Wine & Spice
Read Matt Bailey's exploration of wine and spice in the modern whisky world, featuring extracts from an interview with Master Cask's Darren Lange. February 2022 Outturn's feature piece — repurposed and given the digital treatment.
It’s All in the Narrative
Cellarmaster, Andrew Derbidge, explores the way views are changed over time in the whisky world and how something like the importance of an age statement can be changed through a different narrative.
Deciphering Terms
Know your terms! Matt Bailey explains some terms and phrases you may not recognise when it comes to the whisky and wine world colliding.
Exploring the New World of Wine Cask Whiskies
Luke McCarthy explores the new world of wine cask whiskies and how they have evolved and become more common in recent years.
Inside the Cask: A Look at Maturation
A brief overview of maturation and how different casks and environments affect the maturation process.
Battle Royale: Batch Distillation vs Continuous Distillation
At the heart and soul of a distillery, and one of the most important parts of the whisky making process, sits the stills! Those beautiful bulbous cauldrons boiling away with malted magic inside just waiting [...]
Celebrating the Australian exclusive Gathering cask
September each year is all about the Gathering. A global coming together of members across the world to celebrate the joy of whisky camaraderie. The joy of sharing great single casks with flavour adventurers at [...]
Lindores Abbey
Queensland Manager Scott Mansfield is a first generation Australian. On his mother’s side, he can trace his family’s connection to Newburgh, Fife in Scotland back to the 1600’s. There’s no doubt his family ties extend [...]
An Islay Icon
Let's dig a bit deeper on some of the fascinating single casks in this Friday's March Outturn: The island – and whisky region – of Islay is often erroneously pigeonholed under one label: “Smoky and [...]
To mash or not to mash?
If you’ve never visited Scottish distilleries and have a purely idyllic perspective on what all distilleries look like, then when you do visit, you’re likely to be a bit disappointed... As I’ve said at [...]