The festive season is upon us and more than ever, it provides the perfect excuse to escape the current issues we have faced in 2020 by celebrating Christmas with family and friends (lockdown restrictions permitting
Latest M&A in the Drinks Industry – November 2020
Zenith Global has released the latest mergers & acquisitions data across beer, wine and spirits from August to October 2020, including the addition of both Aviation Gin and Chase Gin brands to their portfolio through
Whisky Industry joins forces with Doddie’s Foundation
Scotland’s whisky industry is set to toast Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir in celebration of the third anniversary of his charity, the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation (MN5DF), which was set up to raise funds to
New Product: River Rock Single Malt scotch whisky
A single malt whisky with a feelgood factor and a mission to make whisky more welcoming – that’s the starting point in the journey of River Rock, a new single malt Scotch whisky, which is
How to start your own Whisky Club by the TCWA
The Cyprus Whisky Association (or TCWA) is a whisky club first established back in 2014. I first encountered them when I had the opportunity to work in the market and have since met their
New Product: Glen Scotia 11yo Sherry Double Cask Finish
This limited edition is made in Campbeltown in the Mull of Kintyre, the original whisky capital of Scotland, and the single malt comes from Glen Scotia Distillery. Matured in first fill bourbon barrels, this expression
The New World of New World Whisky
Distill Ventures have released their white paper on New World Whisky. Through interviews with whisky makers, retailers, bartenders and craft spirits analysts, the latest category insights and data, as well as their own US and
Raising a Dram to Scotch Whisky Tourism
A record 2.16 million visits to distilleries took place in 2019, with two in every three visits from international visitors, before the current pandemic curtailed international travel. The figures were revealed by the Scotch Whisky
How to Plan your own Whisky Festival
This is a guest blog post by Justine Hazlehurst for Inside the Cask on her 8 steps to plan your own whisky festival based on her experience of organising the Fife Whisky Festival with her
Fed up of working from home? Read about #workfrombars initiative to help support local bars
Fraser Campbell has started a great new initiative called Work From Bars to connect people who are fed up of working from home, and connect them with bars which have amazing spaces to work in
How to start a Whisky business by Karen Somerville
Karen Somerville and her father, Tom Young MBE, produce beautiful glassware, creating the very best in innovative and creative concepts through whisky glassware specialists Angels’ Share Glass. Together they have supplied some of the world’s
New Product: Private Cellars Selection Single Cask Release
Edinburgh based independent Scotch whisky bottler, The Whisky Cellar, has unveiled a series of ten unique single casks bottled under its new Private Cellars Selection label. With just 2,100 bottles drawn from the ten casks,
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2021 available now for pre-order
The most updated whisky book on the market is coming out soon – the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2021 is being published at the start of October. This is the 16th edition of a book that
An Inside the Cask chat with…Robert Fleming
Earlier this year, Robert Fleming celebrated 30 years as the Master Distiller at Tomintoul Distillery in Speyside, Scotland. He was kind enough to spare some time to talk to Inside the Cask. Inside the Cask:
Alcohol + Tech = The Barsys Smart Coaster
The Barsys Coaster is a really nice piece of alcohol tech which turns cocktail lovers into expert bartenders. There are thousands of cocktail recipes on the Barsys Coaster app library with the ability to customize
