Drinking aggressively smoky Scotch isn’t typically a summertime pursuit (a troubling failure of imagination). But when Laphroaig—possibly the most distinctive of all heavyweight malts from the isle of Islay—releases a special bottling, we take note, seasonal biases be damned. Càirdeas … read more →

Our preferred way to accessorize a beer is with a glass of whisk(e)y, neat, sipped slowly. And while it’s no news that brewers have taken to aging their suds in whiskey barrels, Scotland’s Harviestoun Brewery was the first to do … read more →