From thousands of IWSC entries, just nine single malt Scotch whiskies won gold three times in five years—an honor roll of ...

If you’re new to whisk(e)y, you might be unversed in the famous smoky whiskies of Islay. The southernmost of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, Islay is home to nine distilleries. All of these — including the ...

Islay—pronounced eye-la—has been one of Scotland’s whisky heartlands since at least the 1700s. Once a cottage industry, making Scotch here is now big business: global giants Beam Suntory, Diageo, LVMH ...

Distilled from 55% rye and 45% barley grown entirely on Islay, the 7-year-old whisky emerged from a crop rotation experiment ...

Islay is renowned for its peated single malts. Of course, not all peated whisky comes from Islay, but most of the big names do, with Lagavulin, Ardberg, and Laphroaig all feeling pretty mainstream.

No celebrity partnership with a brand has ever made more sense than Nick Offerman’s with Lagavulin. His personal love for the Islay scotch brand is perhaps only outdone by Offerman’s “Parks and ...

World-famous Scotch whisky produced on the islands of Islay and Jura will soon have an extra taste of the sea, thanks to a pioneering green energy project that will see distilleries powered by the ebb ...

Some of the best things in the world come from Scotland: the steam engine, the television, the fridge, the telephone, color photography, the pneumatic tire, the flushing toilet, the Land Rover, and, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about travel and food. So I love forks in the road. Whisky is an acquired taste. And after years of drinking blended ...

If you talk to even the most seasoned golf travelers, you’ll likely get a never-heard-of-it-look when you tell them you’re heading to Scotland to play at The Machrie Links. But if you find yourself in ...