Speyside-based The Macallan has ventured outside their travel retail venue comfort zone – sorta – by opening a boutique in London luxury department store, Harrods – their first-ever UK boutique outside of travel retail. The Macallan’s new boutique occupies a space on Harrods’ ground floor and will offer a range of rare and limited-edition whiskies, […]
Speyside-based Tormore Distillery is in revival mode with the release of a trio of single malt whiskies – Tormore 12 Year Old, Tormore 16 Year Old Sherry Cask and the non-age statement Tormore Timeless – after the distillery’s 2022 purchase from Pernod Ricard by London-based Elixir Distillers. Tormore Distillery whiskies had primarily been used as […]
Speyside-based The Macallan has rolled out the Romantica Collection – a single malt whisky featuring original artwork to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Macallan 1926 vintage. Only a mere 258 bottles of the new Romantica Collection 40-year-old were produced and are originating from a sherry-seasoned European oak cask and bottled at 48.6% alcohol by […]
British rock band The Stranglers have unveiled another Golden Brown – this time it is a single malt Scotch whisky – in a collaboration with Caskade Drinks. The whisky’s name is a reference to their 1982 mainstream hit “Golden Brown” which lead singer Hugh Cornwell says was about “heroin….and a girl”. The Stranglers Golden Brown […]
Japanese whiskymaker Mars has collaborated with Kentucky-based Bardstown Bourbon Company to create a limited edition blend combining the Japanese single malts with the bourbon in a ‘first-of-its-kind’ process. Single malt whiskies emerging from Mars’ Komagatake and Tsunuki were shipped to Bardstown, where they were married with Bardstowns’ 10- to 16-year-old bourbons. The Komagatake single malt […]
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary aboard a Yellow Submarine – specifically, Yellow Submarine III – a commemoration of both the distillery’s inaugural whisky after it re-started in 2001 and a real yellow submarine that was discovered off Islay’s coast near the distillery in 2005. Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine III lacks the fancy […]
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery is jumping into the ready-to-drink (RTD) pool for summer in a collaboration with Whitebox that will feature four canned cocktails. The Bruichladdich/Whitebox RTD’s consist of a Whisky Sour [made with Bruichladdich’s Classic Laddie] canned at 19% alcohol by volume [38 proof], a Dry Martini [33.9% alcohol by volume – 67.8 proof], a […]
Jura has released a pair of single cask whiskies at the 2026 Islay-based Fèis Ìle Festival – which will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the festival. The 2026 Fèis Ìle Festival begins on May 22, 2026. Jura Fèis Ìle 16 Year Old is a single cask whisky matured in second-fill ex-bourbon barrels followed by […]