Berry Bros Speyside 16 Review
The DRAM1 Indie Award tasting panel reviews the Berry Bros. & Rudd Speyside 16 Years Old. An elegant but restrained Speyside whisky that impressed more with its finish than its overall character.
Tamnavulin Double Cask Review
Tamnavulin Double Cask may not be the most complex Speyside single malt on the market, but it delivers impressive quality for the price. In this DRAM1 review, I explore its fruity character, gentle sherry influence and whether this affordable Scotch deserves a place on your shelf.
Thy Distillery Spotlight
From organic farming and heritage grains to single distillation, local peat and beechwood smoke, discover how Thy Distillery creates distinctly Danish single estate whisky from field to bottle.
Celebrate National Scotch Day With These 10 Essential Scotch Whiskies
From Johnnie Walker and The Macallan to Ardnamurchan and GlenAllachie, these ten bottles tell the story of Scotch whisky better than any ranking ever could. Celebrate National Scotch Day with a journey through the distilleries, people and whiskies that made Scotland the spiritual home of whisky.
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GlenAllachie 16 Bottle Dreams Review
Bottle Dreams’ GlenAllachie 16 was one of the standout whiskies of the DRAM1 Indie Award 2026. Discover why this powerful 16-year-old Oloroso cask matured single malt impressed our blind tasting panel and finished among the competition’s highest-scoring drams.
Suntory Ao Review
Suntory Ao brings together whiskies from five different countries into one remarkably balanced world blend. But does this ambitious Japanese release justify its premium price, or is Ichiro’s Malt & Grain still the better buy? Here’s my honest take.
Hogshead Indie Spotlight
I’ve had the rare privilege of following Hogshead Indie since before its very first release. From conversations over a dram in Nijmegen to tasting many of its bottlings over the years, this spotlight explores how Toon van Rooij built one of the Netherlands’ most distinctive independent whisky bottlers—one cask, and one philosophy, at a time.
Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2025 Review
Kilchoman Loch Gorm was one of the whiskies that helped spark my journey into the whisky industry. In this review, I revisit the 2025 edition to see whether this annual sherried Islay favourite still lives up to the exceptionally high standard previous releases have set.
Fragrant Drops Secret Speyside 13 Review
Fragrant Drops’ Secret Speyside 13 was one of the quiet achievers of the DRAM1 Indie Awards 2026. Finished in a fresh Madeira barrique and judged completely blind by nearly 160 whisky enthusiasts, it impressed with fresh orchard fruit, floral elegance and subtle complexity, helping Fragrant Drops secure fourth place in the overall Bottler of the Year rankings.
Proper Twelve Review
Proper No. Twelve is one of the most talked-about Irish whiskeys of recent years, but does it deserve its polarising reputation? I put the celebrity aside and judged it purely on what’s in the glass to find out.