Maker’s Mark Jumps Through Hoops
Maker’s Mark has collaborated with Florida-based Unrivaled – the six-team women’s professional three-on-three basketball league founded in 2023 by WNBA players Napheesa Collins and Breanna Stewart – as the league’s first official spirits partner. The multi-year collaboration will provide Unrivaled ticket holders with Maker’s Mark experiences at various Unrivaled league arenas, including access to select […]
Cobblestone Gets Irished Up For The Holidays
Dublin-based Cobblestone has created Irished Up – the ‘world’s first’ cold brew Irish Coffee in a can – to help navigate the 2025 holiday season. Cobblestone’s ready-to-drink [RTD] Irished Up consists of Colombian coffee and small-batch Irish single malt whiskey [Cobblestone recently purchased a pair of Irish whiskey distilleries] and boasts 12.5% alcohol by volume […]
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Old Dominick Reveals Wheat Whiskey
Wheat whiskey is popular as Memphis, Tennessee-based Old Dominick Distillery joins the fray and has released a seven-year-old single barrel wheat whiskey. Old Dominick Seven-Year-Old Single Barrel Straight Wheat Whiskey The new straight wheat whiskey release was matured in Tennessee white oak barrels, has a mashbill consisting of 83% wheat, 12% corn, and 5% malted barley, was bottled at a whopping 62% alcohol by volume [124 proof] and is said […]
Maker’s Mark Debuts Wheat Whisky
Popular bourbon producer Maker’s Mark has ventured out into a wheat field and released their first wheat whisky – Star Hill Farm – the first wheat whisky from Maker’s Mark in the 70-year history of the company. Star Hill Farm Whisky 2025 uses a pair of mashbills: one comprised of 70% soft red winter wheat and 30% malted barley, and the other comprised of 100% malted soft red winter wheat, […]
The Glasgow Distillery Celebrates Their 10th Anniversary
The Glasgow Distillery has released a 10-year-old single malt whisky in honor of their 10th anniversary since producing their first cask of whisky. Although established in 2012, The Glasgow Distillery produced their first cask in 2015. The Glasgow Distillery 1770 10-year-old is an unpeated single malt whisky matured in a single refill ex-bourbon barrel, bottled at 54% alcohol by volume [108 proof] and is said to impart notes of cinnamon, […]
The Glen Grant Debuts Exploration Series
Speyside-based The Glen Grant has released their Exploration series, albeit, exclusively for global travel retail (GTR) market segment. The Glen Grant Exploration Series highlights James ‘The Major’ Grant’s knack for exploration and experimentation with cask finishes and The Glen Grant Exploration Series promotes packaging that emphasizes The Major’s global travels during the 19th century. The Glen Grant Exploration No. 1 single malt whisky was initially aged in ex-bourbon barrels, finished […]
Westward Whiskey Becomes The Latest Casualty Of The Industry
Portland, Oregon-based American single malt whiskeymaker Westward Whiskey became the latest casualty of the current environment in the spirits industry and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure the business. Originally founded in 2004 as one of only 30 craft distilleries in the USA, Westward Whiskey had made a name for itself in the American single malt whiskey category along with fellow independent American single malt whiskey brands such […]
Flooding Forces Buffalo Trace Distillery To Temporarily Close
Kentucky-based mega-distillery Buffalo Trace was forced to temporarily close this week due to flooding caused by heavy rain throughout the state of Kentucky. Flooding caused by the heavy rainstorms submerged the Buffalo Trace Distillery gift shop as the distillery released a statement announcing that it would be temporarily closing until at least Thursday, April 10, 2025. Owned by the Sazerac Company, Buffalo Trace Distillery produces numerous bourbon products including the […]
Glen Scotia Releases Limited Edition For Campbeltown Festival
Glen Scotia distillery has released their annual limited edition to support the Campbeltown Malts Festival, which takes place from May 19-24, 2025. The Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025 Edition is a nine-year-old heavily-peated single malt whisky, initially matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels then finished for six months in Spanish Ribera del Duero red wine casks before being bottled at 54.7% alcohol by volume [109.4 proof] and is said to […]
The Montana Distillery Shuts Down
The Montana Distillery has permanently closed, citing issues over supply and equipment. Located just south of Missoula in the small town of Stevensville, in western Montana, the distillery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after opening in 2012. The Montana Distillery had produced a range of spirits, including vodka, gin and whiskey. #Distillery #Whisky #Whiskey #Japanesewhiskey #Japanesewhisky #IrishWhiskey #scotchwhiskey #irishwhisky #Bourbon #scotch #ryewhisky #Whiskyadvocate #whiskymagazine #威士忌 #ウイスキー #위스키 #Singlemalt #cigars […]
Aberfeldy Distillery Promotes Whisky Explorer Tour
Highland-based Aberfeldy Distillery is promoting a new tour of their distillery for the 2025 season which they are calling the Whisky Explorer Experience. In addition to being the home of Aberfeldy single malt whisky, the distillery is also home to the popular Dewar’s brand of blended Scotch whisky, and the experience is intended to showcase both the Aberfeldy single malt as well as the history of Dewar’s. The tour features […]
Bowmore Reveals Latest Aston Martin Whisky Collaboration
Islay-based distillery Bowmore has released ARC-54, their second – and last – whisky in their ARC series collaboration with luxury automobile maker Aston Martin. Bowmore ARC-54 is a 54-year-old whisky distilled in November 1968 and presented in a handblown crystal decanter inspired by the design of Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercar. Bowmore ARC-54 was matured in both second-fill European oak sherry butts and third-fill American oak hogshead casks, with 61.8% European […]
Jack Daniel’s Travels Across The Pond With 10-Year-Old
Tennessee-based Jack Daniel’s travels across the pond with their 10-year-old Tennessee whiskey in an inaugural event for the distillery with their age statement whiskies. Jack Daniel’s new 10-year-old was created by maturing Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey in oak barrels that were moved about on various climate-controlled floors at the distillery’s warehouse. Jack Daniel’s 10-year-old Tennessee whiskey is a blend of 80% corn, 12% malted barley and 8% […]
The Macallan Hails Hong Kong
The Macallan has honored Hong Kong with their recent release of a limited edition single malt whisky as part of their Distil Your World series. Hong Kong’s entry in the series now joins others from London, Mexico and New York. The Macallan Distil Your World Hong Kong single malt was matured in select sherry-seasoned European oak hogsheads along with American oak casks and is said to impart notes of cinnamon, […]
Royal Salute Saddles Up With Polo Edition
Royal Salute has saddled up the ponies and released Rio de Janeiro Polo Edition – a 21-year-old blended Scotch whisky as the seventh addition to their annual Polo series, which was initially introduced in 2017. Royal Salute 21-year-old Rio de Janeiro Polo Edition is a nod toward the iconic Brazil city and is a 21-year-old blended Scotch whisky matured in American oak first fill casks from Braeval Distillery, and said […]
Harrison Ford Visits The Highlands In Latest Glenmorangie Promotion
Mega film star Harrison Ford [“Star Wars”, “Indiana Jones” and “Blade Runner”, just to name a few of his iconic roles] has visited Scotlands Highlands in his continued promotional collaboration with Glenmorangie, entitled “Once Upon a Time in Scotland”. The promotional campaign features Harrison in a 12-episode series filmed over three days in summer 2024 and in this eighth episode of the dozen – called “The Mountain” – Ford is […]
The Glenrothes Hammers Home 51-Year-Old
Speyside distillery The Glenrothes has released The 51 – a 51-year-old single malt that can only be freed from its packaging with a custom hammer that is supplied with purchase of the whisky. The Glenrothes The 51 is a spirit derived from a pair of casks, one which was said to donate notes that ‘evoke the fragility of an orchid’s scent’, while the other supplied notes of ‘luxurious’ richness and […]
Mary Dowling – The Mother Of Bourbon
Louisville, Kentucky-based distillery Mary Dowling Whiskey Company is named after the pioneering female who was the first woman to run a major distillery and this week, the distillery is promoting a new book – “Mother of Bourbon: The Greatest Whiskey Story Never Told” – a historical fiction novel based on the life of Mary Dowling, along with book tour to accompany the release. In the early 1900s, Dowling ran a […]
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