We love Scotch. In fact, for most of the Dram Team, a good bottle of Scotch was behind us getting into whisky in the first place. But we’ve never been shy to admit that sometimes, we fancy something just a little bit different. With some amazing distilleries all over the world now producing award-winning drams, … Continue reading “Worldwide Whiskies: The Best World Whisky”

In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need to create a whisky tasting box all about amazing women in whisky. In a perfect world, gender-based stereotypes about our favourite spirit wouldn’t exist. Things like “whisky is a man’s drink”, “women don’t like strong or smoky flavours”, “making whisky is hard work and men are better suited … Continue reading “6 Inspiring Women in Whisky”

Welcome to the ninth 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 why we’re doing this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is The Lakes Distillery “The One” Moscatel Cask … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 9: The Lakes Moscatel Cask”

International Women’s Day falls in March (March 8th, to be exact), and since half of the Dram Team is female, we couldn’t think of a better time to celebrate some amazing women in the whisky world. Our March box of the month is both a tribute to, and created by, inspirational women. Not only that, … Continue reading “Celebrating Women In Whisky: International Women’s Day”

You’ve probably heard of Dry January. Some of our readers and tasting club members might even be challenging themselves to try it this year. Since we’re all about whisky discovery at the Dram Team (and can’t turn down the opportunity for a good pun, either) we’ve decided that this year, we going to do “Rye” … Continue reading “Introducing… Rye January!”

Welcome to the eighth 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 why we’re doing this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is Sonoma Distilling Co American Rye Whiskey.  Sonoma … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 8: Sonoma Rye”

Welcome to the seventh 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 why we’re doing this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is Paul John “Edited” Indian whisky.  Paul John … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 7: Paul John Edited”

Welcome to the sixth 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 why we’re doing this series, read our introduction post here. Today’s whisky is Nikka From the Barrel Japanese Whisky.  Nikka … Continue reading “Whisky Under £50 Review 6: Nikka From The Barrel”

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”