Indian Whisky Dethrones Diageo and Pernod Ricard Brands
Indian whisky brands have outperformed renowned distillery giants Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Indian spirits are changing the global whisky market and forcing established brands to reconsider marketing strategies and whisky components. No one expected the whisky distillery kings, Diageo and Pernod Ricard, to lose the throne. At least not to newcomers like India. This country […]
Bacardi Takes Control Of Teeling
A mere six years after investing in the Dublin-based Irish whiskey-making Teeling Distillery, Bermuda-based Bacardi has taken majority control of the distiller. The percentage of Bacardi’s ownership stake was undisclosed but founders Jack and Stephen Teeling will continue to own a percentage of the business and run day-to-day operations. Bacardi initially invested in The Teeling […]
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Odin Joins Highland Park’s Valhalla Collection
Highland Park Distillery has released their Odin whisky for their Norse heritage-inspired Valhalla Collection. Odin, a 16-Year-Old single malt, joins previously released Freya, Loki and Thor whiskies. Odin was bottled at 55.8% alcohol content [111.6 proof] and its 17,000 bottles are available this month.
Urban Orchard Cider Makes Debut Using Citified Apples
There’s a new cider sheriff in town and its name is Urban Orchard. The new cider from Hakes of London is unique as its apples are partially derived from those donated and grown in urban areas. Specifically, Urban Orchard uses Braeburn, Bramley, Cox, Gala, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Jonagold along with the mystery donated apples to produce their 4.5% alcohol content cider. Urban Orchard cider is currently available in the […]
Carlsberg Beer Has The Time Of Its Life
Carlsberg Beer likes to imagine a world where beer – specifically, its beer – is at the center of every supermarket’s universe…
Third Time’s A Charm For The Glenrothes – Single Cask 1968
The Glenrothes has released the third in their Single Cask series of single malt Scotch whisky – The Glenrothes Extraordinary Single Cask 1968. Following in the footsteps of the releases of Single Casks from 1969 and 1970, the 1968 Single Cask from The Glenrothes emerged from a second-fill hogshead cask which began maturing on November 19, 1968. The end result was 145 bottles of single malt Scotch whisky with 41.9% […]
Europe Has Yer Kilbeggan Right Here
Kilbeggan Eight-Year-Old single grain Irish whiskey is being launched but will only be available to European-based travel retail outlets. The whiskey is currently Ireland’s only aged single grain Irish whiskey made from 100% corn and touts a 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. Kilbeggan Eight-Year-Old single grain Irish whiskey is available in European travel retail outlets beginning in February 2015.
Redbreast Hits The Stillhouse
Redbreast Mano a Lamh [“hand in hand” in combined Spanish and Gaelic] single pot still Irish whiskey is available in a limited amount to a limited group this month. The whiskey has been matured solely in former Oloroso sherry butts [as opposed to a combination of American bourbon and Spanish sherry butts] and is bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Only 2000 bottles of Redbreast Mano a Lamh will […]
1975 Was A Very Good Year For ancCnoc
1974 was a good year for the Highland single malt Scotch whisky industry but 1975 was a very good year – specifically for anCnoc – who has released a 1975 Vintage that was produced from a mere three casks at anCnoc’s Knockdhu Distillery. Those three casks were both Spanish and American oak casks that are said to produce whisky with notes of spice, green apple, fruitcake, orange peel, toffee and […]
Bourdain Teams Up With The Balvenie
In a match reminiscent of the Super Bowl’s Left Shark and Right Shark, noted celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain, will join up with noted whisky, The Balvenie, to create a partnership that will produce an online series called “Raw Craft”, hosted by Bourdain, that features craftspeople in the USA. “Raw Craft” is currently scheduled to run from February 2015 through May 2016.
Hilhaven Whisky On Hold While Lawsuits Flung About
Hilhaven Whisky, an intended high-end whisky from spirits giant Diageo and Hollywood producer Brett Ratner, is temporarily on hold while the pair fend off a lawsuit from Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky which claims that the impending whisky will be confused with its low-end bourbon. Hilhaven is named after the Beverly Hills residence Ratner owns called Hilhaven Lodge which was once owned in the 1940s by Ingrid Bergman and the […]
Federalist 12 Whiskey Coming Next Week
Journeyman Distillery in Michigan will be releasing their Federalist 12 whiskey – a special rye whiskey – next week. Federalist 12 commemorates Alexander Hamilton’s so-called Federalist 12 essay, a pre-cursor to the famed Whiskey Rebellion, in which he proposed a tax on whiskey. The rye whiskey produced by Journeyman Distillery is said to closely resemble the recipe that was once enjoyed by the nation’s first president, George Washington. Less than […]
Glen Grant 50-Year-Old Surfaces In Japan Next Month
Ten bottles of Glen Grant 50-Year-Old will be sold in Japan next month. Only 150 bottles of the single malt Scotch whisky were made available worldwide and 10 of those will be sold by Asahi Breweries. The whisky began the maturing process in a single sherry cask in October 1963 and was bottled in November 2013 and is said to have notes of orange and baked apples. When they go […]
Gronk Win Super Bowl, Gronk Drink Fireball
After winning the Super Bowl in dramatic fashion, the New England Patriots held the obligatory celebratory parade during which ardent fans toss alcoholic items to Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski to drink, or rather, chug. One of these was a mini-bottle of Fireball, ahem, whiskey. Whisky – and even, whiskey – aficionados deplore the cinnamon-flavored, anti-freeze-based liquid but Gronk has no problem tossing it down the gullet before finishing it […]
Prohibition Era Moonshine Whiskey Reincarnated In Manhattan
Jump in your H.G. Wells time machine and travel back to 1930s USA with the introduction of Manhattan Moonshine – a “Prohibition-style” un-aged white whiskey. Manhattan Moonshine uses oats, rye and spelt during the creation of its clear whiskey, uncolored by the standard, typical barrel-aging process, to produce a less-heavily noted spirit that is more suitable for cocktail destinations than straight up imbibing. Manhattan Moonshine is currently scheduled to become […]
Caple Rd Canned Craft Cider Appears Next Month
Weston has launched Caple Rd Cider – a new craft cider in a can. Caple Rd Cider has 5.2% alcohol content, uses the juice of English apples and is matured in oak for 18 months. Caple Rd Cider will be available – mostly in the UK – for $6 per can in February 2015.
Nestdrop Provides Super Bowl Booze Delivery If You Live In Los Angeles
If you plan on watching the Super Bowl and you are lucky enough to live in Los Angeles while doing it then if you – horrors! – run low on alcohol while watching the Patriots and Seahawks maul each other, Nestdrop has your back. The LA-based delivery service will be offering a 15% discount only available to Los Angeles residents from now until the end of the game on Sunday. […]
Cider And Irish Whiskey – Like Peanut Butter And Jelly
Magners has paired Irish Whiskey with traditional cider for a new Irish Whiskey-infused cider with a 5.5% alcohol content. Every 500-ml bottle of Magner’s cider will contain 25-ml worth of Irish whiskey. Magners’ Irish whiskey-infused cider will be available in the UK in February 2015.
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