I was delighted for the Inside the Cask blog to have been shortlisted for the 2nd year in a row for the Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Scotland awards. This is really gratifying as the blog
5 Most popular posts in 2020
The Inside the Cask blog has been a passion of mine since its inception in 2016, and the number of visitors to the site and subscribers to the blog continues to grow. A big thank
Blast from the Past: Scotch whisky short documentaries from around the 50’s
“Keepers Of The Mystery” is a Classic Scotch Whisky Documentary from circa 1950, lasting 15 minutes. “Scotch Whisky” a film made by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) from 1947, lasting just under 10 minutes.
Pour a Dram and celebrate The Water of Life
The Water of Life Film launches in January 2021 with a unique virtual on-line celebration of Scotch Whisky and its craftsmen, chemists, and renegades who saved it, and in the process, ignited a single malt
How to start your own Whisky Club by the Drummond MacDougall’s Single Malt Society
The Drummond MacDougall’s Single Malt Society is St. Louis’ main scotch whisky club, based in Missouri USA. They have an imaginary “Club Founder”, a great website and been around since 2009, with over 150 members.
The Top Whisk(e)y Podcasts
Although podcasts have been around for a while, their popularity has grown more recently in line with the proliferation of new podcasts available on every topic imaginable, including one of our favourites: Whisk(e)y! Personally, it
An Inside the Cask chat with…Alasdair Day
Alasdair Day is the Co-founder of R&B Distillers and also the Isle of Rasay Distillery, the first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay in northwest Scotland, a unique whisky destination with one of the
One brand is not enough: Drinks & James Bond
007 is no stranger to product placement in his films – since its launch in 1962, James Bond films have had a strong association with brands and quite a few of those were drinks. Brands
Historic Edinburgh whiskies being resurrected using 100-year-old recipes
Holyrood Distillery, Edinburgh’s first single malt distillery for almost 100 years, is recreating historic single malt whiskies based on those once produced during the city’s rich distilling past, to be sold at a one-off online auction
5 Christmas Present Ideas for 2020
The festive season is upon us and there are plenty of different gift ideas available, other than buying a bottle of something special for a friend or family member, such as the award-winning Glen Scotia
200 years of Johnnie Walker
‘Born in 1820 – Still going Strong’: 200 years of the Johnnie Walker scotch whisky brand and 200 years since John Walker sold up the family farm to open a grocery store, quickly turning his
Top 5 Christmas Whisky Gifts
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
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
