Waterford Whisky Brings New Cuvée Concepts to the US
A new core range of Waterford Whisky’s Cuvée Concepts will be introduced to the United States. These releases mark an important milestone in Waterford Whisky’s quest to create single malt whiskies with natural flavor. Waterford Whisky Cuvée Concepts Enroute to the US “The natural progression of our unique terroir mission was to follow in the […]
Whisky Leads UK Drinks Exports Impressive Growth
UK drinks exports have grown by 13% this year to an impressive £9.4 billion impulsed by strong whisky sales. With Scotch whisky forming the bulk of Britain’s heritage drinks products, major European countries have maintained traditional purchases despite the sluggish economy. However, sales of other alcoholic beverages including gin and beer, have reduced drastically due […]
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Glenmorangie Brings Tusail To The Table
Glenmorangie has released another limited edition whisky – Tusail – the sixth release in their Private Edition collection. Glenmorangie Tusail is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky using a specialty variety of barley [Maris Otter winter] that was harvested in 1975 and is said to deploy deeper flavors of toffee, malt, ginger, cinnamon and molasses to complement the usual Glenmorangie peach, orange and pear fruity notes. Glenmorangie Tusail [which is […]
Here’s Some Jim Beam Pre-Prohibition Rye In Your Eye
Jim Beam was one of the many American whiskey distributors who were more than happy with the 1933 repeal of Prohibition in the USA and to show how happy they were with this momentous whiskey historical event, they have debuted a “Pre-Prohibition Style” Rye whiskey for your taste buds. The Pre-Prohibition Style Rye has been bottled at 90 proof [45% alcohol content], features black pepper, vanilla and oak notes and […]
Michael Owen Wants You To Keep Spey Whisky A Secret
Former English footballer Michael Owen is a partner in Speyside Distillery’s Spey Whiskey – but he wants you to keep the whisky a secret in this advertisment video geared toward a Chinese audience..
Newcastle Is Looking Forward To The Super Bowl
The Beer Marketing…er, Super…Bowl is mere days aways now and nobody is looking forward to the opportunity to drop $4.5 million on a 30-second advertisement during the game than Newcastle Brown Ale. Nobody. Except perhaps Aubrey Plaza…
Whisky Recipes From Eastside Distilling
There can be [mostly] universal agreement that whisky is good, but beyond that, there is typically whisky-fueled debate on how to go about drinking said whisky. Eastside Distilling from Portland, Oregon, is not taking sides but they do have a few twists to add to the traditional whisky cocktail recipes with some of their signature whiskies. • Earl’s Demise 25 oz. Cherry Bomb Whiskey (one 750ML bottle) 12.5 oz. Burnside […]
Ellen DeGeneres Has Show Writer Drink Fireball Antifreeze-Laden Whiskey
Ellen DeGeneres had one of her show writers try a couple shots of Fireball cinnamon whiskey [“it burns”] to determine whether or not the anti-freeze chemical in it has any benefit or even noticeable effect on young females…
Isle Of Skye Releases Pair Of Blended Scotch Whiskies
Isle of Skye has released a pair of limited edition blended Scotch whiskies – an 18-Year-Old and 21-Year-Old. Both whiskies are blends of peaty Speyside single malts. The Isle of Skye 18-Year-Old blended Scotch whisky will be priced at $130 per bottle while the 21-Year-Old will retail for $190 per bottle.
Balblair Releases Four Vintage Whiskies
Balblair Distillery has released four vintage Highland single malt Scotch whiskies from its vaults. Released this month will be Balblair 1983, Balblair 1990, Balblair 1999 and Balblair 2003. Balblair 1983 and 2003 have both been matured in American oak casks that formerly held Bourbon and are expected to exude notes of citrus, honey and spice. The pair of 1990s Balblairs were also aged in American oak casks but additionally spent […]
Trio Of Aultmores Make Their Appearances
A trio of Speyside single malt whiskies from the Aultmore Distillery have been released upon the masses. Bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof], Aultmore 12-Year-Old, 21-Year-Old and 25-Year-Old are all available beginning this month, however, the 21-Year-Old will only be available at travel retail outlets. Only 10 markets will be the lucky recipients of the Aultmore trio – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA and the […]
Whisky Reborn As Prometheus
A collection of orphaned 26-year-old Speyside single malt whisky casks was purchased by Glasgow Distillery last year and the result will be a limited release of Prometheus whisky this year. The whisky will be bottled at 47% alcohol content [94 proof] and is said to have floral and peated barley notes. The limited – no set amount of bottles was announced – release of Prometheus will retail for $575 per […]
Aberfeldy Shows Off Gold 28-Year-Old
Aberfeldy Distillery recently released eight – yes, eight – bottles of Aberfeldy Gold of Pitilie 28-Year-Old Highland single malt Scotch whisky. The whisky was extracted and hand-bottled from a single 1985 cask which will no longer have whisky taken from it. Beside those rarities, the other distinction of the Aberfeldy 28-Year-Old is the packaging – the bottle is encased in ornate 22-carat and 24-carat gold plating – a reference to […]
Burning Through A Bottle Of Maker’s Mark
Did Santa Whisky happen to gift you with a holiday surprise of Maker’s Mark bourbon last week? Celebrate and enjoy but do not abuse Santa’s generosity and intelligence by trying to melt off the wax with a lighter…
Bruichladdich Unveils Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley
Islay distillery Bruichladdich has unveiled Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley, a heavily-peated single malt whisky using barley exclusively grown on the island of Islay. Octomore 6.3 has been aged five years in ex-Bourbon casks and bottled at 64% alcohol content [128 proof]. Bruichladdich has produced 18,000 bottles of Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley.
Cuban Cigars Soon To Be Legal To Import
With only a Congressional seal of approval awaiting its decree, it will soon be legal to import Cuban cigars into the USA. The country joins the rest of the civilized world in recognizing Cuba – and its’ awesome cigars – after President Barack Obama, along with some help from Canada and the Pope, officially declared the embargo against the island nation to be over. Congress will have to ratify the […]
Stephen Colbert Sells Show Sponsorship To Dewar’s
With only a few shows left in his nine-year run on Comedy Central, wildly popular Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to sell sponsorship of the show – and theme song – to Dewar’s whisky…
Tiger Lily Brings Out Lehman Brothers Ashes Of Disaster Whisky
In one of the most snubbiest of the all-time nose snubs, a London-based investment firm, Tiger Lily Ventures, Ltd. Is seeking to sell its three-whisky line of Lehman Brothers Whisky – Ashes of Disaster, Evergreen and Snapfire – particularly in New York. Standing in the way of the possible whisky deluge is UK-based Barclays PLC – which bought the then-New York-based Lehman Brothers investment firm in 2008 – after the […]
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