The weather isn't enough to dampen Paisley's desire to return to a favourite Linkwood. She thinks it's the canny use of a refill cask that's made this bargain North Star release perfect for any season.

Finally snagging himself an Old Forester 1920, Hamish wonders why there aren’t more nods to the past in today’s whisky making excitement. As he ponders, he dives into his Glencairn time machine and skips back 100 years to US Prohibition time.

When entering ballots for a whisky you can often face difficult odds - and difficult questions. Broddy gets lucky in his province for a Kilkerran Cask Strength Sherry and shares his thoughts on how he came to get it as well as the bottle itself.

Dougie, being Dougie, enjoys the deep-dives into individual distilleries and wonders why no one has been shouting the charms of Tomatin at him? Could this be his new whisky hole?

Fizzy fruity fun from a surprise wine cask

Tasty peated whisky with nicely rounded edges. Bad bottle design.

Ireland meets Scotland in more than one way.