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There’s a lot of content on Whisky & Wisdom.  (Over 220 feature articles, in fact!)  This page is a quick shortcut to our best whisky articles and feature pieces.

What makes a post or article one of our “best”?  We’ve relied on Google Analytics to see which articles have the most number of hits and reads; we’ve looked at which articles got the most number of shares & likes on Facebook; we’ve looked at the most number of re-tweets on Twitter; likes and re-posts on Instagram; and the articles that received the most feedback and comments.

Click on each link below to go straight to the article…

Educational, informative, and technical articles

Oxidation – Does whisky go off in the bottle?

The stink about sulphur

The complete guide to oak, casks, and whisky maturation

The complete guide to peat and peated whiskies

Corked whisky – fact or myth?

The whisky lover’s complete guide to sherry

Investing in whisky or buying a cask? What to look out for… 

Is whisky better or worse today than it was 20 years ago?

Bringing balance to the foreshots

The complete guide to non chill-filtered whisky

 

Editorial and opinion pieces

A rant: Is this whisky worth it?

The highs and lows of being a whisky brand ambassador

The changing face of whisky marketing

Six historical whiskies you MUST try

Is diversity bringing down the quality of whisky?

Some flak for whisky flipping

Too much information?

Trouble brewing for the Australian whisky industry?

The cask-strength blues 

Is the tide turning on the Scotch whisky industry?

Are you a whisky snob?

Scoring whisky – does it really add up? 

40% ABV whiskies – friend or foe?

Unknown heroes of the whisky industry

Parallel importing and its shades of grey

Which is the best Australian whisky?

 

Humour and interest pieces

The history of Scotch whisky in a funny four minute song!

Eight ways whisky tells you you’re getting older

10 fun whisky facts that are often misunderstood

The 1980’s heavy metal guide to whisky

10 ways to annoy a whisky nerd

Matching a whisky to every James Bond film 

19 rules for how to survive and get along in an online whisky group

 

Whisky travel, tourism, and info

10 things every whisky lover should know before heading to Scotland

The Top Six things to do on Speyside

Islay – Its distilleries and its whiskies

Visiting Scotland when your partner doesn’t like whisky?

The Top 6 whisky distilleries to visit before you die

 

Distillery focus articles 

Glenfiddich vs Glenlivet – who will win the heavyweight title bout?

Lagavulin or Laphroaig – which is better?

Macallan – The past, present, and future collide

Glenfarclas 105 versus Aberlour a’Bunadh

 

And if you’re looking for more whisky articles, just use the search feature – chances are we’ve written an article about whatever it is you’re seeking.

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