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Ready for battle: Is this Irish whiskey collection Redbreast’s only real challenger?

Taste the difference: how to identify whiskey finishes in rum, wine and PX sherry

Burns Night: three drams that capture the landscape of Scotland’s ploughman poet

Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve: an opening gambit in a prestige lineup of Japanese single malts

Great Whisky Festivals 2026: where will you raise a dram this year?

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The First & Last of its Kind: Prima and Ultima is an exceptional voyage through Scottish whisky history

Whisky tours: Fault lines, Lowlands and a Pilgrimage – three unusual whisky destinations near Glasgow and Edinburgh

Highland Park – An 18-year-old single cask from one of the whisky world’s wildest refuges

Five great cities, five great bars: greetings from some of the Single Malt Shop’s favourite pubs

Redbreast 12 – the original lead in a world-beating single pot still whiskey lineup

It’s Hot Toddy Season – are you a hot whiskey, tequila or rum fan?

In pursuit of The Lost Explorer – Tobala 10 drives aged Agave to new audiences

Adventures in the Four Corners of Scotland: Glen Melia’s year of great malt, fine finishes and distillery tastings

The Iberian Connection: Teeling Wonders of Wood 2, Portuguese Oak

A year in Irish whiskey: Glen Melia’s backstage pass to his favourite brands and bottles

Copeland’s extra-proof Smugglers Reserve dark rum gift pack is tailor-made for sipping or cocktail season

Holy Smokes: five perfectly-peated whiskies from Ireland, Scotland and Japan

Black Friday, the Collector’s Edition: 5 rare bottles perfectly priced for a whisky collection

Winter Warmers: five superb cask strength releases to heat up the colder months

Get ahead of the whisky pack: our great Black Friday race has begun with massive reductions of up to 40%

Micil Madeira Island – a Portuguese wine-finished Irish whiskey fuelled by great smoke and spice

Redbreast 18 – how cream sherry and port made Redbreast’s middle child stand out perfectly in a world-beating lineup

Do you deserve a night in Ardbeg House Hotel? Experience a riot of colour and storytelling in Islay’s stunning new hotel

Black Emerald: the new extra-matured Irish single grain brand shaped with John Teeling’s whiskey DNA 

New series: Ireland’s only exclusively Scotch whisky club, the Hibernian Whisky Club

Will Don Julio 1942 and its baby offshoot go for the hat-trick at the 2026 Oscars?

Tequila or Whiskey? Raise a glass to Mexico’s and Ireland’s celebrations of the dead – Halloween and Día de los Muertos

Highland Park 18 Double Take: Rare single cask release twinned with distillery’s superb core bottle

French bestsellers: a spotlight on the top-five whiskies shipped to France

Benriach 16 rides a wave of success at the heart of the Speyside whisky maker’s range