WEEKLY WHISKY NEWSFriday, 4th December 2025
Read on to get your weekly dose of news all about the UK’s latest whisky launches.
Every Friday we will bring you a quick round up of everything you need to know about what’s new in the world of whisky.
Whisky Milestones: Wire Works Takes Top Honours as Benriach Unveils 31 Year Old Art Collaboration
For the first time, spirits retailer The Whisky Exchange, has awarded its Whisky of the Year for 2026 to an English single malt. Wire Works Bourbon Barrel from White Peak Distillery in Derbyshire impressed judges in a blind tasting dominated by Scottish contenders. Read More
Benriach partnered with generative artist Stefano Contiero to release a 31 year old single malt, the first in its new Shades of Smoke collection. Distilled in 1994, the Speyside whisky highlights the gentle side of Benriach’s smoky style. Read More
Exceptional Releases: Rare Casks and Exclusive Collaborations Across the Whisky World
Twin whiskies distilled on the same day in 1994 at Glendronach Distillery were revealed in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s latest Creators Collection release. The limited-edition Diptych pair explores symmetry and contrast through two 30 year old single casks from the same origin. Read More
Independent bottler, Rare Find, closed its 10th anniversary with a 42 year old single cask single malt from Caol Ila Distillery. Taken from refill hogshead #1288, the whisky celebrates the company’s roots, returning to the distillery that produced its very first bottling. Read More
The Glasgow Distillery announced a new limited-edition collaboration with The Whisky Shop. Glasgow 1770 The Whisky Shop Exclusive is a 9 year-old peated single malt matured for three years in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels and then six years and three months in a virgin American white oak hogshead from Kentucky’s Kelvin Cooperage. Read More
