Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’ve been writing professionally about alcohol for almost twenty years. In those years, I have been lucky enough to drink a lot of ...

The Council of Whisky Masters is a global body of the world’s leading whisky experts devoted to raising the bar for whisky knowledge and professional tasting standards. Its three dozen or so members ...

Among those who don’t know it well, Scotch whisky has an intimidating reputation. Five distinct regions. Hundreds of distilleries. A vocabulary that includes words like “peated,” “sherried,” and ...

What is the world’s best single malt Scotch whisky? With more than 3,000 expressions, there are plenty of whiskies to choose from. Every week, it seems, a whisky competition announces its choice of ...

Speyside remains the heartland of Scotch whisky, but it is no longer defined by a single style. The World Whiskies Awards Scotland 2026 results make that clear. This year's Gold medal winners span ...

One of the world’s most prestigious spirits competitions — Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) — has announced its winners for 2025. After blind judging, three Scotch whiskies have been awarded the ...

The World Whiskies Awards has crowned its Best Single Malt for 2025, with one of Scotland’s few independently owned and operated distilleries taking the top spot for the second time in five years.

Scotch enjoys status as the most widely consumed style of whisky on the planet, and it’s been this way for over a century (for almost all of that time, the liquid has been legally defined as a spirit, ...

View post: This Oban Scotch is One of My Favorites—Now It’s Even Better. Finished in a seasoned sherry cask and matured for more than five decades, this single malt is something truly special—and for ...

For less than $100 per bottle, it’s also one of the best-value Scotch whiskies at its price point. If you didn’t guess it already, ex-rum casks are precisely as they seem. They’re barrels that were ...