The Dalmore Debuts Luminary Series No. 3
The Dalmore is has released The Dalmore Luminary No.3 – 2025 Edition. The Dalmore Luminary No. 3 2025 Edition was matured in American white oak, finished in a combination of seven casks, including both vintage and aged Calvados (1989 and 1999), Matusalem Sherry, Apostoles Sherry, red wine casks from Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape, bottled at 49.7% […]
Kilchoman Debuts Quartet Of Single Malts For 20th Anniversary
Islay-based distillery Kilchoman Distillery has released a quartet of small batch single malt whiskies to celebrate their 20th anniversary, calling them the 20th Anniversary Cask Series, consisting of four small batch bottlings, with five casks of each. Only 1,120 bottles of the first of the quartet, a 14-year-old matured in an ex-bourbon cask aged single […]
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Chattanooga 100 Choo Choo Steams Out Of Tennessee
A new white whiskey – named Chattanooga 100 to celebrate 100 years of prohibition in Chattanooga – has emerged in Tennessee. The limited edition white whiskey has a mash bill containing more than 51% corn. Only 100 cases of Chattanooga 100 have been produced.
Diageo Creates Whisky Union With Smoky Goat And Boxing Hares
International spirit industry giant, Diageo, has created the whisky equivalent of the craft brewing industry in beer with the formation of what they are calling Whisky Union – an “experimental craft whisky offshoot” that aims to promote various whiskies from a collection of small distilleries. First up on the promotion board are two whiskies called Smoky Goat and Boxing Hares. Smoky Goat is a “smoky sweet” blended Scotch whisky bottled […]
Dramatically Improve Bad Whiskey
The best way to dramatically improve bad whiskey is, of course, to have the gul’darned good sense not to buy it in the first place! Barring that, well, there is always the pet rock idea of the whiskey industry as represented by Whiskey Elements and lampooned [we think…well, we hope] by VAT 19…
The Origins Of Whisky According To The BBC
In case you did not already know, the BBC tells you about the origins of whisky…
A Whisky Tumbler For The Man’s Man – A Chunk Of Barrel
Why waste all that time drinking your fancy whisky from a fancy crystal glass tumbler when you can be a man’s man and rink your fancy whisky from a hunk of wood like real men would if they couldn’t afford their fancy glass tumblers? That is what Oka wants you to think as they debut their new product – the wooden tumbler that is supposed to resemble drinking your whisky […]
GlenDronach Unveils Its First-Ever Peated Whisky
As the saying goes, there is a first time for everything, and for Speyside distillery GlenDronach, that means peated Scotch whisky. GlenDronach’s Peated is one of a trio of whiskies the distillery has trotted out this week along with a 19-Year-Old Madeira cask strength single malt and a cask strength labeled Batch 5. GlenDronach Peated was aged in ex-bourbon casks followed by a second aging in ex-Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez […]
Ballantine’s Gets Hard Fired Up
Ballantine’s has introduced Hard Fired – a blended Scotch whiskey whose aging barrels have undergone an extra charring process. Ballantine’s has the American oak barrels used for its Hard Fired whiskey charred twice for an unspecified amount of time, producing a whiskey that will then be bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof] while accentuating vanilla, spice and, naturally, smoky notes. Ballantine’s Hard Fired blended Scotch whiskey will be available […]
Ragtime Rye Makes Its Appearance
Ragtime Rye, a three-year-old rye whiskey from New York Distilling Company, has been released for the holiday gift-giving season. Ragtime Rye was aged in American oak barrels and has a mash bill of 72% rye, 16% corn and 12% malted barley and is bottled at 45.2% alcohol content [90.4 proof]. Ragtime Rye is available for $44 per bottle.
Diageo Issues Three Rare Scotch Whisky Releases
Diageo has released three rare Scotch whiskies from its vaults but good luck getting any one of them as there are only 858 total bottles available among the three of them – Port Ellen, Craganmore and Royal Lochnagar – all of which are single cask releases. Only 210 bottles of Port Ellen 33 Years Old exist due to the fact that the distillery closed 32 years ago. They are available […]
The New Whisky Advent Calendars Are Here! The New Whisky Advent Calendars Are Here!
Nothing wants to make you channel your inner Steve Martin from “The Jerk” more than when the new whisky advent calendars – as opposed to phone books – are here. Such is the glorious occasion as Masters of Malt may have saved your holiday merry-making abilities with the official arrival of all – there are four, count ‘em, four of ‘em – 2015 whisky advent calendar varieties. There is the […]
George Brett Gives Crown Royal To World Series Champs
George Brett, longtime player, coach and executive with the Kansas City Royals organization of Major League Baseball, bestowed bags of Crown Royal XR upon members of World Series-winning Royals. Brett had the words “Kansas City World Champs 2015” embroidered on each of the signature velvet bags containing the $130 Canadian blended whiskey. Kansas City defeated the New York Mets, four games to one, for the first World Series title since […]
Glenturret Offers A Trio Of Small Batch Single Malts
Glenturret – known primarily as a whisky included in The Famous Grouse whisky blends – has released a trio of small batch single malt Scotch whiskies that showcase sherry, triple wood and peated malt parts of the whisky-making process. The Glenturret trio is available for $70 per bottle beginning in November 2015.
Teeling Whiskey Has A Revival
Teeling Irish Whiskey has revealed their latest launch called Revival. The Irish whiskey is a 15-year-old single malt and arrives just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Teeling’s Revival was aged in ex-rum casks and bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Only 10,000 bottles of Teeling Revival Irish Whiskey will be made and will be available for $110 per bottle in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The […]
House Of Hazelwood Launched
William Grant & Sons has launched their Art Deco-inspired House of Hazelwood range of blended Scotch whiskies. The House of Hazelwood collection is comprised of a 25-year-old whisky, a 21-year-old whisky and an 18-year-old whisky with package designs representing Paris – the city where the Art Deco movement was invented – along with Mumbai [Bombay] and Shanghai. In the USA, Miami has the second-most Art Deco buildings in the world, […]
Jack Daniel’s Unveils Toastmakers
Jack Daniel’s has unveiled their “Toastmakers” social campaign complete with video of legendary Jack Daniel’s-liker, Frank Sinatra… Through their “Toastmakers” social campaign, Jack Daniel’s is asking people to join them in honoring their biggest fan through a series of toasts from Nov. 2 to Dec. 12, 2015 – the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birthday. People can enter the contest and toast Frank through a few simple steps: ► Checking […]
Yamazakura Brings Its Mountain Cherries To European Whisky Markets
The newest Japanese whisky to hit the block is Yamazakura – a 16-year-old blend that has been matured in Bourbon barrels and has a mash bill of 80% corn and 20% corn. Yamazakura – which translates to mountain cherry trees in Japanese – is said to produce notes of coconut, fig and licorice. Only 1,192 bottles of Yamazakura will be available for $145 per bottle in European markets beginning in […]
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