White Label – Follow Up

A while back we had some interest in bottling practices behind certain scotches. Please see: White Labeling Single Malts for the original article. I contacted the Vintage Malt Whisky Company Limited and they were extremely gracious in their response to some of my quesitons: “Many thanks for making contact with us and for your interest in our … Read more

White Labeling Single Malts

Are some distilleries bottling their whiskies under multiple labels for sale as a different malt? Are they selling younger unbottled whiskies to other companies for the purpose of distributing as a new single malt? November’s scotch, The Ileach, has led me realize that this may be the case. This practice may in fact be relatively … Read more

Happy Robbie Burns’ Day

As some of you may already know, the celebration of the birth of Robert Burns is right around the corner. Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist born on January 25, 1759. He is (unofficially) the national poet of Scotland and from some of his works a great lover of scotch. You may know of … Read more

The Ileach – November

This month’s scotch selection was proved to have a greater level of difficulty than those past. I generally choose the month’s scotch from a single merchant. This month, however, there didn’t seem to be much selection in reasonably priced bottles that I hadn’t already sampled. As nothing caught my eye, I went to a new … Read more