Michter’s Sour Mash Revealed
Louisville-based Michter’s Distillery has revealed the 2025 Edition of their Celebration Sour Mash – claiming it to be one of their ‘rarest’ whiskey releases, the Celebration Sour Mash. The 2025 Edition Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash originates from a blend of a whopping seven casks – four Kentucky straight rye barrels and three Kentucky straight bourbon […]
Corona Showcases Huanchaco Furniture For Bars
Corona has collaborated with the northern Peruvian community of Huanchaco to showcase authentic, handcrafted furniture originating from artisans in that community. The Peruvian artisans from Huanchaco are renowned for creating small reed boats – known as caballitos de totora – for more than 3,000 years. The canoe-like boats, constructed from totora reeds – found primarily […]
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Jameson Reveals A Pair Of Caskmates
Jameson has released a pair of new limited edition Irish whiskies for their Caskmates series – Caskmates Bale Breaker Limited Edition and Jameson Caskmates Revolution Brewing Limited Edition. Both are bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and were created in collaboration with Yakima, Washington’s Bale Breaker Brewing and Chicago’s Revolution Brewing. Jameson Caskmates Revolution Brewing Limited Edition and Jameson Caskmates Bale Breaker Limited Edition are being made available […]
Michelob ULTRA Is Par For The Course
The USA’s fastest growing beer brand – and currently the #3 best-selling beer – Michelob ULTRA, shows you how to properly play golf and drink beer at the same time. After all, it’s Michelob ULTRA, so everybody wins, right?
Glasgow Brings Out Peated 1770 Whisky
The Glasgow Distillery Company has released a new peated version of their 1770 single malt whisky called 1770 Peated Release No. 1. Glasgow 1770 Peated Release No. 1 was aged in first-fill ex-sherry casks and finished in virgin oak casks before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, macadamia nuts and smoky orange. Glasgow 1770 Peated Release No. 1 is […]
Johnnie Walker Gives Us GoT Fire And Ice Whiskies
Johnnie Walker has released a pair of limited edition “Game of Thrones”-themed whiskies entitled A Song of Ice and A Song of Fire. With a nod toward House Stark, A Song of Ice features single malts from Clynelish Distillery in the Highlands, is bottled at 40.2% alcohol by volume [80.4 proof]. Meanwhile, A Song of Fire showcases the peated malts of the Caol Ila Distillery in Islay, is bottled at […]
Highland Park Unveils The Valfather
Highland Park has released their Valfather single malt Scotch whisky – honoring the Norse god Odin, as well as his home, Valhalla – the third and final whisky in their Viking Legend Series [joining Valkyrie and Valknut]. Highland Park Valfather was matured in refill casks, bottled at 47% alcohol by volume [94 proof] and is heavily peated, therefore, in addition to peat smoke, it is said to contain notes of […]
Bimber Introduces Their First Single Malt Whisky
London-based distillery Bimber has introduced their first single malt whisky called, appropriately enough, The First. Bimber The First is the culmination of aging in five Available from 13 September, The First whisky has been aged in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks, then bottled at 54.2% alcohol by volume [108.4 proof]. Only 1000 bottles of Bimber The First are being made available – 800 of those destined for the UK only – […]
Brora Reveals 40-Year-Old For 200-Year-Old Party
Highland distillery Brora has released a special 40-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky – one of their most elderly spirits – to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary. Brora 40-Year-Old has emerged from American oak hogshead casks and comes from the so-called “age of peat” when whiskies were heavily peated and were being “primarily in blends.” Only 1,819 bottles of Brora 40-Year-Old are being made available for $5,440 per bottle.
The Last Drop Brings 56-Year-Old Out To Play
The Last Drop Distillers has released a 56 Year Old Blended Scotch composed of more than 60% single malt and also containing whisky distilled in 1964. The Last Drop 56 Year Old has spent time aging in both sherry casks and ex- Bourbon barrels – the latter for more than 30 years – and is said to contain notes of “Islay” smoke and “Speyside sweetness”. The Last Drop Distillers 56 […]
Heaven Hill Purchases Black Velvet
Many of your poor decisions made in college [or, who knows, high school] may have been fueled by an overindulgence in Black Velvet and an era comes to an end as BV owner – Canada-based Constellation Brands – has sold BV to Kentucky-based Heaven Hill for the proverbial undisclosed amount. The transaction also includes a division of Canadian whisky brands MacNaughton and McMasters. Constellation said net sales from Black Velvet […]
Bowmore Unleashes The Dragon
Islay distillery Bowmore has released their 36 Year Old Dragon Edition – the first of a series of single malts showcasing Chinese mythology. Bowmore 36 Year Old Dragon Edition was matured in sherry casks [the same casks used for their 2006 release of 30 Year Old Sea Dragon] and bottled at 51.8% alcohol by volume [103.6 proof]. Only 888 bottles Bowmore 36 Year Old Dragon Edition are being made available […]
Cu Bocan Sells Shochu-Casked Whisky By The Seashore
Highland distillery Cu Bocan is releasing a trio of new single malt whiskies – Signature, Creation #1 and Creation #2 – Creation #2 has spent time maturing in a shochu cask [shochu is a Japanese rice/barley/sweet potato alcohol]. Cu Bocan Signature is a single malt matured in Bourbon, Oloroso sherry and North American virgin oak casks. Cù Bòcan Creation #1 has been aged in Black Isle Brewery Imperial Stout and […]
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 […]
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