Glenmorangie Unveils The Altus
Highland-based distillery Glenmorangie has unveiled a new 25-year-old single malt whisky called The Altus. Glenmorangie’s The Altus combines bourbon cask aged whiskies that have been finished in Malmsey Madeira wine casks, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to impart notes of mandarin, peach and pear. Glenmorangie’s The Altus 25 year […]
Isle Of Raasay Reveals Refreshed Marsala Casked Whisky
Isle of Raasay Distillery has released their Marsala cask aged single malt Scotch whisky. Isle of Raasay’s Marsala Cask Single Malt whisky was matured exclusively in rare Marsala Vergine casks from Sicily, bottled at 50.7% alcohol by volume [101.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, coffee and maple syrup. Only 12,300 bottles […]
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Monteith’s Brew Bows In Britain
New Zealand-based brewery, Monteith’s, has officially debuted in the UK. Monteith’s has a four beer range that includes… Monteith’s Bohemian Pilsner Beer – An eastern European-style lager with a hoppy character that leaves a smooth, clean and bitter taste. Monteith’s Southern Pale Ale – Another hoppy beer, this pale ale is filtered to give a clear straw appearance, and possesses a citrus aroma. Monteith’s Summer Ale – Flavored with rata […]
Smokehead Goes Traveling
Smokehead single malt whisky has gone traveling – offering a Smokehead Rock Special Edition only in travel retail locations. The peaty Islay single malt whisky is bottled at 44.2% alcohol content [88.4 proof]. Smokehead Rock Special Edition will cost $79 and be available in 2015.
Loon Juice Debuts In Minnesota
Minnesota-based Loon Juice hard cider will now be available in mini-keg form – the only cider in the USA with that distinction – in liquor stores and restaurants. Loon Juice is crafted in the state of Minnesota from 100% Honeycrisp apples derived from orchards in the southern portion of the state. Previously available only at the orchard’s tasting room, Loon Juice, will be available in selected liquor stores and restaurants […]
Lauder’s And Macnish Whisky Blends Arrive
Two new Scotch whisky blends will be arriving from Lauder’s and Macnish. The Grand Macnish Six Cask Edition combines malts from six whisky-making regions of Scotland – Campbeltown, Highland, Islands, Islay, Lowlands and Speyside – essentially becoming “Scotland in a bottle”. Meanwhile, Lauder’s will be introducing Lauder’s Ruby Cask Finish – featuring a variety of scotch whiskies which began life individually aging in charred bourbon casks before being blended and […]
Last Great Malts Coming From Dewar’s
John Dewar & Sons will be launching some previously unreleased single malts as well as a range of new expressions which they have collectively dubbed the Last Great Malts. Among the group will be single malt Scotch whisky brands Aberfeldy, Aultmore, Craigellachie, The Deveron and Royal Brackla. Aberfeldy is a Highland single malt that has honey notes and is available globally as a 12-year-old and a 21-year-old, with an 18-year-old […]
The Glenlivet Fires Off The Winchester Collection
The Glenlivet has fired off The Winchester Collection – a series of 50-Year-Old Speyside single malt Scotch whiskies – with the upcoming release of a Vintage 1964 bottled at 42,3% alcohol content [84.6 proof]. The Glenlivet will release an undetermined number of whiskies in the series but the next whisky up for release is the Vintage 1966. 100 bottles of Vintage 1964 of The Glenlivet Winchester Collection will be available […]
The Glenrothes Vintage 1992 Revealed
The Glenrothes Vintage 1992 from Berry Bros. & Rudd has been revealed to an unsuspecting public. The Glenrothes 1992 is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky and second of the Vintage 1992 series from the distillery [the first being launched in 2004]. This second version has an extra decade of aging and is bottled at 44.3% alcohol content [88.6 proof]. The Glenrothes Vintage 1992 will be available for $250 per […]
Glenlivet Unveils Another Nadurra
Glenlivet unveiled the latest in their Nadurra single malt Scotch whisky expression – the Nadurra First Fill Selection – which holds whisky aged in American white oak casks which had not been formerly used to age whisky. The 48% alcohol content [96 proof] whisky follows the release, earlier in the year, of the Nadurra Oloroso Matured. The Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill Selection is now available at $80 per 750ml bottle.
Thatchers Cider Planning USA Invasion
The British are coming! The British are coming! UK-based Thatchers Cider are coming to USA supermarket shelves this year. The UK-cidermaker has already shipped its 4.8% alcohol content Thatchers Gold cider to American shores this month and has plans to send over other varieties at later dates. Thatchers Cider will be available for $4 for a 500ml bottle or $9 for a 330ml four-pack with kegged cider to be available […]
Buffalo Trace Sending Whiskey Across The Pond
Kentucky-based Buffalo Trace Distillery is sending its five-bottle 2014 Antique Collection of whiskey across the pond to be made available in the UK. The 2014 Buffalo Trace Antique collection consists of…. George T. Stagg: The 2013 release of this uncut and unfiltered bourbon received the Chairman’s Trophy at the 2014 Ultimate Spirits Challenge in New York. William Larue Weller: The Antique Collection’s uncut, unfiltered, wheated recipe bourbon was distilled in […]
Rare Whisky Up On The Block
A pair of ultra-rare whiskies – Macallan 62-Year-Old and Mortlach 70-Year-Old – will be put up on the block at the upcoming Bonhams whisky sale next month in Scotland. Housed in a Lalique crystal decanter, the Macallan 62 was bottled on November 10, 1950 at 53.1% alcohol content [106.2 proof] and is Number 200 of a limited edition bottling of 400. Notes of fruit, ginger and cigar leaf are said […]
Tomatin Releases Five Sherry-Casked Whiskies
Tomatin Distillery has launched five sherry-casked whiskies in its Highland Single Malt lines. The Tomatin Cuatro Series features four of the sherry-casked whiskies – Fino, Oloroso, manzanilla and Pedro Ximenez – in which each whisky was aged for nine years in American oak casks before being divvied up into four lots according to their sherry type of maturation and then matured three more years in the sherry casks. In addition, […]
BrewDog Launches This. Is. Lager.
The BrewDog brewery has deemed there to be some lager confusion in the world today and in an attempt to clarify the situation, has produced a new product with the very clear name of This.Is.Lager. The new lager has 4.7% alcohol content and is brewed with 100% malt and “10 times the hops” [claims BrewDog] of typical mass-produced lagers on the market today. BrewDog’s This.Is.Lager. is currently available in the […]
The Balvenie Releases Twin 50’s
The Balvenie has trotted out twin 50-Year-Old Scotch whiskies but you better bring a big wallet if you want a taste of this elderly liquor liberated from Cask 4567 and 4570 in The Balvenie Distillery’s famous Warehouse 24, which houses The Balvenie’s rarest whiskies. Both whiskies were put into European oak hogshead casks in May 1963 at 45.4% alcohol content [90.8 proof] for the Cask 4567 and 45.9% [91.8 proof] […]
Drambuie Sold To William Grant & Sons
Whisky liqueur Drambuie has been sold to whisky distiller William Grant & Sons for approximately $160 million. Drambuie is a whisky liqueur with a recipe blend consisting of aged Scotch whisky, heather honey and various spices that was originally created in 1745 and passed along to the MacKinnon family in 1914 before the family sold it to William Grant & Sons. William Grant & Sons own the Glenfiddich and The […]
Groundskeeper Willie On Scottish Independence
Scotland has its whisky to protect when it votes for independence on September 18, 2014 – and who better to protect it than Groundskeeper Willie from “The Simpsons”?
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