The Nose Knows: Drinking 50 Year Old Whisky For Breakfast With Richard Paterson

Being in the same room with Richard Paterson, master blender for Whyte & Mackay and, most famously, the Dalmore single malt, is always an experience worth writing about. He’s one of the most entertaining, knowledgeable, hilariously opinionated, and revered members of the Scotch whisky world. He’s been doing his thing for over a half-century now, and his passion for making beautiful whisky has never flagged. You’ll get a taste of his personality from this article I wrote for HuffPost about a 9 AM tasting we had, one-on-one, of the Dalmore’s 50 Year Old expression.