Islay distillery Lavagulin continues their popular collaboration with “Parks and Recreation” actor Nick Offerman with the launch of the new Lagavulin Offerman Edition: Guinness Cask Finish. Lavagulin has been working with Offerman for seven years but the new limited-edition whisky was aged for 11 years before being finished for four months in former Guinness beer […]
With their new distillery construction temporarily sidelined first, by political machinations, then by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Ardgowan has filled in the void by launching a new blended whisky, called Shipwright, as the second offering of their Clydebuilt series. Shipwright is a blend of single malts sourced from both Speyside and Highland distilleries, matured in […]
Denmark-based [and part-Diageo-owned] Stauning distillery has released El Clásico – a rye whisky matured in vermouth casks. El Clasico was initially aged for three years in virgin American oak casks, then spent another year maturing in Spanish vermouth casks before being bottled at 45.7% alcohol by volume [91.4 proof] and – perhaps, not surprisingly – […]
The Singleton has released a 54-year-old single malt as part of their Paragon of Time Collection. The Singleton 54-Year-Old was matured in a European oak cask, finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry-seasoned cask, bottled at 44.1% alcohol by volume [88.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of burnt raisins, dried figs and parsley. Only 235 […]
Popular Highland distillery, Glenmorangie, has collaborated with Sonoma-Cutrer winery in Sonoma, California, to produce Glenmorangie Sonoma-Cutrer Reserve, a single malt whisky finished in chardonnay casks. In 2005, Glenmorangie took a 10-year-old single malt and finished it for 15 years in chardonnay casks from Sonoma-Cutrer, the liquid was then bottled at 55.7% alcohol by volume [111.4 […]
Loch Lomond Distillery has released a 45-year-old single malt whisky as their first of a planned three-part release in their Remarkable Stills Series, celebrating the distillery’s straight neck pot stills [those stills provide for a greater separation of flavors]. Loch Lomond 45 Years Old single malt whisky was initially matured in American oak casks, finished […]
Organic grain-to-glass whiskymaker Oxford Artisan Distillery has released their initial offering – the imaginatively-named Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1. Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1 was made using a grain ratio of 90% maslin (a mix of 70% rye and 20% wheat from populations grown together in the same field) and 10% heritage malted barley, matured […]
Glasgow Distillery has released their Coopers’ Cask Scotch whisky as an exclusive – the first from the distillery. The Glasgow Distillery Coopers’ Cask takes unpeated spirit from an ex-Port cask filled by the Glasgow Distillery in 2015, then further matures it in a cask of half heavily charred virgin oak staves from USA-based Kelvin Cooperage […]