Belgian beer Tongerlo Blond took home the booty as the World’s Best Beer at the 2014 World Beer Awards. From Haacht Brewery, Tongerlo beat out 700 other brews from 30 countries. The rest of the winners were…. World’s Best Lager: Samuel Adams, Double Bock World’s Best Wheat Beer: Brasil Kirin, Eisenbahn Weizenbock World’s Best Dark […]
Timorous Beastie – a new Highland blended malt Scotch whisky – has emerged from Scotland this week. The whisky is a non-chill-filtered “vatted malt” that is a blend of whiskies from Glen Garioch, Dalmore and Glengoyne distilleries. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol content [93.6 proof], Timorous Beastie will be available for $60 per bottle.
Scottish distillery Glenmorangie launched their crowd-sourced single malt Scotch whisky program last March and the result was a whisky called The Taghta [“The Chosen One” in Scottish Gaelic] and there is a chance to get one of the 12,000 bottles created. The single malt whisky was bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] but it […]
The fifth single malt whisky has arrived in the Machrie Moor peated whisky collection. Dubbed “The Peated Arran Malt” the 46% alcohol content [92 proof] single malt also has a limited edition cask strength version bottled at a whopping 58.4% alcohol content [116.8 proof]. The Machrie Moor Peated Arran Malt has notes of vanilla, pineapple […]
Jefferson’s small batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon whisky has finally made it across the pond and will make its debut in the UK this month. Jefferson’s, along with Jefferson’s Reserve, bourbon, in particular, is created by combining the ingredients of eight to 12 barrels of bourbon of varying ages. Jefferson’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky will retail […]
Vintage 2000 – a Highland single malt Scotch whisky – has been released by anCnoc. The whisky has been aged in Spanish oak former sherry butts as well as American oak ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled at a non-chill-filtered and uncolored 46% alcohol content [92 proof] and is said to have Asian spice notes. Only […]
To promote its whisky, Johnnie Walker is offering a driving master-class opportunity – although it is only in the UK at the moment [don’t worry, it will be offered globally] – with Formula One world champion Jenson Button…
Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born in the month of September and to honor his birth month, his namesake whiskey has been holding a contest of sorts to have fans of his whiskey donate their time and materials to build a bar that ol’ Jasper would have been proud to sling back some brown liquor […]
