For the first time ever, Green Pot Single Pot still Irish Whiskey will be finished in Bordeaux casks. Originally aged in three different casks – consisting of former Oloroso sherry, former bourbon and new bourbon – Green Pot is finished out in the former Bordeaux wine casks for a period ranging between one and two […]
You got your standard 12-year-old Scotch whisky, good, but Company X in the Netherlands has imported said Scottish whisky, filtered it with both gold and diamonds and since that is so clearly not enough, they then “body-blended” it – by which, they mean they have poured it over the body of one of two porn […]
We have officially – finally – reached World Whisky Day 2015 and events are going on around the world to celebrate the occasion. To find your local event, refer to the official website [see link below] but if there are no official events in your area, there is rule against organizing your own event and […]
There are two parts of a skeleton key – the blade and bow – and that is the symbolism used for the new Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey, which uses the skeleton key reference as a way of paying tribute to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Blade and Bow will be released […]
It is a day of firsts as following on the heels of Crown Royal offering their first-ever blended rye whiskey, comes news that another whiskey blend giant – Dewar’s – will be offering a bourbon-style blend called Scratched Cask, Dewar’s Scratched Cask follows in the bourbon tradition of scratching a charred oak layer in a […]
Crown Royal has officially entered the rye whiskey business with its first-ever blended rye whiskey, dubbed Northern Harvest. Rye whiskies have always been a part of Crown Royal’s Deluxe blend but this is the first time they will stand on their own more than two grainy feet. Bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof], Crown […]
Who says Mother’s Day can’t be about whiskey? Certainly not the folks at New York City’s People’s Pops – who have collaborated with Alabama-based Clyde May’s whiskey to create Mom Day whiskey pops and spontaneously combust any notion you may have had about Mother’s Day being a sedate “holiday”. Whisky-flavored People’s Pops come in three […]
Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Kentucky Whiskey is a small batch bourbon [47% alcohol content, 94 proof] from Heaven Hill Distillery. The whiskey is named after a religious leader from Virginia who accidentally discovered the joys of bourbon after a fire charred his barrel collection. At least that’s the story and Heaven Hill is sticking to it. […]