Glenlivet

The Glenlivet releases rare 55-year-old single-malt Scotch whisky for 200th anniversary

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The Glenlivet releases rare 55-year-old single-malt Scotch whisky for 200th anniversary

To celebrate its 200th anniversary, Scotland’s The Glenlivet Distillery has launched its oldest and rarest whisky yet, the Eternal Collection, First Edition, 55-Year-Old. Only 100 bottles of the 55-year-old single malt have been produced, with two bottles allocated for sale in Hong Kong. The taste has been described by The Glenlivet cask master Kevin Balmforth … Read more

Single malt whisky vs blended whisky: from how Scotch is distilled to ‘finishing’, a Chivas Regal master blender describes the differences

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Single malt whisky vs blended whisky: from how Scotch is distilled to ‘finishing’, a Chivas Regal master blender describes the differences

“The difference between single malt whisky and grain whisky is that the latter is produced in a column still. So it goes up a big column still rather than the pot, and it gets distilled multiple times.” Kevin Balmforth, blending manager and cask expert at Chivas. Photo: The Glenlivet Pot stills are more spherical and … Read more