bill, it’s ...

More than 3,000 young people in Scotland have been helped into employment, education, or training thanks to the money raised through the three high-profile Distillers One of One auctions, according to ...

The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival has opened bookings for its 2026 programme of events. The annual festival, which runs for the 27th time this year, celebrates the spirits of one of Scotland's ...

Not all good whiskies share the same genesis story: some journey from concept to bottle in only a few years, others bide their time for more than a decade before they are deemed ready to emerge. Set ...

What a 12 months of whisky it’s been! My first full year as a Whisky Magazine taster has provided some extremely exciting drams, and I’ve been blown away by some of the ridiculous high quality from ...

“The days of people queuing outside overnight to acquire limited edition releases are gone. […] Many lots at auction don’t meet their reserves. The void between a buyer and seller’s expectation of ...

Each issue of Whisky Magazine, our tasting duo Bradley Weir and Alwynne Gwilt try 20 whiskies from around the world, sharing their tasting notes, opinions, and scores. Every whisky is blind tasted, ...

In Louisville, Kentucky, bourbon is everywhere, in everything. Chefs imbue their cookery with bourbon notes, baristas brew bourbon-infused coffee, and chocolate makers fold bourbon into their ...

There’s a tempest raging in Canada’s whisky community. On social media and YouTube channels, at whisky tastings and club socials, whenever the subject turns to Canada’s 9.09 rule, tempers flare. So, ...

The Deacon — with its plague-doctor mascot and steampunk branding — doesn't exactly position itself as a traditional blended Scotch brand. So, this smoky mango Margarita suits the whisky as a quirky ...

Kythe Distillery is “an uncommonly ambitious project in pursuit of true and absolute quality — drawing on inspiration from the past to create a new Highland single malt that will stand as one of the ...