Heavy metal music band Metallica has become the latest to join the musician-sponsored whiskey fray with the release of their ‘Blackened’ American whiskey [which is named after the opening track on their ‘…And Justice For All’ album]. Metallica’s “Blackened” is a blend of bourbon, rye, and other American whiskies, aged in ex-brandy casks but which […]
Beam distiller Freddie Now has “published” his second chapter in his limited edition blend series entitled “Little Book Chapter 2: Noe Simple Task”. “Little Book Chapter 2: Noe Simple Task” is bottled at 59.4% alcohol by volume [118.8 proof] and is composed of 13-year-old Canadian rye whisky (55.95% alcohol by volume – 111.9 proof); eight-year-old […]
Buffalo Trace has unveiled the five whiskies that will comprise this year’s Antique Collection [whiskies bottled from rare stocks at the Buffalo Trace Distillery]. The 2018 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection will consist of a 2003 George T. Stagg, bottled at 62.45% alcohol by volume [124.9 proof] and is said to contain notes of dark chocolate, […]
Having been denied a chance to name his blended Irish whiskey Notorious due to trademark infringement issues from the founder of Carlow Brewing Company, who owns the rights to a European trademark of the same name, mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor re-launched his whiskey under the name Proper No. Twelve. Proper Twelve blended Irish […]
George Washington was the first president of the USA but he still had time to make whiskey. George Washington’s Straight Rye Premium Whiskey featuring his original recipe – discovered in his distillery ledgers from 1798 and 1799 – contains 60% rye, 35% corn along with 5% malted barley and has been re-created using the original […]
The name is Bond. Well, actually, it is Jack Daniel’s – and JD has a new 100-proof version of their whiskey that honors the Bottled-in-Bond Act, which set USA standards for the spirits industry in 1897 and prevented us from all drinking moonshine made out of shoe leather or rutabagas. That year, U.S. Congress in […]
Whyte & Mackay has released a smaller bottle of their blended whisky – a 50cl bottle – smaller than their existing bottles of 70cl and one-liter sizes. Whyte & Mackay’s new 50cl bottle will be available in the UK for $14 per bottle.
Canadian blended whiskey stalwart Crown Royal has released their 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash. Crown Royal 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash is a blended whiskey composed of a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% barley malt. Crown Royal 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash will be available worldwide, albeit, only in limited quantities.