If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt ...

Malt uses a full 10-point scoring scale, with sensitivity based on price. Scoring is problematic, because it imparts a false quantitative precision to what is an inherently subjective experience.

Today, I’m continuing the sharing of bits of my Singapore trip. After visiting a rum bar, I returned to one of the most beloved whisky bars there. This is The Single Cask in Chimes. This isn’t the ...

I’ve never written a preface to an article before now, but I think this one needs it. Uncle Nearest – as a brand, as the people who represent it – were early additions to the Whiskey Ring family. Fawn ...

4,750 miles separate Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England and Santa Fe, New Mexico. One lies just 70 miles south of the Scottish border, an hour-plus away from a land synonymous with barley, peat, and whisky.

Since we first collaborated on a tasting across the Wild Turkey bourbon range, I have been privileged to call David Jennings my friend. Though our palates don’t always agree, we share a mutual respect ...

A few weeks ago, I expressed my adoration for Loch Lomond’s Inchmurrin 12 year old single malt and their Straight Neck Pot Still. Yes, this brand and the other distillery’s product may not seem sexy ...

“And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ...

It’s not uncommon for Malt reviews to be a little behind time. Often, taking time to get to know a spirit or let the hype die down makes for a better more accurate review. It’s less common for Malt to ...

Canadian political historians like to use phrases like “evolution, not revolution” when describing our country’s history. As with pretty much everything else in Canadian life, we compare the ...

The idea of tasting history is one that spirits enthusiasts encounter at one point or another. While the fact that spirits like whisky are products of history is common sense to (I would hope) all ...

Peat is formed from dead, partially decayed organic plant matter that’s often built up in peatlands over millennia. The wet, acidic, low oxygen conditions of peatlands slow down decomposition, ...