London-based spirits merchant Berry Bros & Rudd selected and released a 24-year-old whisky from Islay distillery Laphroaig to commemorate BB&R’s 325th anniversary. Along with the Islay characteristic peaty notes – here identified as bonfire ash, coal soot and, of course, peat smoke – the Laphroaig 24-Year-Old is also said to offer notes of mango, pineapple […]
UK-based Berry Bros & Rudd has released the newest additions to their Nordic Cask whisky series – five casks from Nordic-based distilleries including a cross-Nordic blend. The cross-Nordic blend is Vindõga Blended Nordic Malt Whisky (59% alcohol by volume – 118 proof) emerging from ex-sherry-matured casks. The remaining four whiskies in the series include Denmark’s […]
Santa has arrived early – in the form of London-based Berry Bros & Rudd bottlers – with a gift of limited edition 14-year-old single cask whisky from the Royal Brackla distillery. Berry Bros. & Rudd The Royal Brackla 2007 PX Finish Cask Christmas Bottling was matured for 12 years in refill hogsheads, before being finished […]
London-based bottlers, Berry Bros & Rudd have released The Nordic Casks – single cask whiskies highlighting the four Nordic regions of Norway’s Myken, Sweden’s High Coast, Finland’s Kyrö and Denmark’s Fary Lochan. The Norwegian entry is a 2017 single malt from the island of Myken, bottled at 61.4% alcohol by volume (122.8 proof) and is […]
Bottler Berry Bros & Rudd has released Ronnie’s Reserve – a series of whiskies comprised of seven casks – all now available except one [which will be available in June 2020]. Ronnie’s Reserve [named after the company’s heritage director, Ronnie Cox] has seven casks feature two bottlings from the 1960s, two from the 1970s, one […]
Bottlers Berry Bros & Rudd have captured a 2008 BenRiach Speyside single malt whisky to ring in the Chinese New Year – which will begin on January 25 – and is designated as the Year of the Rat. The BenRiach 2008 was bottled at 58.3% alcohol by volume [116.6 proof] and is said to contain […]
Berry Bros. & Rudd have brought out three whisky bottlings to add to their Exceptional Casks Collection – whiskies emanating from now-defunct distilleries, having a distinguishing flavor characteristic or maturing in a particular cask. For this release of whiskies, the three bottlings consist of…. • 472 bottles of a rare 50-Year-Old ‘North British’, single grain […]