Gordon & MacPhail will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their “Connoisseurs Choice” range, and they are doing so properly – by adding a series of single malts aged 30 years and above to the range. Gordon & MacPhail’s new series of ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ releases are all aged to a minimum of 30 years and […]
Kingsbarns used to provide their whisky only for members of their exclusive Founders’ Club [sorta like King Arthur’s Round Table] but now the Lowland distillery is offering their whisky to the peasantry, even if they are an Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune. Kingsbarns’ “The Founders’ Reserve”, a single malt, consists of several casks filled in 2015 using first-fill […]
The Balvenie has released a 50-year-old they call “The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962” – but you will have to have quite a bit of cash on hand to purchase said whisky. The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962 has been matured in four American oak casks for 50 years before being bottled at 41.6% alcohol by volume […]
Fettercairn single malt whisky has received a new life in the form of a re-launch and four new expressions – ranging in age from 12 to 50 years old. All four Fettercairn whiskies began maturing in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels – although both the 12 and 28-year olds spent the entire time in the […]
Johnnie Walker is adding their Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen to their extensive portfolio of scotch whiskies. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen is a blend of eight whiskies, including three so-called ‘ghost whiskies’ from distilleries that have been closed down. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen […]
Glenfiddich is offering their Fire & Cane – a peated, no-age-statement (NAS) malt whisky that was first matured in Bourbon casks before being finished in rum casks. Glenfiddich Fire & Cane is the fourth member of Glenfiddich’s Experimental Series, which includes Glenfiddich Project XX, Glenfiddich IPA and Glenfiddich Winter Storm. Glenfiddich Fire & Cane was […]
One of WhiskyCritic’s favorite distilleries – The Dalmore – is releasing a 45-Year-Old single malt whisky. That is the good news. The bad news is that you are likely to be unable to afford it. The Dalmore 45-Year-Old was aged 40 years before spending the final five years in two Colheita port pipes from 1961 […]
Tomatin has released their limited edition Moscatel-finished single malt whisky. Tomatin Moscatel was aged 15 years and finished in first-fill Portuguese Moscatel wine barriques for five of those years before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Only 6000 bottles of the limited edition Tomatin Moscatel will be available worldwide for $100 per […]