Pernod-Ricard has made a limited edition of Paddy Centenary Whiskey – to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the venerable whiskey – but it will only be available in Ireland and France. The Paddy Centenary is a seven-year-old single pot still whiskey using the original recipe with packaging evoking the early 20th century when then-Cork Distilleries […]
Auchentoshan – Scotland’s only triple-distilled single malt Scotch whisky – has unveiled a limited edition called Auchentoshan Virgin Oak, which has been aged in North American virgin oak casks that have never been touched by another liquid spirit. While tradition maintains that Scotch whisky be aged in casks that formerly held bourbon or sherry – […]
Cutty Sark Whisky begins their “Cutty Cargo” world tour this week – a show celebrating the local talent of the city it is in and all encasedin a mobile, gigantic version of the shipping crates used to smuggle Cutty Sark whisky back in the day. The first show begins in London [where it features Jessie […]
Got a spare $1400 lying around that you’re not using right now? Well then, you might be interested in heading over to New York City – specifically, the Flatiron Room cocktail lounge – where you can attend a special whisky tasting extraordinaire. What makes this whisky tasting more special than the one in Omaha or […]
Do you live in the USA and want some 30-year-old Hibiki whiskey from Japanese distiller, Suntory? Good luck. Unless you live in Japan, are extraordinarily wealthy or have some other very good reason why you have access to Japanese whiskies, it’s more than likely you will not be enjoying the smooth and sweet taste of […]
Whiskies are coming both left and right out of the woodwork these days and one of the newest whiskies to emerge will be the rye whiskey from new whiskey distiller Five & Twenty Spirits in upstate New York [specifically, Westfield]. Five and Twenty is planning both a release of an unaged corn whiskey and a […]
Russian vodka used to be the gold standard for high end spirits but many Russians now view vodka as an old-school drink – and not in the good, retro-cool way. So, with the emerging popularity of all things whisky-related, it perhaps comes as no surprise that there is a new gold standard – The Gild […]
Irish whisky Powers has released a new single pot still expression called Powers Signature Release. The new release – the second single pot still release from Powers since 2011 – has been matured in American bourbon barrels along with some whisky matured in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks to produce its signature black pepper, honey and […]