With a boom in independent distilleries, scotch is enjoying a renaissance
Whisky drinkers could be forgiven for thinking they can do without scotch these days. The razzle-dazzle surrounding exotic, distant or just plain surprising sources of whisky – whether that’s Japan, Australia or Sweden – can make it seem staid.
If scotch regularly loses out to bourbons and Japanese malts in such annual gongs as Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible whisky of the year (this year’s winner was a remarkable rare bourbon, William Larue Weller 128.2 Proof, from the 2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection), things are, in fact, pretty healthy in the spirit’s spiritual home.
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