Scottish malt whisky

Wooden barrels of Scotch sit on a shelf in a storage area

How much will a 25% tariff hurt sales of Scotch?

Distillers — and consumers — are worried about the impact of a 25% tariff on exports of Scottish whisky to the US.

An advertisement for Suntory Holding's Kakubin whisky is displayed at a station in Tokyo on January 14, 2014.

Move over, Scotland — Japan is claiming single malt supremacy

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Olaf Meier

How a German banker tasted his way into an ambassadorship — for Scotch whisky

Lifestyle & Belief

London Distillery Company Readies for the Return of Whiskey

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Old Pulteney Wins World Whisky of the Year Honor

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Speyside is the answer to our Geo Quiz. Scientists in Scotland say they’ve created a new bio-fuel made from the by-products of whiskey. Professor Martin Tangeny is at Edinburgh Napier University. He speaks to anchor Katy Clark about his team’s creation.

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Artic whiskey

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Researchers have recovered five crates of whisky belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, They’ve been embedded in ice for over a century. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Richard Paterson, Master Blender at Whyte and Mackay.

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Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to our Geo Quiz today is Ross Island, Antarctica, where some whiskey bottles have been buried in ice for over a century. Richard Paterson at Whyte & Mackay’s distillery tells Marco Werman about the quest to salvage some of that vintage scotch.

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