
Two Roberts, two whiskies: Annandale’s decade in a dram
After a century of silence, Annandale Distillery is back – and its first 10-year-old single malts are ready to tell their story. Named after Robert the Bruce and Robert Burns, these whiskies carry the soul of Scotland’s forgotten Lowland peat

Kentucky Kings Sazerac give Brits the chance to buy their own barrel of bourbon
The powerhouse behind cult favourites like Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare, is launching its Single Barrel Select Programme in Britain, offering enthusiasts the chance to handpick their own cask from the legendary warehouses of Kentucky

Putting the dram into drama
As the curtain rises on Act II of The Macbeth Collection, Gordon Thomson talks to the team behind one of whisky’s most original and artistically ingenious series

The Last Sipper with Martha Dalton
On International Women’s Day, Martha Dalton, the CEO and co-founder of Never Say Die bourbon, shares her love of English single malts, Michael Sheen and the Sugababes

London’s best bars for drinking bourbon
Neat, on the rocks, or in a killer cocktail. From basement speakeasies to opulent lounges, Barley’s guide to 10 bars in the capital where the bourbon drinking is beyond compare

The Last Sipper with Georgie Bell
The Heart Cut founder on the book she’s been inspired by, her favourite whisky bars in the world – and the Mexican taco joint that will knock your socks off

10 great whisky festivals from around the world to book for 2025
From Kentucky to Dublin, and Paris to Islay, there’s a host of great whisky shindigs happening this year. What are you waiting for? Here’s where to go and how to book

How the water of life poured back into Port Ellen
Nina Caplan travelled to Islay to witness the rebirth of one of the island’s most romantic and revered distilleries - and found a thriving culture where that distinctive whisky is flowing abundantly again

Barley’s Hall of Whisky Fame: Jane MacGregor
In a new occasional series we salute the remarkable men and women, past and present, who have driven change and done outstanding work for whisky that stands the test of time

Sky’s the limit – a year in the life of Port of Leith distillery
It’s a cloud-busting marvel of engineering and the UK’s first vertical distillery. As Port of Leith celebrates a year open to the public, ‘Diplomatic Division’ team member Anna Lou Larkin reveals the highs, woes and thrills

The Last Sipper with Jakub Niziolek
Nattily attired and generous with his expertise, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s Jakub Niziolek is a popular figure in the members’ room at the club’s London base. Barley popped along to ask him about his whisky passions

Sour mash, sweet music
Bourbon whiskey, glittering rhinestones, blistered hogs and cool Country music – Chris Moss goes on tour in Nashville and finds the stetson still mighty but a buzzy new culture riding in over the skyline

The Twelve Drams of Christmas
We’ve scoured the globe, we’ve sipped, scribbled and selected. Yes, it’s Barley’s annual festive dozen — 12 fantastic bottles for your Christmas cabinet, with something to suit every taste, style, region and pocket

From Kentucky to Hoxton
A dazzling new Bourbon bar in London is pure whiskey paradise, discovered Heather Storgaard, who zipped along to taste some historic pours from the fabled stable of Yellowstone

Fruits of labour: How Fielden made the mighty Hedgerow
Fielden’s first limited edition release Hedgerow is inspired by the damsons, sloe berries, hazel trees, rosehip and wild apples found in the English countryside

The Last Sipper with Joel Harrison
The spirits writer and presenter on the whisky that gets his tastebuds tingling, and his favourite Soho hangout

Exclusive: Limited edition ‘Secrets of Smoke’ from Compass Box in time for Christmas
A special limited edition release from Compass Box unveils the secret sweetness behind peated malts

Barley culture: Alice Lascelles
Our favourite people on the things they like, that you might like too: this month, the award-winning drinks writer and columnist on an epic novel, her favourite blended whisky and the special place she retreats to

A vine romance: Whisky and Port’s joyful union
The Dalmore’s epic new Port Edition is forged in Scotland and finessed in the feted Douro valley wine region. For Anna Lou Larkin, a Glaswegian with a Portuguese grandfather, this was a magical marriage too good to resist

English whisky’s field of dreams
The centuries old Christian and Pagan tradition of Lammas Day has been resurrected by Fielden whisky to honour the harvest and sow a new way of making whisky – with heritage grains once used by the Vikings. Tom Pattinson joins the happy throng
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The Last Sipper
Hollywood legend Brian Cox invites Barley’s Tom Pattinson into his home to talk about the drams that changed his life - and what he really thinks about tasting notes…
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