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In this issue...
NEWS & GUEST COLUMNS
06 Insight
A round-up of news from across the
whisky world
09 Whisky Live
The latest Whisky Live events
13 Thoughts from: Liza Weisstuch
Falling hard for a local pub in Ireland
15 Thoughts from: Maggie Kimberl
Honouring whisky’s agricultural roots
17 Mythbusters: Chris Middleton
From the margins to the world
DISTILLERY FOCUS
42 Glenturret
No more grouse and a new face to
greet the world with
50 Raasay
Our man looks at the return of
distilling to the island of Raasay
PRODUCTION
58 Finishing touches
The Irish whiskeys that are looking to
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TASTE60 Cigars and whisky
Scott Vines and his 35 years in the
cigar world
62 Cocktails
A journey to the Isle of Skye
64 Whisky Epicurean
Fruit and Bourbon, a pairing that
goes beyond the usual
66 Tastings
Lyndsey and Rob review some of the
latest whiskies out thereNIGHTCAP79 Puzzles
Dram time brain-teasers
80 Travel retail
Keeping ahead of the curve in the
Duty Free shopping realm
82 Castaway
Five whiskies, one luxury, one
solitary desert island. In this edition,
Tipperary’s Jennifer Nickerson tells us
what she will be taking with herFEATURES18 European focus
Hans Offringa looks at the European
states to see what is happening in the
distilling world
26 Capital developments
Gavin D. Smith reports on the rise
of new distilleries in Scotland’s
capital, where, after several decades,
distilleries are returning
30 The Commonwealth Address
Maggie Kimberl on how and why
Kentucky is still going strong
36 The Glenmorangie magic
Christopher Coates meets Dr Bill
Lumsden, the man behind some of
whisky’s leading innovations
47 The visitor centre maven
Greg Dillon heads to Speyside to
investigate Strathisla
54 Rhythm and Booze
Christopher Coates taps his foot in
time to the tunes of a new kind of
whisky tastingCOVER
STORY
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