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”

It’s very unusual for us to feature only one distillery in one of our monthly tasting boxes, because one of our core missions is to help people explore whisky. So you know that when we do, it’s for a very good reason. If you’re not already familiar with Loch Lomond Distillery, they have one of … Continue reading “Distillery Spotlight: Loch Lomond”

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”

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”

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”