Angry Orchard Prepares – Sorta – For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a hit-or-miss “holiday” for people and Boston Beer Company-owned cidery Angry Orchard has decided to side with the “miss” people this weekend with an promotional campaign entitled Angry Orchard Exchange Program, which “helps the heartbroken transform their ex’s abandoned belongings into something they actually want: hard cider.” Consumers left with their ex’s […]
Canada Gets Wiser With Ginger Ale+Whisky RTD
Canadian companies JP Wiser’s and Canada Dry have collaborated to launch a pre-mixed ready-to-drink (RTD) canned whisky and ginger ale cocktail. The RTD combines Canada Dry’s ginger ale with JP Wiser’s Canadian whisky at 7% alcohol by volume [14 proof] and is being made available in both a 473-ml single-serve can or in four-packs. The […]
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Sazerac Purchases Paul Masson Brandy
New Orleans-based Sazerac has purchased the Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand, related inventory and interests in certain contracts from New York-based Constellation Brands for a reported $255 million. The deal is reportedly expected to close this month (January 2021). Sazerac adds a middle/low-end brandy while Constellation Brands’ remaining spirits portfolio includes High West Whiskey.
First Drink of 2021 Is On Us, Says Bushmills
Irish whiskey giant, Bushmills, is offering the first drink of 2021 [for USA consumers] to be on them with their #FirstWhiskey campaign effort. Bushmills is offering USA consumers aged 21 and over to order Bushmills on its own or in a cocktail from a bar or restaurant, whether its purchased in person, for takeaway or delivery, then redeem the offer by taking a photo of the receipt and uploading it […]
Happy New Year – USA Places 25% Tariff On European Cognac
Just when you thought you were glad to be ridding yourself of the horrors of 2020, the USA greeted the new year of 2021 with the news of their intention of placing a 25% tariff on certain European cognacs. Officially, the USA Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will adjust tariffs on “certain Cognacs, grape brandies and wine from France and Germany” to a 25% duty rate beginning on January 12, […]
Cognac Takes A Hit In Europe-USA Trade War
The USA will impose new import taxes on some French cognacs as part of a long-running trade dispute that initially began over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing 16 years ago. The latest retaliation will have the USA imposing new tariffs on “certain cognac and other grape brandies from France and Germany”. The USA said they were taking the tariff action because they claimed the EU imposed tariffs on […]
Moet Hennessy Buys Minority Stake In Whistlepig
Moët Hennessy has purchased an undisclosed minority stake in Vermont-based Whistlepig – allowing the company to build the whiskey brand outside of North America. Moët Hennessy is the wine and spirits division of LVMH and produces such recognizable luxury spirits as Belvedere vodka. According to 2019 data from the spirits industry, Whistlepig holds the top position in the ultra-premium and luxury rye whiskey category (rye whiskey sold at US$45 or […]
Bushmills Unveils 30-Year-Old Single Malt Whiskey
Bushmills has released another Irish whiskey from their Causeway Collection – which was unveiled earlier this month and comprises of 10 cask-finished single malt whiskies – a 30 year old single malt. Bushmills 30 Year Old New American Oak Cask single malt whiskey was initially matured for 14 years in Oloroso sherry butts and bourbon barrels, finished in new American oak casks for 16 years before being bottled at 48.4% […]
Seth Myers Receives Heineken Cutout As Holiday Gift
Holiday gift ideas continue to emerge for the 2020 holiday gift-giving season and one of the latest to emerge on the holiday gift-giving landscape is a cutout offered by Heineken. One such cutout was received by late night talk show host Seth Myers from his brother, Josh. Heineken is offering a chance to send a giant facsimile of yourself to a loved one. People who go to BestieGiftEver.com can upload […]
Coors Light Burps Out Eerie Beerman For The Holidays
Coors Light seems intent on scaring the kiddies for the holidays with their debut of the “Holiday Beerman” – a snowman version of a slightly more irascible Homer Simpson – that is specifically aimed toward grownups [especially the more cynical of the lot]. The Coors Light’s Holiday Beerman is not only no Frosty but his misshapen form suggests that he has been around the block, so to speak. In other […]
Jim Beam Offers Snow Globe Experience For Holidays
Jim Beam has one of this year’s Fantasy Holiday Gifts being offered from luxury retailer Neiman Marcus – the Jim Beam Snow Globe Experience – which allows you and friends to enjoy holiday festivities inside three festooned snow globes, each fitted with a speaker system to allow communication between the globes and “adorned with elements inspired by the iconic Jim Beam American Stillhouse in Clermont, Ky.” The Jim Beam Snow […]
Martell Collaborates With Global Artists For Gift Collection
Martell has collaborated with American rapper Quavo, Chinese fashion designer Angel Chen and French artist Pierre Marie to create a gift collection of their Blue Swift, Cordon Bleu and Noblige offerings – which are available to purchase now. Quavo designed a limited edition gift box for Martell Blue Swift – a cognac-based spirit drink finished in Kentucky bourbon casks – that includes symbols of hip-hop culture, which come to life […]
Just In Time For The Holidays – Smokehead Unwraps Gift Set
Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, Islay distiller Ian Macleod is unwrapping their Smokehead Skull Gift Tin gift set. The Smokehead Skull Gift Tin is comprised of a trio of 50ml bottles which encompasses the Smokehead core range – Smokehead, High Voltage and Rum Rebel. The Smokehead Skull Gift Tin gift is being made available for $30 on the Smokehead official website.
Beam Suntory Sells Windsor To Prestige
Beam Suntory has sold Windsor Blended Canadian Whisky to Minnesota-based Prestige Beverage Group for an undisclosed sum. Windsor is a blended whisky derived from grains grown near Calgary, Alberta, along with water from western Canada and is claimed to be one of the top-selling Canadian whiskies in the USA. The purchase includes both the original Windsor blended whisky as well as the black cherry-flavored blended whisky. Windsor will join Prestige […]
Bushmills Unveils Causeway Collection
Irish whiskey giant Bushmills has released their new Causeway Collection – a collection of 10 cask-finished single malt whiskies – with the name being a reference to the Giant’s Causeway, a large formation of hexagonal rocks in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills’ Causeway Collection includes single malt whiskies finished in new American oak, cognac, wine and fortified wine casks as well as the 2001 Feuillette Cask, a single malt that […]
Eden Mill Reveals Single Malt…And Something To Keep It In
Eden Mill has released a new single malt whisky for 2020 as well as a hamper to store it in. The Eden Mill 2020 single malt whisky was unveiled to mark St Andrew’s Day (a combination religious and national holiday celebrated in Scotland on November 30). The Eden Mill 2020 single malt was aged in former bourbon, Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks, along with spirit distilled using pale, chocolate, […]
Scarabus Single Malt Offered By Hunter Laing & Co
Islay single malts Scarabus 10 Year Old and Scarabus Batch Strength have been released by UK-based bottler Hunter Laing & Co. Scarabus 10 Year Old was aged for a minimum of 10 years in refill, ex-bourbon and virgin American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of Islay peat smoke, sea salt and vanilla. Scarabus Batch Strength was collected from a […]
Compass Box Pulls Magic Cask Out Of Hat
Instead of pulling a rabbit out of their magic hat, UK-based bottler pulled out Magic Cask – a limited edition blended malt Scotch whisky. Compass Box Magic Cask was matured in first-fill Oloroso sherry-seasoned casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of cocoa powder, marmalade and toffee. Only 5,538 bottles of Compass Box Magic Cask whisky are being made available for $175 […]
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