South Africa

Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky

While not known for whisky on the international stage, South Africa has been the home of wine, gin, and beer for a great many years. The James Sedgwick distillery was founded in 1853 in Wellington but didn’t start to gain more attention until former English cricketer Andy Watts was made Master Distiller in 1991. Having trained at distilleries in Scotland, he saw the potential to further develop the distillery’s existing brand, Three Ships, throughout the 90s and early 2000’s. He launched Bain’s Cape Mountain in 2009, a single grain whisky made from South African maize. Named after Andrew Geddes Bain, Andy helped introduce South African whisky to the wider world. Thanks Andy!

By Adam | October 30, 2018 | Foreign | No Comments |

To celebrate World Whisky Day this year, we decided to go back to some countries we’ve visited before and deepen our explorations of what whisky can be, perhaps in ways we don’t usually feature. Five years of holding these tastings and exploring the world of whisky via social media and in-person has taught us whisky can be so much more than we’d have ever dreamed of when we first began our respective journeys. For the first time ever, Scotchology is absorbing the costs of the featured whiskies so that all proceeds will benefit two local charities.

By Adam | April 22, 2018 | Musings | No Comments |