Distilleries

Alice Lascelles on the rise of the wee “unicorn” dram

Alice Lascelles toasts three groundbreaking distilleries

A new documentary, The Amber Light, is a love letter to literature and Scotland’s national spirit, says Alice Lascelles

A 21-year-old blended grain whisky developed by the distillery’s master blender with a rich texture and sweet overtones of toffee, honey and vanilla

A supreme “Lowland single malt” matured primarily in first-fill Kentucky bourbon casks, delivering a fruity and floral taste with a distinct hint of ginger

Two gin distillers are taking the spirit’s historic links to perfumery in evocative new directions

Aged for 49 years, The Dalmore L’Anima is expected to fetch a six-figure sum for charity at Sotheby’s online sale – while its new owner will be wined and dined at the Modena restaurant Osteria Francescana

… and the ideal excuse to get into the festive spirit

The distillery’s Captain’s Reserve whisky has a “first fill” in former sherry casks and is finished in second casks once containing cognac

Juniper’s nuanced regional flavours come evocatively to the fore in three craft gins from different points of the compass

Fynoderee’s brew raids nature’s larder of Manx-grown apples, crab apples, plums, rosehips and rowan berries

It’s out with the conservative image for The Macallan and in with a starchitect-designed statement distillery

It’s launching a limited edition Voyager series, offers gin masterclasses and provides a butler who can be summoned to sea by catamaran… what a tonic

Whisky aficionados are no longer just collecting rare malts by the bottle – they’re buying them by the cask and savouring the slow pleasure of watching them mature. Alice Lascelles reports

Norway’s mixologists and artisan makers are banging the drum for the glories of aquavit

Just 106 bottles of this remarkable cask-aged dram are available

A heady mix of the most exciting events and tastings

An enchanting way of getting up close and personal with botanicals