Whiskey is one of the oldest types of alcohol on the market today. Starting from humble beginnings in European monasteries, the tradition of making distilled alcohol using fermented grain mash has ...

Over the last two decades, there has been a significant appreciation in the value of many whiskies. This phenomenon has been particularly true of Scotch and Japanese whiskies and, to a lesser extent, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be an intimidating image. Thankfully, whisky is for everyone, and enjoying it isn’t all that complicated. There are, ...

Scotch is a curious liquid. Although it is the best-selling category of whisky on the planet, it remains intimidating to many drinkers. A lot of this boils down to misconceptions the legendary liquor ...

Peated single malt Scotch whisky is very hit or miss with a lot of whisk(e)y drinkers. In a grey world, peated scotch is very black and white for a lot of palates out there. You kind of either fall in ...

Johnnie Walker Black Cask is aged entirely in American white oak barrels that once held bourbon. It’s meant to make whisky feel more approachable. Scotch powerhouse Johnnie Walker recently launched ...

When it comes to whisk(e)y, you have to start somewhere. Nobody just dives in with an uncut barrel-proof bourbon behemoth or single malt peat monster. Like with anything new, you have to start exactly ...