The Icons of Whisky 2020, Australia awards were held in Sydney on October 21st this year. The Icons of Whisky is an awards program convened by Whisky Magazine and its international agents to recognise the people, places, [...]
With something special landing in our July 2019 Outturn, SMWS Cellarmaster Andrew Derbidge recounts his experience and history of the mystical and demolished distillery, Caperdonich. With so much focus in recent times on the wealth [...]
When you think of the great coastal distilleries that play on their maritime location, the usual suspects typically include the likes of Talisker, Lagavulin, Bunnahabhain, even Highland Park. One distillery that particularly plays on its [...]
These little column articles of mine have had a strong nostalgic theme running through them over the last few Outturns, and it’s been great to receive some comments and feedback from members who’ve expressed similar [...]
You’ve probably heard the saying, “You’re only as old as you feel.” It’s often accompanied by its colleague, “Age is just a number”. And ain’t that the truth when it comes to whisky! In [...]
One item that often causes discussion (if not confusion!) amongst members is the allocations we get here in Australia. In particular, members may ask why we get 12 bottles of one particular cask, yet 42 [...]
It was a little over 20 years ago that matching whisky to food and hosting whisky dinners became a “thing”. When the Society first launched in Australia in 2002, many of our earliest events were [...]
Any time I conduct a tutored tasting, I always take time at the start of the event to spell out some of the more basic and fundamental things you need to do in order to [...]
If there is one thing you can't accuse the Scotch whisky industry of being, it's static. Interestingly, the industry markets itself on holding steadfast to time honoured traditions, and yet it has never been more [...]
One of the common questions we get at Society tastings is about the difference between peat and smoke. The terms are often used interchangeably, and we often (incorrectly) assume that one infers the other. It's [...]
