Coleburn Revival Continues With Trio Of Whiskies
Speyside-based Coleburn Distillery has released a trio of blended malt whiskies – Sweet Peat, Sherry Bomb and Big Smoke – as part of their Local Heroes collection as they continue their revival after the original distillery was mothballed in 1985. The revived distillery is currently scheduled to re-open in 2027. Coleburn Sherry Bomb utilizes Oloroso […]
Teeling Debuts Rioja Finished Whiskey
Dublin-based Teeling Irish Whiskey has released Teeling Whiskey Sommelier Selection – Rioja Red Wine Cask Finish – the seventh entry in their Sommelier Selection series which highlights some of the world’s best-known wine regions. Teeling Whiskey Sommelier Selection – Rioja Red Wine Cask Finish was matured in Spanish Rioja red wine casks, bottled at 46% […]
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Glen Moray Offers 21-Year-Old Finished In Port Casks
Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a 21-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky finished in Port casks – the Glen Moray Aged 21 Years Portwood Finish – as part of their Elgin Heritage range. Glen Moray Aged 21 Years Portwood Finish was matured in American oak casks before being finished in Port casks, bottled at 46.3% alcohol by volume [92.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of blackcurrant, caramel and […]
Wild Turkey Produces Master’s Keep Rye
Wild Turkey has dipped into history, releasing their oldest rye whiskey ever with Master’s Keep Cornerstone Rye – aged between nine and 11 years and named as such because it is made from master distiller Eddie Russell’s oldest #4 alligator char barrels. Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Cornerstone Rye was bottled at 54.5% alcohol by volume [109 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, pepper and vanilla. Only 16,000 […]
WhistlePig Introduces Double Malt Rye Whiskey
Vermont-based WhistlePig has released their Double Malt Rye – “double” because it uses a mash bill with both malted rye and malted barley – which also happens to be their oldest whiskey yet at the ripe old age of 18 years. WhistlePig Double Malt Rye Aged 18 Years, was created using a ‘double malt’ mash bill [which involved malting a small portion of rye] and then distilling with a mash […]
Glen Moray Offers Whisky With Agricole Rum Finish
As an addition to their Elgin Curiosity series, Glen Moray has released a single malt Scotch whisky finished in a cask that previously held agricole rum – rum distilled directly from sugar cane juice [as opposed to molasses or fermented sugar cane juice]. In this case, Glen Moray’s agricole rum comes from Martinique-based St James Rhum, which provided the distillery with casks that had held the agricole rum for between […]
The GlenDronach Uncovers 17th Cask Bottling Series
Highland distillery, The GlenDronach has released the 17th of their cask bottling series – focusing on casks from 1990 to 2007. The GlenDronach’s 17th Cask Bottling release includes whiskies aged in both Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks, as well as a pair of port pipes from the Douro Valley in Portugal and the 1995 cask is one of the last remaining casks at the distillery from this vintage. The […]
The Macallan Reveals Exceptional Single Cask 50
Do you have $55,000 under your mattress or lying around the house somewhere? Then perhaps, if you are lucky, you can purchase a bottle of The Macallan Exceptional Single Cask 1950 single malt whisky. The Macallan Exceptional Single Cask 50 was aged in a first-fill sherry butt cask, bottled at 53.4% alcohol by volume [106.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of ginger, peaches, vanilla and “polished antique oak” […]
Gordon & MacPhail Release Their 2019 Summer Collection
There are only a few weeks left of summer 2019 but Gordon & MacPhail is making the most of them with their release of their Summer Collection featuring three whiskies from now-closed distilleries. The 2019 Gordon & MacPhail Summer Collection consists of Gordon & MacPhail 1966 from Longmorn Distillery, Gordon & MacPhail 1969 from Dallas Dhu Distillery and Gordon & MacPhail 1982 from St. Magdalene Distillery. Only 398 bottles of […]
Coors Light Is Made To Chill
Coors Light goes straight for the Millennial/Gen Z jugular with a new campaign with their new “Made to Chill” campaign. The sales of Bud Light and Coors Light — the two biggest beer brands in the U.S. — are both down this year, Bud Light slumping at 5.7% and Coors Light not much better with their minus 2.5%. But Coors Light is attempting to stop that slide with a trio […]
Parker’s Heritage Collection Has A Rye
Parker’s Heritage Collection has added a rye – Parker’s Heritage Collection Heavy Char Rye Whiskey – to their collection dedicated to supporting ALS [amyotrophic lateral sclerosis] research and patient care. Parker’s Heritage Collection Heavy Char Rye Whiskey has been aged in charred barrels for nearly nine years, bottled at 52.5% alcohol by volume [105 proof]. Parker’s Heritage Collection Heavy Char Rye Whiskey is being made available for $150 per 750ml […]
Teeling Debuts Chinkapin Oak Cask-Finished Whiskey
Teeling has released Irish whiskey finished in chinkapin virgin white oak casks from Eastern and Central North America. Chinkapin oak is also known as yellow chestnut oak, rock oak or yellow oak and its straight wood was used by early pioneers to make thousands of miles of fences in the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana as well as fuel for the steamships that ran from Pittsburgh to New Orleans […]
SDCC 2019 – The Walking Dead Get Their Own Whiskey
The Walking Dead will receive their own whiskey by Spirits of the Apocalypse [a collaboration between lumbering spirits behemoth Diageo and Skybound Entertainment, the company responsible for producing the comic book of the television series]. The new whiskey – The Walking Dead Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – was announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con. The Walking Dead Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has been bottled at 47% alcohol by […]
Woodford Reserve Brings Wheat Whiskey To The Party
Woodford Reserve is introducing Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey to their array of popular Bourbon spirits. Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey is made with 52% wheat, 20% malt, 20% corn and 8% rye, bottled at 45.2% alcohol by volume [90.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, coconut and spicy apple. Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey is being made available worldwide for $35 per 750ml bottle.
Dadgum! Oak & Eden Has Beer-Finished Whiskies
Oak & Eden Ale Series features a pair of beer-finished whiskies – Rahr Soaked Malted Oak and Rahr Soaked Hopped Oak – with beer supplied from Texas-based Rahr & Sons Brewery and each whiskey bottled with a five-inch spiral piece of American oak. The Oak & Eden Rahr Soaked Malted Oak consists of Bourbon bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] with a heavily toasted American oak spire soaked […]
Jameson Showcases Triple Triple
You have heard of a double-double? Well, Jameson is releasing their Triple Triple – a triple-distilled and blended Irish whiskey derived from a combination of ex-Bourbon and Sherry casks, along with fortified wine casks from Malaga, Spain. Jameson Triple Triple has been bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, citrus, pear and spice. “Jameson Triple Triple is being made available for […]
Copper & Kings Brings Bourbon Barreled Brandy
Copper & Kings has released a limited edition brandy they have called Way Up West – which has spent 30 months in both a bourbon and American single malt whiskey barrel. Copper & Kings Way Up West is derived from a blend of Chenin Blanc, French Colombard and Muscat brandy grapes grown in the Pacific Northwest and bottled at 54% alcohol by volume [108 proof]. Copper & Kings Way Up […]
The Macallan 72 Goes On The Block
The Macallan 72 Years Old – a 72-year-old single malt bottled in a Lalique crystal decanter – is on the auction block from Just Whisky auctioneers in Scotland. The Macallan 72 Years Old in Lalique – The Genesis Decanter was released last year to celebrate the June 2019 opening of the new Macallan distillery and is limited to 600 decanters worldwide. Just Whisky is recognized as the top auction for […]
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