The Glen Grant Introduces 30-Year-Old To The UK
The Glen Grant has released a 30-year-old single malt as part of their Glasshouse Collection – the 30-year-old single malt is the distillery’s most elderly permanent expression. The Glasshouse Collection gets its name from James ‘The Major’ Grant, the pioneer of The Glen Grant and his Victorian-inspired glasshouse built in 1886. The Glen Grant 30-year-old […]
Cotswolds Goes For Hearts And Crafts With Calvados Cask
English distillery Cotswolds has released the sixth edition in their Hearts and Crafts series, which celebrates the arts and crafts, with a whisky aged exclusively in ex-Calvados casks. Cotswolds Distillery’s Hearts and Crafts Calvados Cask single malt was matured in French Calvados apple brandy casks, bottled at 55% alcohol by volume [110 proof] and is […]
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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 […]
Gold Bar Whiskey Attempts To Break A World Record
San Francisco-based Gold Bar Whiskey will be attempting to break the official Guinness Book of World Records record for “Most People Shaking Cocktails Simultaneously” on May 17, 2025 at the Treasure Island distillery. The current record for Most People Shaking Cocktails Simultaneously is 1,710 – set by Diageo in Barcelona, Spain, on September 18, 2013 – during Diageo’s annual Western Europe conference, where participants shook vodka martinis comprised of vodka […]
Lagavulin Claims There Is More Beyond The Smoke
Islay-based Scotch whisky producer Lagavulin has debuted their latest marketing campaign, entitled “Beyond the Smoke”, where the brand attempts to deflect some of their smoky reputation. The promotional spot is accentuated with a voiceover from actor and longtime creative partner Nick Offerman and features a Brooklyn bar, Lagavulin’s distillery on Islay – albeit, re-created as a diorama – and a New York rooftop [perhaps suggesting New Yorkers are the primary […]
Montana’s Lone Mountain Ranch Resort Opens Whiskey And Cigar Den
Montana’s Lone Mountain Ranch Resort – located in Big Sky, Montana, in the southwestern corner of the state near Yellowstone National Park – has launched “The Trapper’s Den”, a restored 1915 cabin that will be employed as a haven for cigar aficionados and whiskey enthusiasts. The Lone Mountain Ranch Resort was founded in 1915 and The Trapper’s Den was originally used as a shelter for the trappers in the area […]
WhiskyCritic Lands In The Elite Eight Of Whisk[e]y Blogs & Websites
WhiskyCritic does not typically pat ourselves on the back – it is bad form and requires an uncomfortable contortion – but it is with a double dosage of pleasure and humility that WC accepts the recent rankings of the top 45 UK whiskey blogs and websites in 2025 [https://bloggers.feedspot.com/uk_whiskey_blogs/]. WC is ranked seventh – that is making the Elite Eight [to employ a Big Dance reference, being only one month […]
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