The Macallan and Malt Advocate magazine (creators of WhiskyFest) have teamed up for an unbelievable experience at WhiskyFest San Francisco this October 10th.
Current and past Master Distillers and Managing Directors will each create one unique bottle of Macallan. The contents inside each bottling will be offered one dram at a time to lucky attendees who […]
WhiskyFest Chicago was this past Friday. One of the distilleries that impressed me was Tomatin.
Tomatin here in the U.S. has always been one of those quiet whiskies lurking in the background. If you were lucky to find a bottle, it would be the pleasant, but not overly inspiring, 12 year old.
That all changed the night […]
WhiskyFest Chicago is this Friday and, even though I am “working” the event, I will still have time to sample plenty of whiskies. And there certainly is an amazing list of whiskies being poured.
I just went down through the list and there are many rare and/or expensive whiskies being poured which will guarantee that you’ll […]
Here’s some very valuable information you can only get here! I posted up the Annual Malt Advocate Whisky Award winners this past Tuesday, which were announced at the 10th Annual WhiskyFest New York that same night. It’s public knowledge now. But what were the whiskies that almost won? They are pretty impressive too! Well, here they […]
As many of you may know, in addition to the Glenrothes Select Reserve (which is the constant in the brand’s portfolio), the distillery regularly releases vintages from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Well, the brand manager for Glenrothes here in the U.S. informs me that we’re getting two new vintages in the very near future.
The first […]
I’m slowly recovering from WhiskyFest New York, which Malt Advocate magazine hosted this past Tuesday night. As you probably already know, it’s my magazine (and event) so I was very busy that night. My primary goal at WhiskyFest is to make sure everyone else is happy and having a good time, but I did manage to […]
The 2007 Malt Advocate Whisky Awards were announced this evening by John Hansell, Malt Advocate Publisher & Editor (yes, that’s me), before a sold out WhiskyFest New York at the Marriott Marquis on Times Square. This annual awards program was established thirteen years ago to recognize excellence in the world of whisky. The awards categories […]
Well, last night was Malt Advocate magazine’s inaugural WhiskyFest San Francisco. As it is with all WhiskyFests, it was a lot of fun, with many great whiskies to taste.
Some of the highlights that stood out for me included some very rare and old whiskies from the independent bottlers. I also was intrigued by some experimental whiskeys from […]
