THE SCIENCE OF SMOKE IN COCKTAILS

Increasingly used in cocktail recipes but often misunderstood, smoke is a versatile and valuable element to use in cocktails and especially with whisky bases.

We look at how the team at Johnnie Walker impart the celebrated signature smoke characteristics to their whiskies and consider how best to use smoke in cocktails.

BEHIND THE BARREL: AN INTERVIEW WITH EMMA WALKER

<p>Emma Walker is an expert whisky maker at Johnnie Walker – one of a small team of 12 craftsmen and women in Scotland tasked with the pursuit of blending excellence. After nearly 11 years at Johnnie Walker, we talk to Emma about a career in chemistry, changing whisky consumption and what it’s like to be a female whisky maker in the modern industry.

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WHISKY REGIONS OF SCOTLAND: PART 1

<p><em style="background-color: initial;">As the world’s leading source of Uisge Beathafor hundreds of years, there’s a lot of ground to cover when it comes to Scotland and its deep-rooted relationship with whisky. </em></p><p><em><ins></ins></em></p>