Warning. Nick will likely score this harshly. After a life-changing Ben Nevis epiphany, nothing has matched since. Tyree steps in to help on this Blackadder Ingelred 18yo.

In trying to understand why Ben Nevis is such a ‘connoisseur’s malt’ Ainsley assembles a trio of indies and pours them alongside each other for a cosy night hiding from the Parisian rain.

While confessing to some obsessions when it comes to things of a Japanese origin, Gilbert is puzzled as to why it’s taken him five years to get through a bottle of Nikka’s Hibiki Harmony

Tyree tries to de-mystify the art of blending to replicate an elusive Japanese malt without breaking the bank.

It’s complex, it’s savoury — it’s bliss

Three solid iterations from one of the Highlands’ most characterful distilleries

It won the award for Best Blended Whisky for a reason.

Coire Leis; can’t quite face down the classic 10