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Guadeloupe Rhum Agricole: Exploring the French Caribbean’s Diverse Cane Spirit Tradition

Guadeloupe Rhum Agricole follows a broader path than the agricole tradition of neighbouring Martinique. Both territories belong to the French Caribbean and share a long relationship with fresh sugarcane juice, yet Guadeloupe rhum agricole developed within an archipelago where more than one rum production tradition has endured. Across volcanic Basse-Terre, limestone Grande-Terre and the distinctive […]

September 4, 2026 By Guillaume de Roany

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Roseisle Distillery: The High-Tech Speyside Giant Behind a New Generation of Whisky

In Speyside, where whisky is often associated with generations of tradition, Roseisle Distillery represents something very different. Built by Diageo near Elgin and officially opened in 2010, Roseisle was designed as a modern, large-scale malt whisky distillery, combining traditional pot-still production with advanced engineering, energy recovery and unusual flexibility in how its spirit can be […]

September 2, 2026

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Elmer T. Lee: The Master Who Revived Bourbon’s Soul

In 1949, a young Elmer T. Lee walked into the George T. Stagg Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, looking for a job. He had recently returned from the Second World War, where he had served as a radar bombardier aboard a B-29, and had graduated with honours in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. The […]

August 5, 2026

Drayman’s Brewery & Distillery- the Whisky Map

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Drayman’s Brewery & Distillery: How Pretoria Put the Highveld on the Whisky Map

The story of Drayman’s Brewery & Distillery begins not in Scotland, Ireland or one of the traditional centres of whisky production, but in Pretoria, South Africa. The brewery was registered in 1997, beginning on a small scale in the Kallmeyer family’s home garage before moving to its present property in Silverton in 2002. That early […]

July 24, 2026

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The Whisky Loch: Overproduction, Lost Distilleries, and the Ghosts That Returned

The Whisky Loch was not a natural disaster, though it left parts of Scotch whisky looking like a flooded landscape. It was a man-made surplus, created when production confidence outran demand. In the 1970s, Scotch whisky expanded with the conviction of an industry that believed the world would keep drinking more. Stills ran, casks filled, […]

July 16, 2026

Aberfeldy Distillery -Dewar’s Global Scotch Identity

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Aberfeldy Distillery: The Highland Malt Behind Dewar’s Global Scotch Identity

The history of Aberfeldy Distillery begins with a problem that every successful blender eventually faces: how to protect character when demand outgrows supply. By the late 1800s, Dewar’s had moved far beyond the ambitions of a local Perth wine and spirits merchant. The family business had become one of the rising names in blended Scotch, selling […]

July 14, 2026

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James Buchanan & Co: The Blending House That Turned Scotch into a Modern Brand

The history of James Buchanan & Co belongs to a crucial moment in Scotch whisky’s transformation. In the late nineteenth century, Scotch was no longer only a regional spirit sold through merchants, casks, clubs, hotels, and local trade. It was becoming a bottled product with labels, reputation, visual memory, and commercial reach. The whisky itself […]

July 11, 2026

Mars Shinshu Distillery That Returned from Silence

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Mars Shinshu: The Distillery That Returned from Silence in Japan’s Central Alps

When the stills at Mars Shinshu Distillery began running again in 2011, they had been silent for 19 years. The buildings had not disappeared, and Hombo Shuzo had not abandoned whisky entirely. Even so, a distillery at rest is not a sealed piece of history. Equipment ages, stocks diminish, employees move on, and the market […]

July 1, 2026

Lagavulin Distillery and Discipline of Slow Distillation

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Lagavulin Distillery and the Discipline of Slow Distillation on Islay

On the southern coast of Islay, Lagavulin Distillery stands beside a sheltered bay between Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Its white buildings, dark kiln roofs, and long waterfront warehouses belong to one of Scotland’s most recognisable whisky landscapes. Still, the character associated with the distillery was not created by scenery alone. Peat is the most obvious part […]

June 28, 2026

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