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The Isle of Jura is the Perfect Quiet Vacation for Scotch Lovers

To orient you, the Isle of Jura’s next door neighbor is Islay, off the West Coast of Scotland. You probably recognize the latter’s name if you’re at all a fan of scotch whisky. For all…

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It’s Time to Start Making Cocktails With Scotch Again

Three Scotch Cocktails Invented by Great Bartenders A long time ago, a bunch of stuffy old men started making everyone feel bad for drinking “contaminated” scotch. Their scorn and guilt tripping turned scotch into the…

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One of Aldi’s Cheap Whiskies Was Named Best in the World

When you think of great Scotch whisky, pricey single malts probably dance through your head. What doesn’t dance through your head are the bottles that line the shelves of your local Aldi grocery store. But…

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8 Whiskies as Smoky as a Campfire

Summer is here and that means beers, wine coolers and tiki drinks, right? Well, those are all well and good, but serious whisky drinkers aren’t going to settle for a Mai Tai just because the…

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The 10 Best Scotch Glasses For That Single Malt

Nothing goes down easier than a fine single malt after a long day. But your prized hooch deserves better than the glassware you use for milk and soda. Home bar or no home bar, you should…

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You Can Now Invest in Rare Whisky

As you watch Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin go up and down like a trio of bouncing balls, you may decide you want a more stable investment. We’re not exactly Bobby Axelrod, but we do think…

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8 Cask Strength Whiskies to Keep You Warm This Winter

Call it cask strength, barrel proof or overproof, there’s always a case to be made for a good, high proof whiskey. It gives you the opportunity to taste the spirit as if it had just…

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The Top 20 Whiskies of 2017, According to Whisky Advocate

A lot of whiskey crosses the palates of the staff at Whisky Advocate every year, and every year they sit down and discuss which of those whiskies impressed the most. As 2017 is coming to a…

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The Whiskey Bucket List: 15 Whiskeys You Need to Try at Least Once

You’ve seen all the features. The best Scotch. The Bourbon Bucket List. The Best Japanese whisky. When it comes to whiskey, bourbon, scotch, whisky or whatever else you want to call what we consider to be…

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The Scotch Bucket List: 15 Bottles You Need to Try at Least Once

Comparing scotches can be difficult. Some people look for the peatiness of an Islay offering, opting for a beverage far smokier than any bourbon, while others champion an expertly crafted blend that’s a bit more…

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These Are 2017’s Best Whiskies

Hopefully you’ve finished sipping your way through last year’s World Whiskies Award winners, because 2017’s list is out, with new names and upsets to explore and familiar whiskies to reacquaint yourself with. Just in time…

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Wear This: Traveling With Booze

Iconic scotch maker Dewar’s just partnered with iconic leather brand Billykirk to create the Limited Edition No. 497 traveling bag inspired by the pioneering and adventurer ways of founder Tommy Dewar. The sleek, hand-crafted bag…

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The Oldest Whiskies You Can Buy

There are a lot of bucket lists that include drinking really old whiskey and in some cases, a decades old bottle of whiskey really is a fulfilling experience. The older whiskey gets, the more time…

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2016 Whisky Advent Calendar

As they did in 2013, 2014 and 2015, Drinks by the Dram is doing a 2016 Whisky Advent Calendar. The idea remains the same: open one of 24 windows each day in December to find…

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Glenfiddich IPA Scotch

Glenfiddich is adding to their already impressive stable of whiskies with a new experimental series that includes an IPA scotch. Yes, an IPA scotch. Dubbed the IPA Experiment, the unique whisky is finished for three months…

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