Whisky stories

Your guide to shopping for whisky in Birmingham this Christmas.

As we explore new beginnings and an exciting future at Grain & Glass, we wanted to introduce you to our new team. In the first of several features, we take some time to get to know Renata, one of our whisky specialists and organiser of events at Grain & Glass.

Venerable distilleries have earned our trust with a history of quality drams; we know what to expect and their legacy in the industry means their brands are synonymous with whisky itself. However, as the exciting world of whisky skyrockets in popularity, new distilleries are opening and bravely defining their own signature in a market full of industry giants.

This week we're having a bit of a reminisce about how far we've come since we started out in 2011, when we started as a small tasting events company. Before lockdown and over the last few weeks since we’ve been back, we’ve been working hard on this new website, new products, and new cocktail menu, plus chatting about the story of the Club over the years...

Over the last few years we’ve seen a rise in malt whisky being made in England. We don’t have the heritage of our whisky-making neighbours of Ireland and Scotland, but the tide is turning...

The Isle of Islay is the beautiful island off the West Coast of Scotland. It has garnered almost mythical fame due to its nine working distilleries, and as such heralds visitors from the four corners of the world who travel to sample the ‘liquid sunshine’ they produce.