Islay is ‘whisky island’ – home to no fewer than nine distilleries, with more on the way. Whisky has brought investment and jobs to the Queen of the Hebrides, but there are challenges too, including crumbling roads and an inadequate ferry service. Back from the dead: The revived Port Ellen is one of many new... Continue Reading →
It looks like that the UK will crash out of the EU on March 29 without a deal. This means trading on WTO-rules and the reinstatement of border checks; all this will severely impact the transport of goods between the UK and the EU. Read: as a Non-UK citizen, your wee dram is probably going... Continue Reading →
In an industrial section of Los Angeles, a fantasy jungle grows inside a warehouse. Populated by animatronic topiary dinosaurs, talking plastic parrots, and an autonomous AI personality named Tessa, this steampunk theme park houses Lost Spirits Distillery. Here, ideas about whisky—and whisky itself—are deliberately challenged, broken apart, and remade. Lost Spirits founder Bryan Davis ushers... Continue Reading →
