Scotch whisky: entrancing, romantic, steeped with history… full of complexities. Exploring regional styles and different production techniques can really help drinkers get to grips with Scotch. Although, of course, there’s sometimes a surprise along the way. To really explore some of Scotland’s hidden whisky gems, we decided to pull together a diverse range of the … Continue reading “Spectacular Scotch: Hidden Whisky Gems”

As Christmas is the best time of year for enjoying good whisky, we like to do the season justice here at the Dram Team. And since we all need a little bit of extra luxury this year, what better way to celebrate than with a box dedicated to the most decadent of whiskies – sherry … Continue reading “A Very Sherry Whiskymas: Christmas Box”

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”

Established in 1948, Douglas Laing is a leading independent blender and bottler specialising in the creation of artisan, small-batch and Single Cask Scotch Whiskies. Hand-selected from the finest, and often rarest stocks available throughout Scotland, their whisky is at high alcohol strength and made without chill-filtration or added colour. We were fortunate to Meet Cara … Continue reading “Meet Cara Laing, Director of Whisky at Douglas Laing”

Douglas Laing is one of my absolute favourite indie whisky bottlers. And that’s saying a lot, because I’m a pretty big fan of indie bottlers, and there are quite a lot of them… (On that note, check out our other blog post about some favourite indie bottlers you’ve never heard of!) Picking the my favourites … Continue reading “My Favourite Douglas Laing Whiskies”

It’s no secret that we love independent whisky bottlers at The Dram Team. So much so that we’ve regularly featured them as part of our tasting boxes!  So as part of an ongoing exploration into the incredible indies in our tasting boxes, we’re also going to write about them on the blog. Our first feature … Continue reading “Douglas Laing Whisky: Everything You Need to Know!”