The Whisky Journal

Pour a dram of your favourite Club whisky, pull up your comfy chair and indulge in some quality whisky prose.

Cask strength whisky

This is The Whisky Club's guide to cask strength whisky. Here we explain different whisky strengths, where water is added and how to drink cask strength whiskies.

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