BROWSE · BY DISTILLERY
Twenty-six houses.
A distillery is a set of decisions repeated until they become a signature.
Still shape, cut points, cask policy, warehouse climate — none of it is accidental, and all of it is repeatable. Learn one house properly and every bottle it makes starts to make sense.
Ireland
3 DISTILLERIESScotland
8 DISTILLERIESLagavulin
/scotland/lagavulin
Islay's most patient peat.
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Ardbeg
/scotland/ardbeg
The peaty paradox — 55ppm and still sweet.
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The Macallan
/scotland/macallan
Sherry-seasoned oak and natural colour.
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GlenDronach
/scotland/glendronach
Oloroso and PX bombs — Highland, not Speyside.
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Springbank
/scotland/springbank
The most traditional distillery in Scotland.
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Laphroaig
/scotland/laphroaig
Medicinal, iodine, unmistakable.
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Talisker
/scotland/talisker
Sea-spray and black pepper from Skye.
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Caol Ila
/scotland/caol-ila
The gentle Islay — grassy smoke and citrus.
1 REVIEWEDVIEW →
United States
8 DISTILLERIESMichter's
/usa/michters
A system, not a mash bill. Home of our first Superior Rating.
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Buffalo Trace
/usa/buffalo-trace
Most awarded, most allocated.
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Heaven Hill
/usa/heaven-hill
More bottled-in-bond than anyone.
4 REVIEWEDVIEW →
Four Roses
/usa/four-roses
Ten recipes, one distillery.
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Wild Turkey
/usa/wild-turkey
Jimmy and Eddie Russell, low and slow.
3 REVIEWEDVIEW →
WhistlePig
/usa/whistlepig
Vermont rye, estate oak.
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Jack Daniel's
/usa/jack-daniels
The Lincoln County Process, and Nearest Green.
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Maker's Mark
/usa/makers-mark
Wheated, and it's whisky without the e.
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Japan
5 DISTILLERIESYamazaki
/japan/yamazaki
Japan's first malt distillery, 1923.
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Hakushu
/japan/hakushu
The forest malt — green and lightly peated.
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Yoichi
/japan/yoichi
Coal-fired stills on the Hokkaido coast.
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Chichibu
/japan/chichibu
Ichiro Akuto's tiny, fiercely independent craft house.
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Suntory
/japan/suntory
The blending house behind Hibiki and Toki.
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