Molson Coors Offers Rides For New Year’s Eve Revelers In Seven Cities
2024 is only days away and beer behemoth Molson Coors is providing rides – via a big bus – for New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating the coming of the new year in seven cities. Those seven cities seeing a blue bus in their midst will be Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Phoenix. […]
In the West Wind Distillery Sold Out Whisky Casks
One of West Wales’ top distilleries, In the Welsh Wind, successfully sold out all its 30 liter whisky casks to investors. The distillery is pioneering whisky production using locally grown barley and ‘green’ malt. The 30 liter casks were single malt Welsh Origin whisky. According to a report published by Cambrian News, the distillery offered the […]
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Grant’s Gets All Science-y With Elementary Range
It’s Elementary my dear Watson, er, Grant, as Grant’s unveiled their 2015 Elementary Range of three whiskies named after scientific elements involved in the whisky-making process – Carbon [6-Year-Old], Copper [29-Year-Old] and Oxygen [8-Year-Old] – and all bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. No price range has been set yet but Grant’s Copper is expected to retail for approximately $350 per bottle with Oxygen and Carbon both being less […]
Chivas Reboots 18 With Ultimate Cask Collection
Chivas has rebooted their popular Chivas 18 blended whisky with a new Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection whisky that focuses on certain types of casks – in this case, first-fill American oak casks that should produce caramel and vanilla notes – and will be released every 18 months. The inaugural limited edition Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection is bottled at 48% alcohol content [96 proof]. Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection […]
The Glenlivet Unleashes Peaty Nadurra
The Glenlivet has unleashed their Peated Whisky Cask Finish – the third whisky in their Nadurra single malt range – that features a cask strength 61.5% alcohol content [123 proof]. The heavily peated single malt whisky will have a smoky taste profile and is also available in travel retail outlets – albeit with a much lower 48% alcohol content [96 proof]. The Glenlivet Peated Whisky Cask Finish single malt is […]
anCnoc Adds Rascan To Peaty Collection
anCnoc has added Rascan to its Peaty Collection of Highland single malt Scotch whiskies. Rascan is the fourth whisky to join the collection and named after the peat-cutting tool and has been aged for nine years in ex-bourbon American oak barrels before being bottled at 11.1 ppm [parts per million] phenol content. anCnoc’s Rascan will only have 3000 bottles available for $80 each beginning in November 2015.
Isle Of Arran Introduces Smuggler Series Whisky Pack
Isle of Arran has released its new Smuggler Series whisky pack commemorating the smuggling trade that used to operate between the island and Glasgow back in the 18th and 19th centuries. Each pack uses a design to simulate some of the trickeration the smugglers used to transport the whisky. The whisky itself is bottled at 56.4% alcohol content [112.8 proof]. Only 8700 bottles of Isle of Arran Smuggler Series is […]
Ballantine’s Reveals Artist Series Holiday Gift Pack
It’s never too early to plan your whisky gift giving plan for the holidays and Ballantine’s has got your back with their recent announcement of a special gift pack that will be available for the holiday season. The Artist Series Gift Pack encases the blended Scotch whisky three tins, each designed to represent a segment of Scotland or the whisky-making process – fire, water/liquid, mountains. Ballantine’s Artist Series Gift Pack […]
Chivas Unveils Art Of Hosting Tumbler Pack
Chivas Regal unveiled their new limited edition “Art of Hosting” pack which includes a bottle of the Canadian blended whiskey along with two glass tumblers made of upcycled glass from Mexico’s Studio Xaquixe. Chivas Regal’s “Art of Hosting” tumbler pack will be available at travel retail locales in November 2015.
Liberty Distillery Releases Railspur #3 Spike
Canadian distiller, Liberty Distillery, has released their “newest” whiskey – Railspur #3 Spike – a barley-based aged spirit that is too new to officially be called whiskey. Aged for only a single year in ex-bourbon barrels, “Railspur #3 Spike” is bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof] and promises notes of fruit, spice and vanilla. “Railspur #3 Spike” will be available for $40 per 750-ml bottle beginning on October 9, […]
Studebakers Resurface – But Not The Kind You Think
Once upon a time, Studebakers were considered to be the cream of the crop in the automotive world – and that is the sentiment gigantic spirits industry icon Diageo would like to tap into as they launch their line of “Studebaker” whisky-infused cocktail drinks. Two cocktail varieties will debut with the Studebaker line – the venerable Old-Fashioned and the Manhattan – both using blended Canadian whiskies for their whisky parts. […]
Bulleit’s Stitzel-Weller Distillery Offered As X-Mas Gift
Bulleit’s Louisville, Kentucky-based Stitzel-Weller Distillery can be all yours – or purchased as a Christmas gift for somebody – this holiday season. The upscale Neiman-Marcus catalog is offering the bourbon distillery as a “Fantasy Gift” in its annual Christmas Book of high-end giftery [see link below]. The gift is actually part of Bulleit’s Orphan Barrel project. The Orphan Barrel project was started to share long-forgotten barrels of rare whiskey discovered […]
Beam Suntory Releases Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select Whisky
Beam Suntory has released a new whisky – Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select – exclusively for the global travel retail segment of the international market. Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select is a blend of 10 malt and grain whiskies which have been aged in five different casks and bottled at 43% alcohol content [86 proof]. Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select will be available for $80 per 700-ml bottle in November […]
The World’s Most Interesting Man On Masquerade Parties And Vampires
With Halloween approaching quicker than you can say sexy post office worker costume, Dos Equis’ World’s Most Interesting Man weighs in on two subjects – masquerade parties and vampires…
Budweiser Gives You a New Bud-E [Fridge]
Budweiser is tired of waiting for you to decide when you need more of its beer so they launched their new refrigerator – the Bud-E Fridge – which tells them when your beer supply is getting too low by game time…
GlenDronach Releases Whisky From Batch 12
GlenDroanch Distillery has released its whisky from its 12th batch of single cask bottlings – in this case, nine whiskies ranging in age from 11 to 43 years – including the highlight of the batch, a 43-year-old whisky with chocolate and nutty notes. The complete contents of GlenDronach’s Batch 12 are as follows… • 1972 cask # 706 / 43-years-old / 51.1% alcohol content . • 1990 cask # 1375 […]
Glenmorangie Offers A Midwinter’s Night’s Dram In The UK
Glenmorangie has released a limited edition Highland single malt Scotch whisky, A Midwinter Night’s Dram. Glenmorangie A Midwinter Night’s Dram is aged in both ex-bourbon American oak casks along with ex-Oloroso sherry casks to produce notes of almond, citrus and vanilla with a spicy finish. Glenmorangie A Midwinter Night’s Dram is bottled at 43% alcohol content [86 proof] and is available for $60 per 700-ml bottle in the UK beginning […]
Rogue Glows In The Dark For Halloween
Newport, Oregon-based Rogue Ales and Spirits is releasing special glow-in-the-dark bottles of their beer and whiskey for the upcoming Halloween holiday. Bottles of Dead Guy Ale and Dead Guy Whiskey will both be the recipients of the glow-in-the-dark process. 22-ounce bottles and 64-ounce growlers of Dead Guy Ale will receive the glow-in-the-dark treatment along with the 750-ml Dead Guy Whiskey bottles.
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