Loch Lomond Unveils Original Series
Highland-based Loch Lomond distillery has released The Original Series – a trio of single malt whiskies using a combination of straight neck stills and traditional swan neck stills amongst a variety range of cask finishes. The Loch Lomond The Original Series trio consists of Loch Lomond The Original Triple Oak, Loch Lomond Oloroso Sherry Cask […]
The Glendronach Releases 56-Year-Old
Highland-based The Glendronach Distillery has released a 56-year-old single malt whisky – their oldest release ever – to celebrate the distillery’s 200th anniversary. The Glendronach Aged 56 Years has been matured in a trio of Oloroso sherry butts from Jerez along with another trio of Spanish oak hogsheads from Pedro Ximenez, bottled at 44.9% alcohol […]
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BrewDog Makes Beer For Everyone
Scotland-based brewery, BrewDog, makes beer for everyone – laughing hipsters, clichéd father-son moments, tall people, browsers, close talkers, fake listeners, curious people, friendly people, happy couples, unhappy couples, shoplifters, vegetarians, vegetarians that lie, bad swimmers, guys who almost certainly own a snake, window sill abusers, people who believe in aliens from other planets – and even those who don’t [with a cat drinking milk subbing in for a woman drinking […]
Prima And Ultima Add Eight More Whiskies In Second Release
Spirits behemoth Diageo has released the second offering in their Prima & Ultima series featuring eight cask strength singe malt whiskies that are either the first or last of their kind, from the Talisker, Mortlach, The Singleton and [newly restored] Brora distilleries. Diageo’s second release in the Prima & Ultima series includes a rare Lagavulin single malt, a Brora single malt extracted from the last of the distillery’s casks in […]
Benriach Introduces Malting Season Whisky
Benriach has released Malting Season – a single malt originating from the barley malted at its floor maltings. Benriach Malting Season has been double-cask-matured in both bourbon and virgin oak barrels, bottled at 48.7% alcohol by volume [97.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of honey, pear and vanilla. Only 6,672 bottles Benriach Malting Season are being made available in the USA beginning in October 2021 for $140 per […]
Catoctin Creek Sends Rabble Rouser To The UK
Virginia-based Catoctin Creek Distillery is sending their “unruly and vivacious” Rabble Rouser rye whiskey across the pond for a UK release. Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser single barrel rye whiskey was aged for four years in Minnesota white oak barrels, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, cherries, pepper and toasted marshmallows. Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser single barrel rye whiskey is being […]
Dewar’s Introduces Sustainable Metal Boxes
Dewar’s blended Scotch whiskies have introduced sustainable metal boxes as packaging for their 12-year-old and 18-year-old whiskies. Dewar’s – owned by Bacardi – selected metal as their sustainable packaging choice due to the material’s economical production cost, low carbon footprint and high recyclability rate. Dewar’s Blended Scotch Whisky Aged 12 Years is said to contain notes of citrus and vanilla while Dewar’s Blended Scotch Whisky Aged 18 Years is said […]
Seven Glenlivet Whiskies Bottled By Gordon & MacPhail
UK-based bottler Gordon & MacPhail has bottled seven whiskies from The Glenlivet Distillery as part of their Private Collection and Connoisseurs Choice series. The Private Collection releases include a 1975 whisky aged in refill sherry hogshead, a 1976 whisky matured in refill American hogshead, a 1976 whisky aged in first-fill sherry hogshead, and a 1980 whisky aged in refill American hogshead. The 1975 Glenlivet whisky is said to contain notes […]
Laphroaig Brings Out Cask Strength Duo
Laphroaig has released a pair of cask strength single malt whiskies – Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength and 25 Year Old Cask Strength – as part of their batch 13. Laphroaig 10-Year-Old Cask Strength was matured in ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 57.9% alcohol by volume [115.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of honey, peat and sea salt. Laphroaig 10-Year-Old Cask Strength is being made available for $105 […]
Brothers Bond Brings Bourbon To More States
Brothers Bond Bourbon – named after Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, stars of CW’s teen drama, “The Vampire Diaries”, which ran for eight seasons and ended in 2017 – has expanded availability into 17 U.S. states. Brothers Bond Bourbon has aged four years in virgin American oak casks, and is a four-grain, high-rye Bourbon comprised of 65% corn, 22% rye and an undisclosed percentage of wheat and barley, was bottled […]
Suntory Reformulates Yamazaki 25
Suntory has re-formulatedtheir Yamazaki 25-year-old single malt whisky by sharing the aging process among three types of oak casks – American, Spanish and Japanese mizunara – as they have already done with their 12-year-old and 18-year-old Yamazaki whiskies. Suntory Yamazaki 25 Single Malt Whisky has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and the re-formulation has been said to provide notes of ginger, persimmon and and Satsuma orange. […]
WhistlePig Produces RoadStock And Limavady
Vermont-based WhistlePig has been busy in 2021 – not only do they have their new limited-edition RoadStock Rye Whiskey ready to roll, but they also have a new collaboration with Limavady, to revive the old Irish whiskey stalwart brand. WhistlePig RoadStock Rye is the end result of a cross-country journey where barrels of whiskey were sent – via an 18-wheeler rig – to California for finishing before returning home to […]
Sazerac’s Sheep Dog Peanut Butter Whiskey Liqueur Crosses The Pond
Sazerac-owned brand Sheep Dog is sending their peanut butter-flavored liqueur across the pond to the UK. Sheep Dog Peanut Butter Whiskey Liqueur was bottled at 35% alcohol by volume [70 proof] and is said to contain notes of butterscotch, caramel, coffee, peanut butter [duh] and vanilla. Sheep Dog Peanut Butter Liqueur is recommended [by Sazerac] as an ice cold shot, as part of an espresso martini or mixed with hard […]
Loch Lomond Collabs With Golfer Lee Westwood For Single Malt Whisky
Loch Lomond has collaborated with English golfer Lee Westwood to release Lee Westwood Single Cask 1st Edition – a 25 year-old single malt [the same number of years as the number of wins Westwood has had on the European Tour]. Loch Lomond Lee Westwood Single Cask 1st Edition was matured in a refill American oak cask, bottled at 55.3% alcohol by volume [110.6 proof] and is said to contain notes […]
Teeling Introduces 32-Year-Old Irish Whiskey
Dublin-based Teeling Distillery has released 32-Year-Old single malt Irish whiskey as part of their Vintage Reserve Collection. Teeling 32-Year-Old was bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Only a scant 750 bottles of Teeling 32-Year-Old single malt Irish whiskey are being made available for the whiskey are available, initially in Ireland, then in Asia and Europe, for $2,365 per 700ml bottle.
Maker’s Mark Collabs With Roku And Randall Park
Beam-Suntory-owned Maker’s Mark bourbon has collaborated with Roku and actor-comedian Randall Park [“Fresh Off the Boat”] to promote his new talk show called “The Show Next Door”. The show is a weekly talk show which Park hosts and welcomes a variety of actors, athletes, musicians and other guests. The first two episodes of the six-episode series premiered this week – available for free on the Roku Channel – and each […]
Loch Lomond Launches Spearhead
Loch Lomond Distillery has released Spearhead – their new single grain whisky made using a continuous Coffey-style still. Loch Lomond Spearhead was matured in ex-bourbon barrels, then finished in both fire- and infrared-toasted [for precise toasting] virgin American oak barrels – Loch Lomond Distillery claims to be the only site in Scotland to use infrared barrels to finish whisky – before being bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] […]
Oxford Rye Wheels Out Batch #2
The Oxford Artisan Distillery has issued their Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #2. Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #2 was aged in both virgin American oak casks and vintage Port casks, bottled at 47.4% alcohol by volume [94.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of banana, butterscotch, leather and tobacco. For Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #2, the Oxford Artisan Distillery – which claims to be the only distillery in England to […]
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