Chivas Debuts Quartet Of Whiskies For Travel Retail Venues
Chivas Brothers has released a quartet of whiskies – a trio of new Aberlour single malts and an 18-year-old Chivas Regal blend aged in Pauillac wine casks – all destine for global travel retail venues. The new Aberlour range for global travel retail venues consists of a 13-year-old, and a 16-year-old Double Charred Selection and […]
Glenmorangie Gives Lasanta An Age Promotion
Glenmorangie has given their sherry-finished Lasanta single malt whisky a three-year age promotion, raising its age statement from 12 to 15 years old, after adding three more years to the aging process for the single malt from 2010. Glenmorangie Lasanta 12/15 Years Old was initially matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, bottled […]
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Snapchat In Cahoots With Jim Beam
Bourbon-maker Jim Beam and online photo sharing service Snapchat have forged an agreement where Jim Beam’s products will be advertised to those who use Snapchat’s services and who are also over the age of 21. Jim Beam’s ads will appear exclusively in the Snapchat Live Stories section of the will usually be a 10-second ad promoting Jim Beam’s new apple-flavored whiskey. Jim Beam’s ads will run on Snapchat through October […]
The Black Grouse Gets Smoky
Up until this week, The Famous Grouse had called their premium product, The Black Grouse – but that has all changed and The Famous Grouse’s premium product will henceforth be known as The Famous Grouse Smoky Black. The Famous Grouse Smoky Black – a blended Scotch whisky – remains unchanged inside the bottle but will be the beneficiary of some swankier packaging on the outside. The Famous Grouse Smoky Black […]
Woodinville Whiskey Releases First Bourbon
Bourbon is almost exclusively a Kentucky-born product but now there is another product which has moved onto the bourbon block – Woodinville Whiskey’s newly released Straight Bourbon – out of the state of Washington. Woodinville Whiskey’s bourbon has been aged for five years. Woodinville Whiskey Straight Bourbon is bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof] and is currently only available in the state of Washington.
It Was A Very Good Century For Jack Daniel’s And Sinatra
Jack Daniel’s has released the latest whiskey from their Frank Sinatra Collection – Sinatra Century – joining Sinatra Select, which was released in 2013. Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Century was released this year to commemorate what would have been the singer’s 100th birthday on December 12 [Sinatra passed away 17 years ago]. Fittingly, only 100 barrels of Sinatra Century were made. Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Century is available for $500 for a […]
Teeling Single Malt Coming Across The Pond
Teeling Irish single malt whiskey is coming across the pond to the USA. Teeling Irish single malt whiskey has been aged 23 years in five wine casks – Cabernet Sauvignon, Madera, Port, Sherry and White Burgundy – before being bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Teeling Irish Single Malt Whiskey will be available in the USA [as well as Asia, Australia and Russia] for $65 per bottle.
Royal Salute Gives You The Eternal Reserve
A grand total of whiskies from 88 casks were blended to give you The Eternal Reserve – a new whisky from Royal Salute. Royal Salute’s The Eternal Reserve will be available exclusively in travel retail outlets for $180 for a 700-ml bottle.
Whiskey Barrel In Running For Best Restroom
A giant whiskey barrel transformed into a giant restroom at the Charleston Distilling facility in South Carolina is in the running for the Best Restroom in the USA contest run by Cintas [see link below]. Best Restroom Contest
Ballantine’s New Zero Gravity Whisky Glass
Once Ardbeg figures out how to get their whisky to not taste like rubbery smoke, Ballantine’s has a glass for them to put their space whisky in – the new zero gravity whisky glass…
The Real Fireball – Firenado At Jim Beam Factory In Kentucky
A real life fireball struck the Jim Beam factory in Kentucky when archived footage was released on The Weather Channel last week of a 2003 lightning strike on a retention pond at the factory that then ignited the bourbon-laden water and whipped it up into a brief “firenado” that then caused a fire in the surrounding area. Before being put out, however, the fire killed many fish and Jim Beam […]
Glenfiddich Becomes Barrel Buddies With Somerset Cider Brandy
Glenfiddich has teamed with the Somerset Cider Brandy company in a deal which will allow Glenfiddich to use Somerset’s barrels to mature their whisky over the course of the next year. Specifically, Somerset will supply 18 cider brandy barrels to Glenfiddich – enough to produce 1800 gallons of whisky [good for 18,000 bottles of whisky] – to age their single malt Scotch whisky.
Ardbeg Space Whisky Goes Up In Smoke
Ardbeg sent a sample of whisky into orbit on the International Space Station to determine the effect of micro-gravity on both the aroma and taste of whisky and after returning to Earth, the results are now in – and it is not good – unless you like smoke. Like, a lot of smoke. Ardbeg found that both the aroma and taste of their so-called “space whisky” was altered, not in […]
Laphroaig Unveils Anniversary Single Malt Whisky
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of their Islay distillery, Laphroaig has released a 16-year-old single malt Scotch whisky. The Laphroaig 16-Year-Old Anniversary Edition, bottled at 48.4% alcohol content [96.8 proof], is said to begin with citrus and vanilla notes before transitioning into pepper and fruit tastes and finishing with sea salt and peat tastes. The Laphroaig 16-Year-Old Anniversary Edition is only available in travel retail locations for […]
Dewar’s Releases Last Of Scotland’s Great Malts – The Deveron
Dewar’s has released the final of five single malts in their Scotland’s Last Great Malts collection with the release of The Deveron – a single malt Scotch whisky from the Macduff distillery near Aberdeen – and named after the nearby River Deveron. The Deveron is the fifth and last release of this collection and will be available in 10-year-old, 12-year-old and 18-year-old expressions and is said to have both fruit […]
Andes Beer Has Casting Call
An Argentine-based casting agency placed a fake casting call in an ad for Andes beer in a supposed effort to give the everyday Joes of Mendoza, Argentina, a chance with the ladies at the various bars and dance clubs…
Fireball Whiskey Cheesecake Shots
Labor Day weekend is merely hours away – it might already be here for you for all we know – and holiday weekends are when the Fireball whiskey amateurs usually emerge from the woodwork. Fireball is not premium whiskey, of course, but if you are going to be inundated with promotional material about it, why not make it something you might actually, possibly enjoy – like, say, Fireball Cheesecake shots? […]
Pre-World War II Mortlach 75-Year-Old Emerges
Mortlach revealed a 75-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky Speyside region’s Mortlach Distillery used a first fill sherry cask to begin its single malt Scotch whisky’s life back in 1939 and 75 years later, what has emerged is liquid gold that was bottled at 44.4% alcohol content [88.8 proof]. Only 100 bottles of Mortlach 75-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky have been produced and will sell for $30,600 per bottle.
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