July 2021

Whisky Magazine

Celebrating the whiskies of the world

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The New Wave
In case you haven’t noticed, there are one or two new kids on the whisky block of late. And I’m not just talking about the usual street corners where one might expect to find distilleries loitering about. Sure, the usual suspects of Scotland, Ireland
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Editor – Christopher Coates christopherc@paragraph.co.uk Deputy editor – Phoebe Calver phoebec@paragraph.co.uk Production editor – Bethany Whymark bethanyw@paragraph.co.uk Content and marketing executive – Martha Crass marthac@paragraph.co.uk Canada
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Drams In America
After a two-year hiatus, Whisky Live, the world’s premier whisky experience, is back in the USA and Canada. Whisky Live brand owner Paragraph has partnered with Bevridge LLC to deliver new events across the two countries, aligned with Paragraph’s glo
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American Whisk(e)y
Any discussion about the history of whisk(e)y in the United States tends to turn to a discussion about current trends and the future. We can learn a lot about where whiskey is headed by examining its past, and what comes next has the potential to be
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Things We Don’t Discuss In Bars
It’s a commonly known pearl of wisdom and, generally speaking, a widely accepted practice that there are three things you never talk about in bars: politics, religion and race. When with friends or even strangers and within earshot of anyone offering
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Quantitative Easing Of Whisky
Since the GFC, central banks have used quantitative easing to purchase large-scale government bonds and assets to inject money into the economy. The whisky industry has used similar quantitative stimulus measures over the past 150 years to grow consu
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Mexican Terroir
The story about Mexican whisky that you’re about to read would have turned out very differently if Iván Saldaña wasn’t infatuated with agave. For Iván, distiller of Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky, making whisky in Mexico is just another chapter in his
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A Taste Of Spain
Within the whisky world, Spain is often thought of in somewhat mythical terms. It’s a kind of tannic paradise, thanks to the casks produced in the so-called ‘sherry triangle’ around Jerez. Made-to-order, seasoned sherry casks and their almost-extinct
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The Rise of French Whisky
If there is one thing that French people know how to produce, it is spirits. Renowned for their Armagnac and Cognac, they are now moving into the whisky market, which should bring little surprise when you know that the French are some of the world’s
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Nordic Spirit
Despite being relatively new, Nordic distilleries such as Mackmyra, Stauning and Kyrö are well sewn into the fabric of world whisky, and spirit from the Nordics has become some of the most consistently interesting in recent years. While it’s clear to
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The Blender’s Foxheart
King Edward VII loved his wire fox terrier. So much so, he inscribed the dog’s collar with: ‘I am Caesar. I belong to the King.’ When Edward died in 1910, a grieving Caesar marched in the funeral procession behind the King’s casket. Forty Creek’s mas
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A New Way Forward
If heavily detailed restaurant menus and the rise of single-origin coffee are any indication of what we’re looking for when we consume food and drinks today, it is that we crave authenticity. Drinkers demand transparency on ingredients and production
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Summary Of New Zealand Whisky Guidelines
To be labelled as ‘New Zealand whisky’ a product must conform to the following criteria: • Mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled in New Zealand • Vatted [blended] malt may only contain New Zealand single malts • New Zealand blended whisky
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Out Of The Shadows
The team have a fascinating story to tell. The distillery is housed on Lochlea Farm, which was once owned by Robert Burns’ family, and on which Burns himself actually lived and worked from 1777-1784. Current owner Neil McGeoch gained planning permiss
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Rothes Glen
Founding Whisky Magazine, in 1998, and then Whisky Live, in 2000, I have spent almost a quarter of a century bringing the pleasures of whisky into other people’s homes and countries. I have, however, always been harbouring the desire to create the ul
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A Singular Method
We can’t help ourselves. Assessing and passing judgement is what we do, as whisky drinkers, which means not all drams are considered equal. Senior spirits, for instance, are typically placed higher in the hierarchy than junior counterparts. But one t
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Tastings: Latest
SCOTLAND USA REST OF WORLD After studying English and Journalism at university, Phoebe has turned her hand to writing for the drinks industry. She splits her time between the UK and US as editor of American Whisky Magazine and Whisky Magazine’s deput
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This Travelling Life
Joe Bates (JB): Our theme this issue is whiskies that are made in countries not traditionally associated with whisky production, like Australia. What do the regional Melbourne conditions contribute to the final character of your whiskies? David Vital
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Caskaway
Like so many whisky makers, Helen Mulholland didn’t set out to work in the whisky industry. A food technologist by education, it was only during a placement with Bushmills while studying at university that her interest was kindled. Starting out as a

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