I’m very glad I took the time to check out this distillery - like many in France, it’s still developing and working its way towards a final form. But that doesn’t mean you need to wait before taking a...

As part of my efforts to outline what proper terroir in whisky could mean, I've come across much discussion of organic and biodynamic whisky. After all, Waterford and Bruichladdich are two of the bigg...

Last winter, I walked out from Drogheda’s train station to see an Irish distillery I’d heard a lot about - Boann. Many had recommended it, and I tried some early products of theirs in Paris, but now I...

Starting out a day in Llandudno for the Welsh Whiskey Festival last November, I was immediately hit by a little foreshadowing. The event was being held at the decidedly un-Welsh sounding St George's H...

Why not spend Halloween traveling deep into West Wales? Winding west form Shrewsbury on the train, I retraced steps I last took in 2019, heading to Aberystwyth. From there, a TrawsCymru bus took me al...

Everything I say here is intended for the world of European whisky (Scotch and Irish included), but the same principles could be applied to whiskies made anywhere in the world with some adaptation of ...