Whisky News
House Of Suntory Has Hakushu And Yamazaki 18 Year Olds For 100th Birthday
The House of Suntory has released both Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt and an 18-year-old Yamazaki whisky aged in mizunara oak casks as part of their 100th anniversary celebration – Suntory was founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii who started making whisky at the Yamazaki distillery, located near Kyoto in Japan. 50 years later, […]
Beam Suntory Combines Whisky From Three Regions To Produce Ardray
Beam Suntory has created a new three-region blended Scotch called Ardray that combines malt and grain whiskies from the Highlands, Lowlands and Islay Scotch whisky-producing regions of Scotland. Beam Suntory owns the Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore and Laphroaig Scotch distilleries and, in a collaboration with Scottish spirits company Edrington [owner of Glenrothes, Highland Park and The […]
Bladnoch Releases The Dragon
Bladnoch – Scotland’s oldest privately-owned whisky distillery – has released five single malts that will comprise what they are calling The Dragon Series [a reference to the dragon curve, a mathematical term for a fractional curve]. Bladnoch I in the Dragon Series is called The Field [relating the journey from field to distillery], was matured […]
Fettercairn Has New 18-Year-Old
Fettercairn has released the 2023 their annual 18-year-old limited edition single malt. 2023 Fettercairn 18 Year Old was finished in 100% locally-sourced Scottish oak barrels, bottled at 46.8% alcohol by volume [93.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of almond, cacao, guava, passionfruit and vanilla. 2023 Fettercairn 18 Year Old is being made available […]