Ardbeg Travels To Napa Valley For Smoketrails
Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has traveled to California’s famed Napa Valley and released the third edition of their Smoketrails series, partially aged in red wine casks from Napa Valley as an addition to their Travel Series for global travel retail venues. Ardbeg is, of course, known for their peat-heavy whiskies and their Smoketrails Napa Valley is […]
Drinksology Kirker Greer Preps For St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the weekend corner – on MOnday, March 17, 2025 – and Belfast, Ireland-based beverage wholesaler Drinksology Kirker Greer is preparing with the launch of a St Patrick’s Day promotional campaign for its stout-finished spirit drink, Born Irish. The Born Irish promotional campaign runs through this weekend and up to […]
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Two More From Tormore
Two more single malts are emanating from Speyside whisky distillery, Tormore – Tormore 14-Year-Old and Tormore 16-Year-Old. Both Tormore 14-Year-Old and Tormore 16-Year-Old have been aged in American oak casks and the 16-Year-Old uses chill filtration that is said to help bring out a ripe melon note. Both 14-Year-Old and 16-Year-Old Tormore whiskies are expected to be introduced to worldwide markets later in 2014 but are immediately available in France […]
The Singleton Unveils Sunray And Tailfire
The world was made two whiskies richer when The Singleton announced the arrival of a pair of single malt Scotch whiskies – Sunray and Tailfire. Sunray has been matured for longer periods of time in toasted Bourbon casks, resulting in intense honey, vanilla and baked apple notes. Tailfire, meanwhile, has spent more time in European oak casks, producing notes of berry, vanilla and cut grass [whether this is considered an […]
Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum Beer
Rum is popular, beer is popular, so rum-flavored should be popular too, right? That is the gamble Anheuser-Busch InBev is taking with their introduction of Cubanisto, a rum-flavored beer which is also said to contain hints of citrus flavors orange and lime. The new rummy beer has a light-sensitive label that glows in the dark and will be marketed toward tech-savvy, club-hopping, social media-laden newbies to the world of alcohol […]
New Outer Hebrides Whisky On The Way
There’s a new single malt whisky sheriff in town – or rather, the Outer Hebrides in Scotland – and its name is Hearach. That will be the name of the new single malt whisky produced from the new distillery being built on the Outer Hebrides Isle of Harris – only the second distillery to be constructed in the Outer Hebrides region. Construction has already begun on the distillery with an […]
Woodford Reserve Runs For The Roses
Woodford Reserve is the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby and with this year being the 140th anniversary of the annual Run for the Roses, Woodford Reserve is producing a limited edition bourbon featuring artwork depicting the horses as they come around the final turn and head for home at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. This year’s race will be held on May 3, 2014. The Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby […]
Mortlach About To Put Four On The Floor
Four new expressions of Speyside spectacular single malt Mortlach will be slowly rolled out to the world this year. Mortlach Special Strength, boasting vanilla and oak musings, is a travel retail specialty bottle; Mortlach Rare Old promises fruity floral finishes; Mortlach 18-Year-Old is meaty and malty; Mortlach 25-Year-Old seduces with both spice and sweetness. All four Mortlach expressions will debut in London and Berlin in June 2014, followed by Asia […]
Jameson Has Whiskey And Beer For St. Patrick’s Day
Everybody will be ordering Jameson Irish Whiskey for their St. Patrick’s Day festivities next week but those who fancy beer yet still would like a hint of whiskey while they are wearing their green, Jameson has you covered. The popular brand has partnered with a London microbrewery, Beavertown, to produce a limited edition 9% alcohol content stout. The Beavertown Jameson Imperial Stout was temporarily housed in some of the same […]
No Age Is Good Age For Hakushu And Yamazaki
Suntory has released a pair of no-age single malt whiskies – the Hakushu Distiller’s reserve and Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve – each containing whisky which has been aged between eight and 20 years. Hakusku’s liquid comes from a young lightly peated malt with an heavily peated 18-year-old American whisky blend resulting in a 43% alcohol content [86 proof] concoction that is said to have a peppermint, melon and cucumber nose and […]
Biding Its Time, Cardhu Amber Rock Finally Emerges
After years spent double maturing in toasted American oak casks, single malt Scotch whisky Cardhu Amber Rock has finally emerged for proper tasting. Cardhu Amber Rock brings a Bourbon essence from the second maturation in the toasted American oak casks to complement the spice and vanilla notes from this variant of Speyside whiskies. Cardhu Amber Rock is currently only available in the UK but will be available in portions of […]
458 Apples A Day Keeps Many Doctors Away
Thatchers Cider has this special orchard called the Exhibition Orchard where they have been growing 458 varieties of apples over the past 20 years and decided that it might be a good idea to blend all 458 of those apples into one special cider and see what comes of it. What is coming of it is a special concoction called Thatchers 458 – which comes with its own gift box […]
The Making Of Cuban Cigars
If you like H. Upmann Cuban cigars, you might be interested in viewing a brief behind-the-scenes video into how some of them are made. Cuban cigar industry increased 8% in 2013 – up to $447 million worldwide…
Humidors For $1.1 Million? It’s Not That Unusual
Humidors were hot at the 16th Havana Cigar Festival as six handmade humidors were auctioned off for a total of $1.1 million. Welsh singer Tom Jones hosted this year’s version with proceeds going toward Cuba’s state-run healthcare system. The humidor that pulled off the highest price – at $235,000 – was also stuffed with Montecristo cigars.
Your WhiskyCritic Oscar Night Cocktail Menu
The 86th annual Academy Awards occur this weekend and while you can’t be there on the red carpet, you can at least consume cocktails as if you were there. The official champagne is the Champagne Thierot Brut from Reims and that’s for toasting the winners. Johnnie Walker is the official Scotch whisky of the Oscars and, more specifically, the Blue and Platinum varieties. But look, the envelope containing the best […]
South Island Single Malt Scores With Jim
New Zealand-produced South Island Single Malt 21-Year-Old has achieved one of the highest scores in the latest edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. Scoring a 95 out of 100 in the 2014 version of the Whisky Bible, Murray has placed the whisky from the New Zealand Whisky Company in rarefied territory and boasted that it was clean, elegant and beyond words” [except for those “clean” and “elegant” words, of course]. […]
Three Rocks And Two Fingers
Frank liked Jack so naturally Jack made a commercial to exploit Frank. The “Frank” in question is legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, who loved him some Jack Daniels – the “Jack” in question – and that means you now have a commercial for a specially-named version of Jack Daniels called Sinatra Select, baby…
Remy Martin Duo Prepared For Release
A pair of Remy Martin expressions from the Fine Champagne Cognac collection will be released this spring – Prime cellar Selection N16 and Reserve Cellar Selection N28. N16 is said to have strong vanilla notes while N28 is reported to be in possession of candied fruit notes. The denotation for each release signifies the location from Remy Martin’s 29 aging cellars on its property with the N16 being closer to […]
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