Dram by Dram
The Scotch whisky tasting journal

Every dram has a story. Keep them all.

A tasting log and field guide to every distillery in Scotland, by J. Dryburgh. Write it down in the journal, tick it off in the free app, and bring your whisky trip home with you.

165Scottish distilleries
6whisky regions
90tasting pages
1map to tick off
The cover of Dram by Dram, a black cover with an amber outline map of Scotland
The book

A journal that knows its Laphroaig from its Lagavulin

A 6 × 9 inch softcover in full colour, made for the bag, the bar and the long drive north.

90

Tasting pages

Each one has a flavour web, a colour scale from pale straw to mahogany, nose, palate and finish, cask, ABV with US proof, and a score out of 100.

165

Every distillery, mapped

An original map of Scotland marking every working distillery, a Speyside close-up, and a directory to tick off what you've tasted and visited.

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Say it like a Scot

Pronunciation from Bunnahabhain to Craigellachie, plus casks and sizes, cask finishing, the angels' share and how to read a label.

Inside pages of the journal showing a tasting page
Inside the journal
The distillery map and directory pages
The map and directory
Guide pages on regions, casks and pronunciation
The field guide
The free companion app

Your whisky trail, in your pocket

  • ✓
    Log every dram
    Flavour web, colour, notes, score and a photo of the bottle. Scotch, Irish, bourbon, Japanese and more.
  • ◎
    Tick off the map
    Every Scottish distillery, plus maps of Ireland, England & Wales, the USA and Japan.
  • ★
    Collect Whisky Passport stamps
    Thirty to earn, from "Islay complete" to "Kanpai!"
  • →
    Plan the trip
    A day-by-day planner, distilleries near you, festivals and independent whisky shops.
  • ◆
    Host a tasting night
    Blind flights for friends, with a reveal at the end.
TastedVisitedTasted & visited

Free, no sign-up. Works on any phone: open it, then choose Add to Home Screen.

The app's journal page with drams logged and passport stampsYour journal
The distillery map with tasted and visited dotsEvery distillery, mapped
The Whisky Passport with earned stampsWhisky Passport
The trip planner with Islay distilleries by dayTrip planner
A single dram with its flavour webEvery detail of a dram
Scotland from the air

The country in the glass

Pointed peaks rising above low cloud
Peaks above the clouds
A long sea loch dotted with islands
Sea lochs and islands of the west
White sand beaches and turquoise water on the west coast
Silver Sands of Morar
A snow-streaked mountain ridge
Snow on the high tops
The snowy summit of Ben Nevis above Glen Nevis
Ben Nevis, above Glen Nevis

Photographs by J. Dryburgh.

On the whisky trail

Where to go next

The app carries the full festival calendar, 31 independent whisky shops and a trip planner. A few favourites to get you started:

Late April to early May

Spirit of Speyside

Days of distillery tours, tastings and ceilidhs across the heart of whisky country.

Late May

Fèis Ìle, Islay

Islay's festival of music and malt, when each distillery takes a turn to open its doors.

3 October 2026

Falkland Whisky Festival

A brand-new village festival in Falkland, Fife, making its debut this year.

Dates are a guide and change each year, so check each festival's own website before you travel. Dram by Dram is independent and not affiliated with any festival, shop or distillery.

The journal presented as a gift
For the whisky lover in your life

A keepsake for the traveller, a gift for the enthusiast

It opens with a light-hearted ode to the dram and a page for the owner's name, then fills up with a lifetime of tasting notes.