InchDairnie Introduces Pair Of Single Malts
InchDairnie Distillery has released a pair of eight-year-old peated single malts – KinGlassie Double Matured and KinGlassie Raw – the KinGlassie name is from the Irish ‘Saint Glaisne’ and is the name of the village near the distillery. KinGlassie Double Matured is the more heavily peated of the pair of eight-year-old single malt whiskies, checking […]
Jack Daniel’s Debuts New Whiskey As Part Of McLaren Formula One Partnership Promotion
Jack Daniel’s is continuing their partnership with the McLaren Formula One racing team by releasing 2025 McLaren Racing x Jack Daniel’s – a limited edition higher-proof whiskey. The 2025 limited edition McLaren Racing x Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey consists of Jack Daniel’s classic grain bill of 80% corn, 8% rye and 12% malted barley, was […]
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House Of Hazelwood Begins 100-Year Journey With 60-Year-Old
Speyside-based House of Hazelwood, owned by the Gordon family [in turn, owners of William Grant & Sons], have released One For The Next – a 60-year-old blended single grain whisky that will mark the beginning of a decade-by-decade journey to building a collection of whiskies eventually reaching a 100-year-old single grain whisky. Hazelwood House is the Gordon family home in Speyside. House of Hazelwood’s One For The Next debuts the […]
Bowmore Set To Auction Aston Martin-Themed Whisky
Islay-based Bowmore is set to auction off the Iridos Edition of their ARC-54 whisky, a one-off version of their ARC-54 whisky launched last month in their ongoing collaboration with Aston Martin. The ARC-54 Iridos Edition features liquid from three casks: a 1967 European oak butt, a 1968 Sherry butt and a 1968 American oak hogshead. The ARC-54 decanter’s design is inspired by Aston Martin’s Valkyrie and the Iridos Edition goes […]
Oban Brings 15-Year-Old Cask Strength To USA
Oban Distillery has released a limited edition 15-year-old cask strength single malt whisky finished in sherry casks designed exclusively to be sent across the pond to the USA. Oban 15-Year-Old Cask Strength Sherry Cask Finish was originally matured in European oak butts and American oak hogshead barrels before being finished for four years in Oloroso and Palo Cortado sherry casks then bottled at 55.3% alcohol by volume [110.6 proof] and […]
Glen Moray Offers Maple, Eh?
Speyside-based Glen Moray has released a pair of limited edition “spirit drinks” finished in Canadian maple syrup casks – the first to be finished in maple syrup in the brand’s 125-year history. Scotch Whisky Association rules require Glen Moray to label the duo as “spirit drinks” rather than Scotch whisky since maple syrup casks are not permitted for maturation. Glen Moray has released both a peated and a non-peated version […]
Crown Royal Gives Newest Whisky The Marquis Touch
Crown Royal blended Canadian whisky has released their Marquis blend, which has been finished in Caribbean rum casks and will be available in select states in the USA. Crown Royal Marquis was finished in Caribbean rum casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to produce notes of brown sugar, dates, figs, honey and vanilla. Crown Royal Marquis is being made available only in Georgia, Maryland […]
Amber Lane Debuts Chartreuse Casked Whisky
Australia-based Amber Lane distillery has released a whisky aged in a monk-produced yellow Chartreuse cask – Rue de La Chartreuse – which the distillery claims to be the ‘first of its kind’. Chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur traditionally created by Catholic order of monks called Carthusians and Amber Lane’s rendition has been officially approved by the Chevalier of the Order of Chartreuse, the formally trained representatives of the Chartreuse […]
That Boutique-y Whisky Company Trials Trio Of Whiskies
Just in time for the Kentucky Derby, UK-based independent bottler That Boutique-y Whisky Company has released three whiskies – an eight-year-old English rye, a 10-year-old Kentucky Bourbon and a 21-year-old Irish whiskey – to join their core range of one Canadian corn and four Scotch whiskies. All three were bottled at 45.8% alcohol by volume [91.6 proof] and are each being offered in in small batches of around 1,000 700ml […]
The Macallan Branches Out To Offer Tree Of Life
Speyside distillery The Macallan has released a pair of limited edition single malts – The Tree of Life and Art of the Flower – celebrating Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The 46-year-old The Tree of Life by The Macallan originated in two sherry-seasoned casks, was bottled at 46.2% alcohol by volume [92.4 proof] and is said to impart notes of oak, peat and tropical fruits. Only a mere 112 Lalique […]
Ardbeg Unleashes Smokiverse
Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has released Smokiverse – their 2025 Fèis Ìle special whisky bottling for “Ardbeg Day” – an annual celebration held on the last Saturday of Islay’s Festival of Music and Malt, Fèis Ìle – which will take place this year from May 23-31, 2025. The Ardbeg 2025 limited edition single malt Smokiverse, emanates from a so-called ‘high-gravity’ mash, the result of mash experimentation by Ardbeg reducing the amount […]
Tobermory Distillery Unveils 10-Year-Old Ledaig
Isle of Mull-based Tobermory Distillery has released Ledaig Hebridean Moon – their first cask-strength Ledaig 10-year-old peated single malt – inspired by the Isle of Mull’s ancient moon-tracking Baliscate Stones and the first aged whisky release emanating from the distillery’s newest 11-year-old stills. Tobermory Distillery’s Ledaig Hebridean Moon was matured for more than a decade in second-fill bourbon casks, bottled at a whopping 58.8% alcohol by volume [117.6 proof] and […]
Cutty Sark Debuts Ginger Ale Highball RTD
Old school brand Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky has introduced their first ready-to-drink (RTD) product – The Cutty Sark & Ginger Ale Highball – in time for summer. Marking the brand’s first venture into the growing RTD market, the new Cutty Sark & Ginger Ale Highball offers the pairing of Cutty Sark’s original blended Scotch with ginger ale and becoming the first blended Scotch whisky to introduce this type of […]
The English Distillery Releases V-E Day Commemorative Whisky
The English Distillery, has collaborated with the charity Walking with the Wounded (WWTW) to launch a single malt whisky to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day [Victory in Europe Day, originally celebrated on May 8, 1945 to celebrate the formal end of World War Two in Europe following Germany’s surrender the previous day]. The English Distillery V-E Day single malt whisky was matured in both ex-bourbon and virgin oak […]
Compass Box Goes Scot-Free
London-based Compass Box has created Scot-Free – the ‘world’s first English vatted malt whisky’ – by using whiskies from six English distilleries to create the whisky. The six distilleries Compass Box used for the whisky are: Copper Rivet Distillery, Cotswolds Distillery, East London Liquor Co, Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, The English Distillery and White Peak Distillery. Only 61 bottles of Scot-Free [48.7% alcohol by volume – 97.4 proof] are being […]
Redbreast Has Quite The Find With Andrew Scott
Redbreast has ‘Quite the Find’ for their newest promotional campaign, enlisting the aid of Irish actor Andrew Scott [“Fleabag”] for their Irish single pot still whiskey. The new global campaign features the Bafta Award-winning Irish actor encouraging audiences via voice-over and meaningful glances to avoid the beetroot and to dig deeper to unearth ‘something amazing’ with Redbreast whiskey. The new campaign is currently live in Ireland and will roll out […]
Talisker Ventures Out Into The Wild Blue
Isle of Skye-based Talisker Distillery has released The Wild Blue, a limited edition single malt whisky geared toward supporting ocean conservation and coastal habitat restoration efforts with its sales. Talisker partnered with the Blue Marine Foundation, a UK ocean conservation charity, for the release. As for the whisky itself, it was finished for 16 months in select red wine casks from South Africa’s coastal regions, bottled at 48.2% alcohol by […]
Copenhagen Distillery Goes To Singapore
Good news if you happen to find yourself in Singapore this month – Denmark-based Copenhagen Distillery has released a limited edition whisky exclusively for the Takashimaya department store in Singapore. The Singapore Edition single malt whisky is part of the distillery’s ‘Rare’ range and was finished in a Hungarian oak cask then seasoned for three additional years with ruby Port wine and finally bottled at 56% alcohol by volume [112 […]
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