A sudden gust of luck brings a random Instagram win for Earie. In enjoying a Christmas selection set of Douglas Laing’s Rock Island malts, he finds a way to share his splash of good fortune with us all.

It’s a funny thing, whisky. Earie swoops with excitement as a bottle of his long-fabled Arran 14yo suddenly appears at retail, while Hamish revisits his old bottle to wonder what all the fuss is about.

Port casks and celebrating those who get it right.

Powerful, bright, tropical magic from the folk doing it right

While everyone seems to be into peat these days, the boggy stuff isn’t always for the better

A decadent dram of interesting similarity to a discontinued bottling…if only it cost the same