Featured Distilleries
Abhainn Dearg Distillery
Abhainn Dearg Distillery (pronounced “Aveen Jarræk”, Gaelic for “Red River”) is located in Uig on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Founded i...
Albyn Distillery
This distillery was visited by Alfred Barnard during his tour of the United Kingdom in the 1880s, as documented in ‘The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom’ (1887). However, the dist...
Ardlussa Distillery
This distillery was visited by Alfred Barnard during his tour of the United Kingdom in the 1880s, as documented in ‘The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom’ (1887). However, the dist...
Whisky has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whisky than bullets
--Winston Churchill
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Bruichladdich’s Quadruple-Distilled Unicorn Arrives: Meet X4+18 Edition 01
Bruichladdich has released X4+18 Edition 01, the first-ever 18-year-old quadruple-distilled single malt. Distilled in 2006 at 85% ABV and matured in Bourbon and Rivesaltes casks, only 2,400 bottles ar...
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Nikka’s Gaijin Whisky Levels Up: Meet the New Extra Marriage Release
Nikka has released From the Barrel Extra Marriage to mark the 40th anniversary of the original blend. It’s essentially the same recipe of over 100 malt and grain whiskies from Yoichi, Miyagikyo, and S...
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Roseisle 'Deathstar' Maltings Pauses, Farmers Worry, Whisky Waits
Diageo’s Roseisle Maltings has paused production with no timeline for resuming, leaving farmers uneasy and rumours plentiful. While all staff remain employed, growers fear the loss of a major buyer am...
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Latest Articles
Slàinte Mhath - Pronunciation, Definition & Meaning
Published 19/11/2025
The Scottish Gaelic language (Gàidhlig) is one of the Celtic languages. Today it’s used mainly in the Hebrides, parts of the Highlands, and pockets of Glasgow. It’s closely related to Irish (Gaeilge) and Manx (Gaelg). Along with English and Scots, Gaelic is one of the official languages of Scotland. Spend any time around Scotch whisky and you’ll hear the toast Slàinte mhath sooner or later. In everyday British life, the old Gaelic term was largely replaced by a cheerful cheers.
Slàinte Mhath - Pronunciation, Definition & Meaning
Spirit caramel (E150a) in whisky
Published 18/11/2025
Most Scotch, and many Irish whiskies, are coloured with E150a (often called spirit caramel or plain caramel). This isn’t limited to blends-plenty of single malts use it too-making caramel colour one of the most debated topics among whisky fans alongside No Age Statement releases and chill-filtration. Within the caramel-colour family (E150a-d), E150a is Class I “plain caramel”-produced by heating sugars without ammonia or sulfites. Why are whiskies coloured? Whiskies are generally coloured for 2 reasons, for normalisation between batches and for marketing reasons.
Spirit caramel (E150a) in whisky
Spirits of Long Forgotten Stills
Published 29/10/2025
Once alive with the hiss of copper and the scent of malted barley, these distilleries now stand silent — their stills cold, their warehouses empty, or their stones long since torn down. Some survive as homes or museums; others exist only in memory and in the rare bottles they left behind. This Halloween at Whiskipedia, we raise a glass to the ghost distilleries whose presence lingers in every dram they left behind.
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Understanding Maltose, the Sugar That Makes Whisky Possible
Maltose is a sugar made from two glucose units that forms when enzymes break down the starch in malted barley during mashing. It is the main fermentable sugar in wort and the key fuel for yeast. Yeast...
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The Unsung Hero of Heavy Whisky: Or, How the Worm Turned
Worm tubs are the whisky industry’s stubborn survivors: huge, awkward, and gloriously inefficient copper coils that condense vapour into spirit by brute chill rather than refined design. Once common, ...
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The Great Scotch Whisky Swindle
The Scotch whisky industry is under threat from fraudulent cask investment schemes that sell overpriced teaspooned, or even non-existent barrels to unwary buyers. Poor documentation, misleading advert...
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Willowbank
The distillery with fivenames! Sometimes known as Willowbank, Wilson’s, Dunedin, Lammerlaw and more recently Milford. Distillation began in 1969 when the farm distillery was know as Willowbank Distill...
The Ardara Distillery
Ardara Single Malt Irish Whiskey — The Ardara Distillery (Donegal, Ireland) Overview Ardara Single Malt Irish Whiskey is the inaugural single malt from The Ardara Distillery: a triple‑distilled, heavi...
Castle & Key
Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. dreamed of building a showcase distillery as a destination for tourists. The Colonel’s once glorious Old Taylor Distillery was founded in 1887 and shuttered in 1972. Since the...