Kingsbarns Distillery Kingsbarns Distillery, the new single malt whisky distillery that’s getting built at Kingsbarns, near St. Andrews in the East Neuk of Fife has had me watching its progress with great interest. It is classified as being in the Lowlands whisky region of Scotland – which is good news as another single malt whisky …

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Robert Burns / Whisky / Japan Some years ago the CEO of a whisky company was delighted to host a Robert Burns themed lunch for some representatives from one of Japan’s largest electronic companies at his head office in the Lowland whisky region of Scotland. The delegates were in the UK to meet some of …

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Whisky “Travellers” When our family started in the licensed trade well over 70 years ago, one of the weekly events was the visit to our pubs from the various whisky company “travellers”. In today’s parlance I am referring to “B.D.E.’s”, which stands for “Business Development Executives” – or “Sales Reps.”, to use a more widely known …

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Single Malt Whisky – What Is It? Single Malt Scotch Whisky is defined as being made at one particular Scottish distillery from a mash that uses only barley. There can be much confusion surrounding the simple word “single”. A single malt whisky is nothing more or less than the product of a single malt whisky distillery. …

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Single Malt Whisky – Dalmore Constellation Collection Single Malt Whisky – Dalmore Constellation Collection can now be purchased through Whisky Please. The complete spectrum of vintages created in Dalmore’s iconic Highland single malt whisky distillery between the years 1964 and 1992 are available. The 21 single cask whiskies that make up this collection are remarkable and …

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