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How a New Generation of “Crossbreed” Whiskies Is Challenging Tradition

Bourbon and Scotch fans alike are embracing hybrid whisky.

Food and Drink

We Blind-Tasted the Victoria Distillery Attempting Great Whisky in Less Time

Can a Canadian whisky less than two years old compete with the best?

Legent Bourbon

The New Wave of Whisky

Legent Bourbon is the latest example of how a young generation of consumers are pushing spirits makers to experiment.

Essay

A Glass of Gold

Sacred sips.

Only after cracking a bottle of The Macallan did a family discover its incredible value.

MONTE Blog: Glenfiddich

Design

Glenfiddich 50 Year Old

The benefits of age.

The price tag of $36,000 is not for the faint of heart, but it’s the liquor itself that will surely make it skip a beat.

MONTECRISTO Blog: The Famous Grouse

Food and Drink

The Famous Grouse

Blending in.

The Famous Grouse has a leg up on much of its competition, simply because the two backbone spirits in the blend are the Macallan and Highland Park. That is what they call a pedigree.

MONTECRISTO Blogs: Dalmore Distillery

Food and Drink

The Dalmore Constellation Collection

A set of stars.

The Dalmore Distillery has just made available a collection of four whiskies, all made in the 1960s. It is available only as a set, at a cost of $139,000.

Food and Drink

The Macallan

One for the ages.

The Macallan has been working with Tevasa Cooperage—the only company in Spain that transforms tree to finished, seasoned, cask entirely in-house—for almost 30 years now.