Benriach and Glendronach are/were sister independent whisky producers, who had come to the fore in recent years because of their wide range of limited casking at affordable prices. They have gained fans all over the whisky world for their artisan bespoke single malts. Last April they were bought out buy the Brown-Forman Corporation, owners of…

Limited release, Small batch or Single cask releases are on the increase. It’s a good place to start if you want to get into collecting at an affordable level, or want to try something a bit different from your favourite distiller. Limited releases offer intriguing variations on the distillery standard malt. They are usually cask…

    Nikka Taketsuru is the other major player in exported whisky from Japan. They produce many different grain and blended malts with terminology I sometimes find confusing. Pure Malt, Coffey Grain/Malt, Yiochi single malt, Miyagiyo single malt, Nikka Black, White and Red… I could go on. But it’s just a label, what’s important is…