Kingsbarns Distillery has released their new Balcomie whisky – named after the Balcomie Castle in the distillery’s home of Fife. Kingsbarns Balcomie was matured in ex-Oloroso American oak sherry butts from Jerez, Spain, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of dark chocolate, dried apricot orange peel and […]
The 2020 holiday gift-giving season – such as it is in these Covid-19 times – is upon us and Glengoyne is boarding that bus with their offering of a pair of gift sets and a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is a relatively simple 500-piece affair [that can easily be completed with a whisky by […]
UK-based bottler, Gordon & MacPhail, has released a 40-year-old single malt Scotch whisky from the Miltonduff Distillery as the third release of their 125th anniversary celebration. Gordon & MacPhail will be releasing four single malts – all from closed distilleries – this year to mark their 125th anniversary. The Gordon & MacPhail 1979 Mosstowie from […]
Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Turks…as the old “Istanbul [Not Constantinople]” song lyric goes, however, in this case, Istanbul [along with Frankfurt, Germany] is getting Bowmore’s new limited edition single malt whiskies, Bowmore 1995 and Bowmore 1997 – Bowmore 1995 to Istanbul and Bowmore 1997 to Frankfurt. Bowmore 1995 […]
Islay distillery Laphroaig has released Book Two: Building An Icon, the second of their limited edition single malt whiskies honoring Ian Hunter, the last member of the founding Johnston family to run the Islay distillery. The entire range will eventually consist of five whiskies, each released annually. Hunter was the youngest member of the Johnston […]
Glasgow Distillery has released their second peated single malt whisky – Glasgow 1770 Peated Rich & Smoky. Glasgow 1770 Peated Rich & Smoky has been matured in virgin oak, finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of smoke, toffee and vanilla. Glasgow […]
Islay-based Smokehead whisky has revived their “Frankenshake” Halloween-themed cocktail from the dead for this upcoming Halloween weekend. But the Frankenshake is merely the tip of the spooky Halloween cocktail iceberg – Smokehead has collaborated with partner bars to create their Freakishly Tasting Halloween Cocktail range, which include the Killer Kimchi, Don’t Bite Snow White as […]
Singleton has released a 38-year-old secondary aged single malt whisky. The Singleton 38-Year-Old was originally aged 12 years then underwent an additional 26-year secondary maturation in a selection of experimental casks of ex-Bourbon, Pedro Ximénez Oloroso-seasoned casks and new American oak casks before being bottled at 49.6% alcohol by volume [99.2 proof] and is said […]