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Hammer time in Speyside
A visit to Oakwood Cooperage in Keith, Scotland
Feb 24
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Scott McKenzie
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Whisky can build temples, but can it build audiences?
Every consumer category that expands globally eventually confronts the same economic question.
Feb 6
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Scott McKenzie
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Inside Ardnahoe Distillery on Islay
Strange questions, straight answers, and a dram that (almost) speaks for itself
Feb 2
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Scott McKenzie
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The little distillery that took on the biggest brands in whisky, and is (still) winning big
We tell the story behind Kilchoman whisky, and how one of Islay’s “newer” distilleries, took on the whisky giants around it.
Jan 7
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Scott McKenzie
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Why beer looks innocent, and whisky doesn’t
Beer strolls in wearing trainers instead of kicking the door down. Could that be part of whisky’s problem?
Jan 28
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Scott McKenzie
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Whisky is getting schooled
Jan 14
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Scott McKenzie
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The little distillery that took on the biggest brands in whisky, and is (still) winning big
Jan 7
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Scott McKenzie
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When the Highlands decide you might just be worth keeping in their story
Oct 1, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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Why beer looks innocent, and whisky doesn’t
Jan 28
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Scott McKenzie
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Hammer time in Speyside
Is whisky stuck being a once-a-year business?
As we know, quality whisky takes years to make, costs more to buy, and is rarely consumed without intent.
Jan 22
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Scott McKenzie
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Whisky is getting schooled
Sneak preview of an upcoming visit to this decades-old whisky society in Scotland
Jan 14
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Scott McKenzie
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Next stop, Islay
The Whisky Wagon is heading west. We hope you're thirsty and like life a little on the peaty side.
Nov 14, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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The comfort of numbers
The quiet allure of waiting
Oct 31, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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If whisky is the answer, what should the question be?
Whisky’s rise depends on curiosity, not commandments
Oct 27, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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Whisky isn’t so much a word as a sentence
The Edinburgh Whisky Festival — where every dram came with a great debate, and every debate started with a pour
Oct 13, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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When the Highlands decide you might just be worth keeping in their story
Dogs, drones, and drams
Oct 1, 2025
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Scott McKenzie
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On the road again...
When I was a young cadet journalist, back on a prominent Australian daily newspaper, they would send us “bush.” That was the word. No grand assignment…
Sep 27, 2025
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Whisky Wagon — Taking Whisky Off-Road (and Slightly Off-Beat)
In our trusty old Landie, we roam the Scottish countryside in search of whisky stories — by lochs, in bothies, through glens and mountain passes. If…
Sep 10, 2025
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Sep 8, 2025
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