Welcome to the second installment of our regular Whisky Under Fifty reviews, where we review a different whisky (or whiskey) that you can buy for less than £50! If you’d like to know more about what we’re doing with this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky.  Bain’s Cape … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 2: Bain’s Whisky”

With all the hot weather the UK has been having lately (hello August!), we’ve been very thirsty over at the Dram Team office. And that’s got us thinking about something ice cold, crisp and refreshing, our other barley-based beverage of choice: beer. Whisky and beer go hand in hand, not only because whisky starts off … Continue reading “How to Pair Whisky and Beer”

Welcome to the very first installment of our regular Whisky Under Fifty reviews, where we review a different whisky (or whiskey) that you can buy for less than £50! If you’d like to know more about what we’re doing with this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is Deanston Virgin Oak.  Deanston Virgin … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 1: Deanston Virgin Oak”

Hello Dram Teamers, and welcome back to our series on how whisky is made! Since this month’s tasting box contained some delicious grain whisky, we thought it would be a good excuse to take a closer look at how it’s made and what makes it great. What is Grain Whisky? Technically, all whisky is grain whisky. … Continue reading “How Grain Whisky is Made”

Whisky can be one of the most expensive spirit categories around. We’ve all seen the headlines and publicity that explode when a bottle of rare Macallan Scotch fetches hundreds of thousands of pounds at an auction. But as most whisky experts know, price doesn’t always mean value. Lots of expensive whiskies get bought up by … Continue reading “Best Whisky Under £50”

At The Dram Team we love a good old fashioned whisky “battle royale”. In past tasting boxes we have pitted sibling whiskies from the same distillery against each other, and put single malts from different countries up against some of Scotland’s finest to see who comes out on top. This month in our whisky tasting … Continue reading “The Lowland Showdown: Malt vs. Grain Whisky”

Some Wonderful World Whisky No longer does Scotch rule the whisky world (although it always holds a special place in our hearts!). There is now a plethora of fantastic whisky distilleries and producers all over the world. In fact, nearly every year so far we’ve put out a whisky tasting box celebrating the best drams … Continue reading “World Whisky: Countries You Didn’t Know Made Whisky”

With St George’s Day recently gone by, it feels appropriate to talk about some of the wonderful English whisky that’s available these days. This is our introduction to English Whisky. Historically England was a big whisky producing country, with several large distilleries operating between the 17th and 19th centuries. Sadly these were all closed by … Continue reading “Introduction to English Whisky”

Unconventional Whisky Breaks The Rules Rules. Some of us love them, some of us don’t. One thing’s for sure, the whisky industry is a lot better off for having them, so we know what’s actually going into our whisky. But sometimes too many rules and regulations could stifle creativity, and pushing the boundaries might lead … Continue reading “Unconventional Whisky: Distilleries That Break The Rules”

Welcome to this week’s instalment of our ongoing World Whisky series, an introduction to Irish Whiskey. Today we’re sticking a little closer to home, with a country that’s experienced many ups and downs in whisky production. One of the oldest whisky-making countries, Ireland’s collective culture is intrinsically linked with whiskey (if you want to know … Continue reading “Introduction to Irish Whiskey”