I’ve learned an awful lot about scotch since I started this site a few years back and I can honestly say that I had never heard of the Orkney region of Scotland, let alone try a scotch from that particular part of the country. Orkney is an archipelago off the northern tip off Scotland [...]

Oban was the first single malt scotch I ever tried and for this it will always occupy a special place in my heart. That first sip of single malt goodness was many years ago and since that fateful first sip I have made it a point to never buy the same scotch twice. [...]

“I’m at the liqour store, what kind of scotch do you want?” It took a few seconds for those words to sink in before I answered, “Something I’ve never had before.” She selected, Ardmore Highland Single Malt Traditional Cask is a whisky with a long history in its native land, but is [...]

On a recent family vacation to picturesque North Conway, NH, I stopped in to a local liquor store and set about finding a reasonably priced single malt to enjoy in the clean mountain air of northern New Hampshire. While perusing their rather limited selection, I came across a rather distinctive tube titled “Glennfiddich Solera [...]

The Dalmore Distillery was established in 1839 by a man named Alexander Matheson and is located in Alness, Scotland. Unfortunately, their web site is currently going through an update and their Wikipedia page is a little short on details. The distillery is located in northern Scotland and thus the moniker “Single Highland Malt”. [...]