An experimental camper van trip around Scotland’s west coast affords Dougie the chance to get to know an excellent release from Ardnamurchan. It also affords us the chance to travel with him. Come for the score, get hooked by the words, stay for the images. Wow.

Trash or treasure? Well, that depends hugely on the whisky, but also very much upon who we are and what we like. This is certainly Broddy’s trash, so is it Wally’s treasure? Strap in.

Visiting his favourite semi-local distillery once more, Ogilvie finally has to address an issue we all recognise - fanboy syndrome. Follow along this this review of Old Line’s Moscatel Cask Finished American Single Malt

In what’s becoming something of a theme on Dramface, we have another auction success story, this time three of ‘em, as Broddy steals a trio of pretty Wemyss single casks.

Sherry depth is rare in budget bottlings, so while Ramsay is searching for some light ABV summer sippers he dodges the overpriced Glencadam 18yo in favour of two of their budget-friendly NAS sherry finished expressions, with surprising results.

Frustrated by all the talk of auction trials and tribulations, Ogilvie gives in to his FOMO with a dabble in North American auctions. Sticking rigidly to his guns, he snags a rare and peachy Ardmore.

It’s impossible to keep up with 49 new distilleries producing malt in England since 2006, so Ramsay takes stock while checking out his new ‘local’ distillery, Weetwood and The Cheshire.

Earie enjoys a delicious indie Glenglassaugh that’s right up his street on flavour and presentation while pondering why the recent official releases chose to go all ChatGPT.

Value propositions are becoming harder to find, so let it be known that in Auld Doog’s opinion this 2023 The Ileach Cask Strength whisky, if you fancy a fairly priced smoker of an evening, delivers solid bang for buck.

Never one to easily turn down a good deal, Broddy springs for one of his favoured Bruichladdich peated Port Charlottes with the recent sauternes cask SC:01. Did it live up to expectation? Well, yes, with a caveat.

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.

Blending whisky is a genuine art form that demands maximum respect. Dougie signed up to try a session himself in Campbeltown. From lunch to jelly legs, he takes us vividly along.

At 65.4% ABV this beast is asking to be doused with a firehose. Arthur goes all-out on testing the adding-water-at-home thing only to make a surprising discovery that’ll probably resonate with many of us.

It may be the height of summer for us ‘up North’, but for Tyree it’s time for crackling fires, clean sherry-bombs, and time to reflect upon the things that matter.

Isle of Raasay reached out to share a bottle of their Manzanilla-matured Distillery Exclusive, we arranged that it went to the Doog for analysis and (a particularly pleasing) photographic study. This is how we manage donated bottles.

A tale of a Canadian wedding with zero whisky expectations turns out an antique Chivas experience for Broddy and his travelling family, but what’s the vintage?

Once more we visit the topic of nostalgia through our whisky-glass lens, specifically a bottle that was easily one of the most solid bang-for-buck malts for years. It seems that has changed, and Ogilvie can taste it.

Our resident Ardnamurchan gold-miner Dougie is once more battering the Glenbeg seam for the next amber nugget, surely it’s only a matter of time before he lands only on pyrite? Perhaps, but not yet.

It’s a funny thing, whisky. Earie swoops with excitement as a bottle of his long-fabled Arran 14yo suddenly appears at retail, while Hamish revisits his old bottle to wonder what all the fuss is about.

Trying hard to entertain and lead all his curious whisky friends, Ogilvie hits a challenge. One of ‘em is a particular sort who needs big and bold, preferably something that’s founded upon a ‘mashbill’. He gives in and serves up a cracker.