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Connor McGregor, former Mixed Martial Arts World Champion, and larger than life media personality, has come under scrutiny for his attempts to leverage his massive social media base to sell Irish Whiskey.

Queen Margot was the subject of text messages and Facebook notifications in the last week, all from enthusiastic whisky-loving friends questioning whether an eight-year-old blend from a budget supermarket could really have just been named the ‘best whisky in the world’. At least, that’s what the national press were reporting. In a world of ever-inflating whisky prices, where a bottle of Macallan 1926 recently sold for over £1 million, at just £13 a bottle the headlines sounded too good to be true. They were.

A bottle of 1926 Macallan 60-year-old, featuring a label designed by Sir Peter Blake, is expected to fetch up to £700,000 when it is auctioned in Edinburgh next month. The single malt has been consigned by a UK collector, who…

Isle of Raasay distillery has launched pre-orders for its still-maturing inaugural single malt, which is set to be delivered to buyers in 22 months time – shortly before Christmas 2020. The distillery has earmarked 40 ex-Bourbon barrels full of maturing…

Johnnie Walker Experience vision has been revealed as Diageo submitted plans to develop a seven-storey Johnnie Walker attraction on Princes Street in Edinburgh.  The plans feature a rooftop bars and a retail space alongside a ‘multi-sensory, immersive’ visitor experience. The proposal devotes three of the former…

Isle of Raasay distillery has launched 30-litre casks of its Raasay single malt for purchase, in a bid to make its first expression ‘more accessible’ to whisky enthusiasts. Made from ex-Speyside Scotch whisky oak casks, the smaller casks will sit…

Tomorrow sees the opening of the new €10 million Liberties Irish whiskey distillery and visitor centre in Dublin’s Liberties district. The Dublin Liberties distillery is now the third Irish whiskey distillery, and the fourth whiskey visitor experience in the Irish capital.…

Local council permission has been given to allow construction work to begin on restoring the disused Rosebank distillery in Falkirk, 25 years after it first closed. Rosebank Distillery, which was first built on the banks of the Forth & Clyde…