Welcome to Planet Whiskies - Bring you whiskies from around the world
This website will try to explain everything you need to know about our favourite tipple. I will explain all about the different kinds of whisky from the main whisky countries of the world and the types of whisky that are available. Starting from the famous world distilleries where the whisky is made to Scottish Single Malts and the type of blend they are, for example smoky, light, delicate and rich.
At Planet Whiskies I am always trying to make it easier for the readers of this website so I have changed how the Scottish Distilleries looks and feels. So in this section for Scottish Whisky Distilleries they all have a page to themselves where you can read all about each of the distilleries. Before with so many distilleries on each of the A to Z page listing it made it hard to keep adding content to each of the pages as some of the pages were becoming to long to scroll through the whole list. I will now be able to add more content to each of these pages and also include any latest whisky news that comes from each of the distilleries. This should help everyone to find out more about each of the distilleries and see their contact details and if they have any distillery tours. To see what I mean please go to the Scottish Whiskies Distilleries home page.
Single Malt Direct have launched an exciting new website, This is live chat, a new malt blog, Design Your Own Label and much, much more . Click here to find out more. Single Malt Direct have over 1200 single malts available and also whiskies from around the world. To see the full selection that Single Malt Direct have on offer and any special deals on whisky please go to www.singlemaltsdirect.com
On this site now I am putting together a full list of worldwide whiskies from distilleries throughout the world where you can buy your favourite dram. All the Scottish Blended whiskies have been completed and you will find them on Scottish Blended Whisky pages. There are well over 100 blends on these pages and you are sure to find the Scottish Blend that you are looking for. I have just started to price the Scottish Single Malts and I hope these malts will be done over the next few weeks. With over 1500 malts going to be priced and listed on this site you can imagine the task involved, but one worth doing for the readers of this site and one that will bring much more interaction about each of the whiskies than a lot of other whisky site who just put a price on the bottle with a link to buy. You can also see now a large number of Scottish Grain Whiskies and I have been receiving so many email world-wide saying that they did not know there was so many to choose from. There are around 100 American Bourbons, American Corn Whiskies and American Tennessee Whiskies to view and buy if you wish. I also plan in the near future to include a section where you can buy all your whisky glassware. This section will be appearing over the next few weeks so please remember to visit back soon to see what has been updated.
New to Planet Whiskies - Highland Park 18 Year Old Tasting VIdeo
See the latest Highland Park YouTube video relating to there 18 Year Old Malt. This video tells you all about the malt and aftertaste and why it has been voted 'Best Spirit in World' five year running - Watch NOW
Blended and Grain whiskies are written about in detail on this site. As I am Scottish myself I know a lot of the brands in Scotland, but this website is about all the different types of whisky that are available around the world and I will be writing about whiskies that are Irish, Welsh, Australian, American, Canadian and of course Japanese which is up and coming and gaining large recognition within the industry. As there are a few spellings of whisky around the world, there will only be one that I will use on this website. So whiskey the local name for this product in some countries will not be used even when I am describing their products. A few countries do spell whisky the Scottish way such as Japanese, Canadian and Indian, with the last two because of being involved with the British Empire. Japanese whisky is spelt the Scottish way because the first person to distil whisky learned the trade in Scotland.
It is important to mentions that on this website I will be writing about all the distilleries in the world. But large parts of this website will be about the Scottish Whisky industry and the famous distilleries that are present like The Glenrothes Distillery, Glengoyne Distillery, Isle of Jura distilleries, Highland Park Distillery on Orkney, Glenmorangie Distillery and of course the Ardbeg Distillery. All these distilleries can be read about in the Latest News Section on this website where you will find out about all the latest news in the whisky industry, but more Scottish Whisky Distilleries can be read about on the Scottish Whisky Distilleries pages on this site. Some of the distilleries do not have a great deal of information relating to them as they have been closed or dismantled over the years, but this website still writes about their history whenever possible and this can bring the readers of this site even more knowledge of the Scottish Whisky industry.
Master Distiller of Diageo - Keith Law
There are now two special pages on this website all about the views of Keith Law, the Master Distiller at Diageo. First page is about Blended Whisky and Food which goes into detail how to mix whisky with food and the second page is a question and answer session relating to Keith's past experiences with whisky and his thought on the whisky industry in general. Both of these pages bring a insight into how a Master Distiller works at one of the largest whisky companies in the world. Enjoy both pages and if you have any comments relating to either pages please email Planet Whiskies and I will post your comments on this website.
There is also a special page on this site stating everything you need to know about the the Benromach Distillery in Speyside. This page is full of history and you can also view the tasting notes of just some of the malts that were produced at the Benromach Distillery. So please browse through these distillery pages and there are plenty of interesting facts and contact details for over 100 whisky distilleries in Scotland. There are also pages of world distilleries where you can see the likes of the Jack Daniel's Distillery in American, the Yamazaki Distillers in Japan and The Irishman Distillery in Ireland . There are also distillery information from other whisky producing countries like Canada, India and Wales.
If you would like to have your distillery or whisky brand mentioned on this website please email myself details and I would be happy to add links to other whiskies website so this site can be a directory for readers of the internet regarding whisky. This is a free service and can only be good for both parties as it gives your whisky brand more access to the Internet and help Planet Whiskies to become a truly international whisky site.
This is a great live broadcast on Planet Whiskies from Laphroaig and Maker's Mark Masterclass- Live from Loretto, Kentucky!
This is a must view if your interested in the whisky industry and very informative for everyone concerned with whisky. There is also a question and answer part to this live broadcasts with guests from around the whisky world. The whole video last for over 40 minutes and talks in details about different whiskies. There is also a questions and answers in writing on this page for easy reading. Click to view this live broadcast now.
It is important to Planet Whiskies to bring the users of this site the latest news regarding whisky and any whisky promotions that are happening in the whisky world. In the near future more in-depth details will be appear on this site from leading whisky distilleries to whisky tours in Scotland and finally around the world. This will include the Bourbon whisky trail and any other tours that have a whisky theme. Also accommodation links will appear for local bed and breakfast and hotels near distilleries. You can browse through the hotels and bed and breakfast in the Scottish Highlands by going the Accommodation in the Scottish Highlands section on the site. If you are looking for accommodation in Campbeltown please visit the page relevant on this site for Accommodation in Campbeltown. There is also a section for accommodation in Islay and Jura and if you are going to visit Scottish Speyside region you must visit the Accommodation section for the Speyside region of Scotland. This will them make it possible for you to plan your own whisky tour. There are great bed and breakfasts that just make you so welcome and also give you inside knowledge of whisky brands. They also have a great supply of local whisky brands that you can taste. The accommodation section on this site will be very exciting for me to do and will bring this site an exciting new area to cover which I hope you all agree with.
I have just added a page on Planet Whiskies about the Rampant Scotland website. Please read more about the creation of this site at Rampant Scotland on Planet Whiskies
Latest Whisky News from The Famous Grouse - The Famous Grouse invests in new packaging - 18th June 2010
The Famous Grouse has invested in a complete packaging update for its award winning blended Scotch whisky as it enters its 30th year as Scotland’s number one whisky.
The new design, which will be phased in from June 2010, marks the start ... - Click to read more all the latest news on Planet Whiskies
Scottish Single Malts Available on Planet Whiskies
View Malts from Loch Lomond Distillery including brand names Inchfad, Inchmurrin, Croftengea and Inchmoan
