Woodford Reserve Unveils American Single Malt
Woodford Reserve has released their new 12-year-old American single malt (ASM) as part of the their limited Distillery Series. This is one of the first releases after the December 2024 change in regulations, allowing brands to use new or used barrels in maturation, contrary to the previously accepted bourbon rules. Accordingly, Woodford Reserve 12-Year=Old American […]
Glen Scotia Debuts 12 Year Old
Campbeltown-based distillery Glen Scotia has released a 12-year-old single malt whisky to join their permanent range that includes 10, 15, 18 and 25-year-old whiskies. The new Glen Scotia 12 Years Old was fully matured in first-fill bourbon casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, citrus, […]
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Hunter Laing Introduces Scarabus Specially Selected
Scottish blender/bottler/distiller Hunter Laing is releasing their Scarabus Specially Selected Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Scarabus Specially Selected has been bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of rhubarb, Islay peat smoke and vanilla. Scarabus Specially Selected is being made available this weekend at the company’s recently opened Islay distillery, Ardnahoe, and worldwide for $50 per 700ml bottle beginning in June 2019.
Busch Makes Wedding Offers
June is the wedding month and Busch is preparing for the onslaught of weddings by making a trio of offers – the so-called “Busch Guy” to officiate, a gift of $25,000 “to focus on the things that really matter” [like a frickin’ sweet boat?] and a “full supply” of Busch beer for the nuptials. Busch says the “Busch Guy,” is legally ordained to do the honors. Only USA residents aged […]
The Balvenie Is Ready To Share Their Stories
Speyside whiskymaker The Balvenie has released three single malts – a 12-year-old [The Sweet Toast of American Oak], 14-year-old [The Week of Peat], and a 26-year-old [A Day of Dark Barley] that they are calling, collectively, The Balvenie Stories. The Balvenie’s The Sweet Toast of American Oak has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain notes of lemon peel, butterscotch and oak spices. […]
Bridge Road Brewers Secede From Australia And Create Brewland
Bridge Road Brewers have successfully seceded from Australia and created Brewland – the world’s first beer micronation…
Redbreast Has Dream Cask Pedro Ximenez Edition
Redbreast is set to release their new single cask offering – Redbreast Dream Cask Pedro Ximénez Edition – which includes four whiskey components aged between 20 and 33 years. The components include: an Irish whiskey distilled in 1998, matured in an ex-Bourbon barrel and re-casked into a Pedro Ximénez sherry butt in 2012; an Irish whiskey distilled in 1995, matured in an ex-Bourbon cask and re-casked into an Oloroso sherry […]
Happy World Whisky Day 2019
Today is World Whisky Day for 2019 – celebrate with a whisky [or whiskey] of your choosing in any manner of your choosing. If you want to try a whisky cocktail foodie-focused website Gobble has a few suggested cocktail concoctions that would work nicely for summer-type weather [Brown Derby] and any other type of weather [Rob Roy]. You need food to go with your whisky drink and Bourbon Barrel of […]
WC Cautiously Tries Suspect Distilling Whiskey
WhiskyCritic had the opportunity recently to sample some of the flavored whiskey products offered by Suspect Distilling [based in Enumclaw, Washington] and depending on what you expect, it was about what you would expect. WC’s personal favorite among the group of four flavored whiskies that were offered was Strawberry Mint. Let’s face it, if you are sampling flavored whiskies, then that means you have to have at least a tiny […]
George Dickel Introduces Bottled-In-Bond Whiskey
George Dickel has released Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey [created in accordance with the 1897 act, requiring whiskey to be produced by one distillery within a six-month ‘season’ and aged for at least four years in a federally bonded warehouse at 100 proof (50% alcohol by volume). George Dickel Bottled-in-Bond is said to contain notes of light honey, tropical fruit and warm spices. George Dickel Bottled in Bond is being made available […]
Dos Equis Suffers A Total Eclipse Of The Bar
Dos Equis relives the 1980s – specifically, 1983 – with a Dos Equis-themed rendition of Bonnie Tyler’s worldwide hit power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” when Dos Equis was the sponsor of MTV’s Spring Break Live summer jam…
Laphroaig Has Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength
Laphroaig has released the Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength single malt whisky created to celebrate the ‘friends of Laphroaig’ and mark this year’s Fèis Ìle festival on Islay. Laphroaig Càirdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels, moved to quarter casks and then finished in ex-Oloroso sherrry European oak casks before being bottled at cask strength 51.4% alcohol by volume [102.8 proof]. it is said to contain notes […]
GlenDronach Introduces Port-And-Sherry Whisky
The GlenDronach has released a 16-Year-Old single malt whisky aged in both ex-port and ex-sherry casks they are calling The GlenDronach. The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years is made with whisky that has matured in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks from Andalucía, Spain, and Port casks from the Douro Valley, Portugal, before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 years is aid […]
Maluma Finds Michelob Ultra Rhythm
Colombian music star, Maluma, is employed by Michelob to promote their Michelob Ultra beer while also promoting his latest album release, “Nuestro Ritmo (Our Rhythm)”. The spot, was shot in Maluma’s hometown of Medellin, Colombia, shows the performer drinking an Ultra with friends amid his active work and social life, including dancing….
Jura Adds Tide And Time
Jura has added a pair of 21-year-olds to their lineup. Jura 21 Year Old Time has been matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in ex-peated malt casks and bottled at 47.2% alcohol by volume [94.4 proof]. Jura 21-Year-Old is said to contain citrus, peat and smoke notes and will be released in small batches. Jura 21 Year Old Tide was bottled at 46.7% alcohol by volume […]
Bob Dylan Opens Up Heaven’s Door To Mizunara Cask-Finished Whiskey
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door brand American whiskey will release a 25-year-old expression finished in Japanese mizunara oak casks as part of his Bootleg Series of rare whiskies. [Mizunara oak is thought to be one of the rarest and most expensive types of oak in the world]. The first release of The Bootleg Series will be available in “very limited quantities” for $500 per 750ml bottle beginning near the 2019 holiday […]
Budweiser Tells You To Call Your Mom On Sunday
Budweiser reminds you to call your mom on Sunday for Mother’s Day – especially if you have hit your first Major League Baseball home run [don’t worry about Dad, he already knows…]
The Glenlivet Has Something For Moms On Mother’s Day
The Glenlivet is making sure moms can have some single malt whisky for their special day next week as they introduce a new bottle redesign – their green glass bottle has been replaced with a clear bottle, accentuating the golden hues of the whisky and modern redesigned logos – for The Glenlivet 12-Year-Old and The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve [the rest of the core range gets the re-design later]. In support […]
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