Hollywood Distillery Prepares To Deck The Halls
The newly opened Hollywood Distillery in Hollywood – of course – is preparing to help people celebrate the holiday season for the first time ever as a stand-alone distillery operation after opening in early October 2025. The company – led by founders Larry Neuberg, Ferris Wehbe and Jeff Zarrinnam – has actually been in operation […]
Sazerac Brings Out The Cognac
Sazerac Company has released a trio of small batch Sazerac de Forge & Fils Cognac – XO, Grande Champagne Vintage 2000 and a 50-year-old Cognac. Sazerac’s Cognac is linked to the legacy of the 1782 domaine founded by Bernard Sazerac de Forge which originally shipped cognac to America and help create the Sazerac cocktail in […]
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Maker’s Mark Collaborates With Black Bourbon Society For Limited Edition Bourbon
The Black Bourbon Society has collaborated with Maker’s Mark Bourbon to produce a limited edition bourbon, BBS Maker’s Mark Private Selection: Recipe 2. BBS’s Maker’s Mark Private Selection: Recipe 2 is being made available for $70 per 750ml bottle in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and New York and will be made available in California, North Carolina and Washington D.C. in the autumn.
Amass Introduces Trio Of Hard Seltzers
Los Angeles-based Amass Hard Seltzers has released a trio of new botanical-infused seltzers – Faerie Fizz, Sun Sign and Surfer Rosso. Each Amass hard seltzer is distilled with organic sugar cane and carries the standard 5% alcohol by volume [10 proof] with Surfer Rosso touting has flavors of citrus, ginger, hibiscus and turmeric, Faerie Fizz having basil, cardamom, jasmine, raspberry and rose and Sun Sign with oak, orange and vanilla. […]
Glenfarclas Celebrates Triple Digit Anniversary With Whisky
Speyside distiller, Glenfarclas, will celebrate 185 years in existence with the release of their new Glenfarclas 185th Anniversary Edition single malt Scotch whisky. Glenfarclas 185th Anniversary Edition has been double distilled in copper pot stills, then matured in both Spanish sherry oak casks and non-Spanish sherry oak casks before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Only 6,000 bottles of Glenfarclas 185th Anniversary Edition are being made available […]
Morrison Unveils Trio Of Whiskies
Newly formed Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers [the artists formerly known as Morrison and Mackay, prior to 2020] have revealed a trio of new whiskies – an Islay single malt Scotch [Mac-Talla Strata], a blended malt [Old Perth] and a single malt [Carn Mor]. Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers’ Mac-Talla Strata is a Islay-bred 15-year-old single malt said to contain notes of peat, smoke and winter spices. Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers’ The […]
GlenAllachie Turns Nine Casks Into 30-Year-Old Single Malt Whisky
Speyside distillery The GlenAllachie has released The GlenAllachie 30-Year-Old Cask Strength Batch 1 – the blended result of nine casks. The GlenAllachie 30-Year-Old Cask Strength Batch 1 is a blend of nine casks formerly holding both 1989 and 1990 whiskies matured in ex-Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks, as well as chinquapin virgin oak casks, which was then bottled at 48.9% alcohol by volume [97.8 proof] and is said to […]
High Noon Offers Hard Seltzer And Sunny Days
E. & J. Gallo-owned High Noon is offering sunny days with their newest promotional campaign for the hard seltzer product launched in 2019. The promotion specifically features/targets attractive millennials at a backyard BBQ, marina and pool party – including Derek, their smartphone-resistant friend. Last year – despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic – hard seltzer accounted for $4.1 billion in drink-at-home sales, more than doubling 2019’s numerals.
Heaven’s Door Collaborates With Redbreast To Produce Master Blenders’ Edition
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door has collaborated with Ireland’s Redbreast to produce The Master Blenders’ Edition. The Master Blenders’ Edition is Heaven’s Door 10-year-old Bourbon finished for 15 months in Redbreast’s 12-year-old Irish whiskey casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to contain musically tasty notes of coconut, honey, marzipan, raisin and walnut. The Master Blenders’ Edition is being made available to purchase online for $100 […]
Bimber Rolls Out London-Themed Single Malt Collection
London-based Bimber Distillery has released their Spirit of the Underground – a collection of single malts celebrating the famed underground passenger railway system in the city – with each bottle in the new collection featuring four stations [Baker Street, Kings Street St. Pancras, Oxford Circus and Waterloo] on the 270-station London Underground network. Bimber’s four London Underground whiskies have been selected from ex-bourbon casks at full cask strength, fermented for […]
The Last Drop Drops 50-Year-Old Blended Whisky
Sazerac-owned The Last Drop Distillers has released The Last Drop 50 Year Old Signature Blended Scotch Whisky – their first-ever blend. The Last Drop 50 Year Old Signature Blended Scotch Whisky is the result of single malt and grain whiskies matured in both bourbon and sherry casks and said to produce notes of flowers, licorice, oak and toffee. Only a mere 500 bottles are being made available worldwide for $4,620 […]
Aber Falls Introduces First Single Malt Whisky
Wales-based Aber Falls Distillery, owned by Halewood Artisanal Spirits, has released their inaugural single malt whisky. The Aber Falls Single Malt Inaugural Release copper pot still-distilled whisky was created with 100% Welsh malted barley and rock-filtered water from the nearby Aber Falls waterfall, matured in a variety of casks which include American and European oak, Spanish sherry and orange wine casks, then bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] […]
Angel’s Envy Adds Madeira-Finished Entry To Their Bourbon Portfolio
Angel’s Envy has lined up a nice Father’s Day gift for dear old dad – the release of Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Madeira casks – as an addition to their Cellar Collection series. Intelligent [and wealthy] sons have a month (Father’s Day is on June 20) to begin saving money to purchase Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Madeira casks which was finished for […]
The Naked Grouse Becomes The Naked Malt
Blended malt whisky brand The Naked Grouse [owned by Edrington] has changed their name to The Naked Malt – but this time, the blended recipe remains the same. The bottle also touts new 100% recyclable packaging embossed with a barrel design as a nod toward The Naked Malt spending six months in first-fill Oloroso sherry casks. The name change and re-design follow a recipe change in 2017 when the then-Naked […]
Redbreast Introduces Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Edition
Redbreast has released a limited – extremely limited – Irish whiskey called Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Edition. Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Edition combines four whiskies and matures them for a minimum of 29 years in ex-bourbon, sherry and ruby port-seasoned casks before casting the lot into a single Oloroso sherry butt for 15 additional months, then bottling the resulting liquid at 51.2% alcohol by volume [102.4 proof], which […]
Dingle Debuts Distillery First Single Malt
Dingle Distillery has released their first single malt Irish whiskey. Dingle Single Malt Irish Whiskey is a seven-year-old whiskey that was matured in PX sherry and bourbon first-fill casks, bottled at 43.6% alcohol by volume [87.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of apples, caramel, mint and raisins. Approximately 50,000 bottles Dingle Single Malt Irish whiskey are being made available for $65 per 700ml bottle.
Lavagulin Offer”man”s Father’s Day Guinness Cask-Finished Limited Edition Whisky
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 casks from Ireland’s Open Gate Brewery, which is said to produce notes of caramel, coffee, […]
Ardgowan Rights Ship With Shipwright Blended Whisky
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 first-fill Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said […]
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