Gordon & MacPhail has released a 1948 Glen Grant whisky as part of their Private Collection series. The Glen Grant 1948 was aged in a first-fill Sherry butt before being bottled at 48.6% alcohol by volume [97.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of black pepper, orange and smoke. Get out your wallet because […]
Vermont-based WhistlePig has announced that they have sold a minority stake in their company to the Chicago-headquartered BDT investment firm ostensibly to enhance their international stature. WhistlePig’s partnership with BDT also signals the complete departure of co-founder Raj Bhakta, who retired in 2017 and has “now fully exited his remaining stake”. WhistlePig was founded in […]
Old Forester is releasing their Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye Whisky. Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye is based on a 1940 recipe for Normandy rye and is composed of 65% rye, 20% malted barley and 15% corn and is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof]. Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye is being made […]
Diageo and HBO have teamed up to produce a range of single malt Scotch whiskies in celebration of the eighth and final series of “Game of Thrones” – which will debut on April 14, 2019. The collection features eight whiskies, each matching one of the show’s Houses of Westeros, as well as the Night’s Watch. […]
Virginia-based distiller Copper Fox is getting sassy in 2019 with the release of their Copper Fox Sassy single malt 100% rye whisky. Copper Fox Sassy Rye was distilled with 100% Virginia rye grains, floor-malted and smoked with Virginia sassafras wood, aged in new oak Bourbon barrels that contain applewood oak chips, then finishing in a […]
Douglas Laing has joined Dewar’s in celebrating the Year of the Pig, the Chinese New Year, with a trio of limited edition single cask whiskies – a 2007 Old Particular Bunnahabhain and a 2007 Old Particular Glengoyne and a 1995 XOP Craigellachie – all were from previous Years of the Pig. The XOP Craigellachie was […]
Dewar’s is preparing for the upcoming [February 5, 2019] Year of the Pig, the Chinese New Year, with a specially-themed travel retail-exclusive tin containing Dewar’s 18-Year-Old. The Year of the Pig, Chinese New Year-themed Dewar’s 18-Year-Old has been aged in oak casks and bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to […]
There is a new whisky festival coming for 2019 – The Highland Whisky Festival, which will be held from May 12-20, 2019 – and showcase distilleries along Scotland’s North Coast 500 route. Distilleries taking part in the inaugural Highland Whisky Festival are: Balblair, Clynelish, Glenmorangie, Old Pulteney, The Dalmore, The Singleton of Glen Ord, Tomatin […]