Four Roses Smelling Start Of Spring
After their recent purchase from Kirin, Gallo-owned Kentucky Bourbon Four Roses is smelling the roses for the start of spring with a newly invigorated promotional campaign entitled Meet Me With Four Roses. The promotional campaign’s title is based on the bourbon’s origin story which has bourbon founder Paul Jones Jr. wooing a Southern belle, who […]
Elijah Craig Debuts 15-Year-Old
Elijah Craig is welcoming a new family member with the release of a high-ABV – 54% [108 proof] – 15-year-old bourbon to join their family of bourbons. The 54% ABV commemorates the day – May 4 – in 1964 when the USA officially recognized bourbon as a unique product of the country. Elijah Craig 15-Year-Old […]
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The Balvenie Releases DCS Compendium Chapter 3
The Balvenie has released The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter 3 – which comprises five single cask single malt whiskies – from 1961 to 2004. The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter 3 consists of… The 1961 single malt is the oldest whisky in the set. The 1973 single malt whisky, which has been aged in a European oak Oloroso sherry butt. The 1981 whisky was matured in a refill American Oak hogshead. […]
World War II-Era Glenlivet 1943 Released
Gordon & MacPhail – a whisky specialist shop in the UK – has released their Private Collection Glenlivet 1943. The Speyside Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 whisky was matured in a first-fill sherry hogshead for 70 years before being bottled at cask strength (49.1 alcohol by volume – 98.2 proof). Only 40 decanters of Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 will be available for $39,600 per decanter.
The Tyrconnell Asks You To Be Brave… Or Else
The Tyrconnell is getting a massive head start on promoting its single malt Irish whiskey five months before St. Patrick’s Day – but that is because they want you to consider purchasing and drinking their product on the other 364 days of the year as well. In other words, their new slogan – be brave…or else. The video promoting The Tyrconnell alludes to the story behind the brand’s namesake chestnut […]
Glen Scotia Launches Limited Edition Single Cask…Really Limited
Glen Scotia Distillery in the Campbeltown district has released their limited edition Glen Scotia Single Cask No. 857 – which will be limited in both amount and availability. How limited? Only 204 bottles of 26-Year-Old Glen Scotia Single Cask will be available only at the Edinburgh Airport in Scotland – and furthermore, only at the World of Whiskies store in the airport. This will be the first time the Glen […]
Start Saving Up – The Macallan Has A Quest For You
Start saving your money because Macallan has released The Macallan Quest Collection – which will only be available in worldwide travel retail outlets. What is The Macallan Quest Collection, you may legitimately ask? The Macallan Quest Collection is a series of four newly created single malt whiskies. They are… The Macallan Quest (40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof) has been matured in four different casks – American and European oak […]
Yellowstone Launches Limited Edition Bourbon
Yellowstone has released their 2017 Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon, finished in charred wine casks. Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon combines three bourbons – a four, seven and 12-year Kentucky Straight Bourbons before being aged in once-filled, double seasoned wine barrels, which are toasted and then lightly charred. Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon is bottled at 50.5% alcohol by volume [101 proof]. Less than 8,000 bottles of […]
SMWS Releases Burning Scarecrows In Sweden
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has released their 10-year-old ‘Burning scarecrows by the sea’, a single cask malt whisky. SMWS’ Burning Scarecrows By The Sea was matured in a refill hogshead ex-Bourbon cask and supposedly contains notes of “pebble beach, seaweed, sun-dried driftwood, bonfire, smoked mackerel and cigar boxes” on the nose, with“blow-torched pineapple and toasted marshmallows” on the palate. Only 234 bottles of SMWS Burning Scarecrows By The Sea […]
Green Spot Reveals Chateau Montelena
Green Spot has revealed their latest Irish whiskey release called Chateau Montelena – the first single pot still Irish whiskey to be finished in French oak Zinfandel wine casks. Green Spot Chateau Montelena was matured in American Bourbon and sherry casks and then finished for a final year in casks previously filled with Zinfandel wine from the Chateau Montelena in California’s Napa Valley . Green Spot Chateau Montelena has been […]
Old Pulteney Releases Trio Of Delight
Old Pulteney is busy this month – they have released two new single malt whiskies as well as a limited edition in parternship with Edinburgh International Airport. The two new single malts are a limited edition 1983 Vintage and a 25-Year-Old. The 1983 Vintage was matured in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels, then in ex-Oloroso Spanish sherry oak butts, then bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] while the 25-Year-Old […]
Loch Lomond Releases 50-Year-Old
Loch Lomond Distillery is releasing their oldest single malt whisky – the Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old The Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old is bottled at 46.2% alcohol by volume [92.4 proof] and has been matured in American oak hogshead before moving on to European oak hogshead. Only 60 decanters of The Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old will be available at a whopping $15,765 per decanter in the China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK beginning […]
Tullamore D.E.W. Goes Caribbean
Tullamore D.E.W. has released their XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish – a concoction which begins with their original triple distilled Irish whiskey and finishes in first fill XO Caribbean Demerara rum casks. Tullamore D.E.W. XO Carribbean Rum Cask Finish has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain the expected notes of tropical fruit and spice. Tullamore DEW XO Rum Cask Finish is available […]
Laphroaig – Nobody Does This
Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rolling out their annual [begun in 2014] tasting sessions where people – generally non-whisky drinkers – taste the peaty whisky for the first time and proceed to blurt out their opinions of what they just put into their mouths – this time, the theme is “A First for Friends.” The video shows the unscripted reactions of each person within five different pairs of real […]
The Naming Origins Of Some Beer And Whisky Brands
If you were ever wondering how a certain beer or whisky came to have its name and you did not have time or want to bother Googling it – Mental Floss has the explanations for some of them, including Budweiser, Crown Royal, Jack Daniel, Jameson, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Stella Artois and Yuengling…
The Balvenie Pairs With Anthony Bourdain For Raw Craft
The Balvenie is joining up with chef Anthony Bourdain for a web series called “Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain” which is entering its third season. The Balvenie is collaborating with Bourdain in hopes of bringing wider attention to their whisky by showcasing its creative process…
It’s Miller-Bashing Time…Natty
Taking “natty” – the hipster play on the words “natural” or “national” depending on who you are talking to – for a new ride, Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Natural Light, their reduced-calorie brand beer, is employing supermodel Marisa Miller to take on her namesake and A-B’s rival, Miller Lite. MillerCoors – purveyors of Miller Lite – have touted that Miller Lite has “more taste, less calories and half the carbs” […]
Bushmills Brings Out Bourbon #3 Char Cask
Bushmills has released Bourbon #3 Char Cask Reserve as part of their Steamship Collection, honoring the voyages of the SS Bushmills steamship. Bushmills’ Bourbon #3 Char Cask Reserve joins Bushmills’ Port Cask Reserve and Sherry Cask Reserve in the series. Bushmills Bourbon #3 Char Cask uses custom-charred American white oak bourbon casks to mature Bushmills’ triple-distilled Single Malt Irish Whiskey and are said to result in notes of spicy crème […]
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