February/March 2024

Whisky Magazine

Celebrating the whiskies of the world

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A Dry January
The world is waking up to a new year. It’s traditionally a time for personal reflection and resolution, to recharge our batteries so we can step forth with renewed optimism and vigour. But our big blue marble keeps on turning, heedless of our traditi
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Editor – Bethany Brown bethanyb@paragraph.co.uk Editor-at-large – Christopher Coates christopherc@paragraph.co.uk Deputy editor – Phoebe Calver phoebec@paragraph.co.uk Content executive – Bradley Weir bradleyw@paragraph.co.uk Canada – Blair Phillips
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A Regional First
Whisky Live will be coming to Dubai for the first time in 2024. Presented as MaltLive Dubai for the region, the festival will take place on Saturday 17 February at the iconic Meydan Hotel’s Sky Bubble. The event is presented by the Malt Society Arabi
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Preserved For Posterity
I’ve written previously (Editor’s Word, Issue #184) about my growing concern that the whisky industry is on the cusp of losing multigenerational institutional knowledge. Thus, I’m immeasurably pleased when I see an effort being made to record oral hi
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Keeping It Simple
Looking at a blank page on my computer screen often feels like staring into an empty void that threatens to swallow me whole. Or at least haunt me like the biggest to-do list you’ve ever onfronted. And not even a generous pour of a fine, fine single
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Multiverses Of Canadian Whisky
For two centuries, the four major whisky-producing countries have made discernible styles of whisky based on differences in cereals and production methods. Scotland’s malted barley is discernible by its smoky-flavoured whisky due to peat kilning. Ire
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The Student Becomes The Master
“It is the same answer for both of those questions,” Billy Leighton says. Irish Distillers’ master blender emeritus has been asked to give something he admires and something he finds annoying about Dave McCabe, his successor as the company’s master b
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Recognising Excellence
Headline Sponsors Sponsors COMMUNICATOR Barry Chandler, Stories & Sips Highly Commended Matt Healy, Potstilled.com IRISH WHISKEY BRAND AMBASSADOR SPONSORED BY MCLAREN PACKAGING Brendan Carty, Killowen Distillery Highly Commended Eric Ryan, Irish Dis
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Off The Beaten Path
Whisky making in far-flung corners of the Earth can be a challenging proposition, but for decades the distillers of Tasmania, Australia have been providing a masterclass in how to make it work. More than 50 whisky distilleries (by formal count) are o
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Riding THE REVIVAL WAVE
Walk around Bladnoch near Wigtown on Scotland’s southern coast and there are subtle echoes of Australia dotted around the distillery: a southern cross flying alongside the saltire and the union flag; a video showing conservation work on the Great Bar
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Staying True To Your Roots
The New World whisky landscape is cracking with energy and complexity. Distillers everywhere are striving to make whiskies that stand out and say something about who they are and where they’re from. Traditions are being challenged, boundaries pushed,
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The Australian Effect
The popularity of Australian whisky has dramatically increased worldwide over the last 10 years. Despite the country’s geographical remoteness and the whisky’s relative youth, Australian producers are tapping into their country’s unique terroir and l
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THE Ultimate WHISKY EXPERIENCE
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Whisky Magazine is partnering with Rothes Glen, The Luxury Castle for Whisky Connoisseurs, to offer two all-inclusive whisky experiences in Speyside during 2024. The summer weekend takes place on 27–30 June and
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Navigating By The STARS
When Starward Distillery came online in 2007, it was one of only a handful making whisky in Australia. Founder Dave Vitale had been doing consulting work for the tech industry and was considering opening a craft brewery – however, he was living in Ta
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Getting Technical
Distillery name: Starward Parent company: New World Whisky Distillery Address: 50 Bertie Street, Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia Years of operation: 2007–present Open to the public: Yes, check website for details and bookings Distillery manager name:
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By Whisky Lovers, For Whisky Lovers
The Australian state of Victoria and its largest city, Melbourne, have a rich distilling history reaching back to the 1890s when whisky was made at the Joshua Brothers distillery in Port Melbourne. Since then, distilleries have boomed and busted, res
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Holy Sheep
The website crashed. The spike in traffic kept thousands of customers from ordering bottles after the television show aired. It was June 2020, and Covid lockdowns had just erased Belgrove Distillery’s restaurant and bar accounts. Even though the orde
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A Valley Of DREAMS
The highway leads south from Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, past cropping fields of rich soil before climbing over the Bombay Hills. Over the crest of the hill, it drops into a valley that is mercurial – often covered in a low mist through win
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Getting Technical
Distillery name: The Pōkeno Whisky Company Parent company: Independent Address: 61 Potts Road, 2471, Whitford Years of operation: 2018 – present Open to the public: Yes, on Saturdays Distillery manager name: Matthew Johns Production team size: 8 peop
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Tastings Latest
After studying English literature at university, Bethany worked as a journalist for regional newspaper groups before moving to the spirits industry. She was appointed as editor of Whisky Magazine in 2022, having previously edited its sister titles Gi
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Recommended Whiskies
Pinot Noir Cask STARWARD WHISKY ABV: 50% Style: Single malt Bottling type: Distillery Price per bottle: AU$169 (£88.20) Availability: Melbourne airport Origin: Australia Yarra Valley’s Yering Station, one of Australia’s oldest continuously producing
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Glenmorangie Opens First Airport Boutique
Glenmorangie, famous in the whisky world for the tallest stills in Scotland, its light, fruity, floral spirit, and pioneering cask finishes, has followed in the footsteps of big players such as The Macallan and Johnnie Walker by opening its first sta
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Cask Away
Emma Cookson is one of Australia’s most influential whisky communicators, named Communicator of the Year in the 2023 Icons of Whisky awards. Born in California, she moved to Australia at a very young age. Her career in drinks started with bartending
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