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How One of the Best Kept French Drinking Secrets Was Born Out of an Accident

How One of the Best Kept French Drinking Secrets Was Born Out of an Accident

27/03/2017

It was the year 1589 when according to a legend, a winemaker accidentally added grape must into an empty barrel. But was it really empty? Of course notโ€ฆ Otherwise, this...

The Five Most-Loved: Announcing The 2017 Flaviar Community Award Winners!

The Five Most-Loved: Announcing The 2017 Flaviar Community Award Winners!

26/03/2017

Thatโ€™s right. Itโ€™s about that time of year again. We all know Flaviar is a place for the Spiritually gifted, but these Drams are in a league of their own....

Thinking Outside the Barrel: Whisky Innovators From Around the World

Thinking Outside the Barrel: Whisky Innovators From Around the World

21/03/2017

There are some phenomenal innovations taking place in Whisky globally, here we take just a brief look at what is going on in a couple of countries outside of Scotland,...

Tee up on the Green, Open a Distillery: The Story of Journeyman

Tee up on the Green, Open a Distillery: The Story of Journeyman

21/03/2017

A true distillery love story. Boy meets golf. Falls in love with the game. Runs away to Scotland to pursue one of the worldโ€™s oldest greens. Starts making Whiskey. Founded...

5 Things You Should Know Before Visiting a Bar with 900 Whiskies

5 Things You Should Know Before Visiting a Bar with 900 Whiskies

15/03/2017

A Quaich is aย Scottish drinking cup that resembles a shallow bowl with two or three handles andย The Quaich is a Scottish Whisky bar at the Craigellachie Hotel that is located...

Black Mold Likes Spirits Just as Much as You Do. But What is (Whiskey) Fungus And is it Dangerous?

Black Mold Likes Spirits Just as Much as You Do. But What is (Whiskey) Fungus And is it Dangerous?

13/03/2017

If youโ€™re taking a stroll through any of the places worth knowing by a Spirits lover and you see black fungus growing onโ€ฆ well, just about anything, youโ€™ve struck gold,...