I am tying up my exploration of new Scottish distilleries with a distillery which just turned ten. Today I review Ardnamurchan and its core range: the AD core release, AD Sherry Cask, and AD Cask Strength to
As this blog turns one, it is time for a little whisky-themed celebration. Time to open and sample a couple of bottles I brought back from my trip to Campbeltown… Read More »Celebrating one year of Road to Dram with 3 Springbank Hand-filled Exclusives
Up to now, my entire exploration of new whisky distilleries has focused on Scotland alone. And yet, things are stirring around the world. In particular, England is becoming a proper whisky destination Today I will review the Wire Works Bourbon Barrel plus a couple of samples I was able to grab at the distillery.
In every new distillery’s history, there is a key moment: the Inaugural release. That first, often long-awaited moment when the public can finally sample the fruit of years of labour.… Read More »New Malts on the Block: Ardnahoe Inaugural Release Review
I needed a wee time to recover from the Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024. So, it is time to pick up where I left off and dive back into new Scottish distilleries. On today’s program, my review of the Torabhaig Cnoc Na Moine.
Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024 has come and gone, leaving me on cloud nine and yet recovering from the weekend shenanigans… I might be getting too old for this. And by… Read More »Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024
One thing which makes me hopeful when I look at new distilleries, is the ability to be innovative in their approach to the business side of things if not the production. Like today’s distillery Glenwyvis, and their 2019 I will review today, with an innovative approach to ownership.
After visiting the northernmost (currently) Highland distillery, it is time to focus on another new distillery in a remote location, the Isle of Raasay Distillery, who, as of yesterday, are the holders of the 2024 OSWA award for best new distillery. Today, I review the Isle of Raasay R-02.1.
After a row of lowland whiskies from Clydeside to Lagg, I needed to go to the complete opposite side of Scotland and what is currently the Northernmost distillery with whisky available for sale in the Scottish Mainland. Today I will review the Wolfburn Morven lightly peated single malt.
While I continue my new distillery exploration, it’s time for a doubleheader with this review of the Lagg Kilmory and Corriecravie editions. We are still in the Lowlands technically, though many would argue that, at least geographically, this whisky is self-evidently an Island whisky.