Cutwater Launches Ghost Ship For Halloween
San Diego-based Cutwater canned cocktail brand has turned their San Diego tasting room and kitchen into a “Ghost Ship” – a nautical-themed experience for Halloween that features themed Cutwater cocktails – such as the Spooky Sour – and Halloween merchandise. Cutwater is currently the top selling spirits-based canned cocktail in the USA market. Cutwater launched […]
Jack Daniel’s Punches It Up With Strawberry And Watermelon
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey has added some extra punch to their Bolder lineup of Country Cocktails range with two new flavors – Strawberry Punch and Watermelon Punch. Jack Daniel’s Strawberry Punch and Watermelon Punch are bottled at 8% alcohol by volume [16 proof] and are being made available in both 695ml and 455ml cans. The […]
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Elderly 50-Year-Old Caol Ila Released
Gordon & MacPhail has released a 50-Year-Old single malt whisky from Caol Ila Distillery along with a 64-Year-Old fromt The Glenlivet Distillery as part of their Private Collection series. The Caol Ila expression is the most elderly available from that distillery. The Gordon & MacPhail 1968 Caol Ila was aged in a refill Sherry hogshead, has been bottled at cask strength 52.5% alcohol by volume [105 proof] and is said […]
Happy St. Andrew’s Day From Eden Mill
Eden Mill celebrated St. Andrew’s Day – the national day of Scotland observed on November 30 – with the release of a special limited edition St. Andrew’s single malt whisky. Eden Mill 2018 St. Andrew’s has been matured in Oloroso sherry hogsheads, ex-Bourbon first-fill American oak barrels and former Pedro Ximénez sherry octave barrels, bottled at 46.5% alcohol by volume [93 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruitcake, […]
Old School Cutty Sark Sold To French Spirits Company
Old-school bargain blended Scotch whisky Cutty Sark has been sold by owners Edrington to French spirit company, La Martiniquaise-Bardinet. Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky was launched in 1923 and Edrington’s association with Cutty Sark originates in the 1930s. The completion of the transfer to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet is expected within a month. As part of the deal, Edrington will continue to provide blending and bottling and other associated services during a transition […]
Cask 88 Reveals Quarter Cask Series
Cask 88 has released their quarter cask series featuring whisky from Bunnahabhain, Highland Park, Caol Ila and Bladnoch. Cask 88 Bladnoch is the oldest whisky in the series at 27 years. Cask 88 Bladnoch was matured in an ex-sherry hogshead before being finished in an ex-sherry quarter cask for nine months and then bottled at 55.6% alcohol by volume [111.2 proof]. Cask 88 Bladnoch is being made available for $570 […]
Barrell Rolls Out The Bourbon And Whiskey
Louisville, Kentucky-based Barrell Craft Spirits has rolled out Barrell Craft Spirits Bourbon and Barrell Craft Spirits Whiskey. Barrell Craft Spirits Bourbon is said to be a blend of 15-year-old straight Bourbon whiskies. Barrell Craft Spirits Whiskey is a 25-year-old American whiskey finished in Sercial Madeira barrels said to produce notes of nuttiness.
Kavalan Reveals Distillery Select
Taiwan-based Kavalan has announced the release of Distillery Select single malt whisky. Kavalan Distillery Select has been aged in refill casks, then bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] for the USA market and 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] for the European market and is said to contain notes of fruit and toffee. Kavalan Distillery Select is being made available for $59 per bottle in the USA and […]
Woodford Reserve Introduces Bottled-In-Bond Whiskey
Woodford reserve has introduced their Woodford Reserve Bottled in Bond – a product which must be aged for at least four years in a federally bonded warehouse – as an addition to their Distillery Series. Woodford Reserve Bottled-in-Bond has been bottled at 45.2% (90.4 proof) and is being made available for $50 per bottle.
Spirit Of Yorkshire Comes Fourth
The Spirit of Yorkshire has released the fourth in the “maturing malts” series called Distillery Projects 004. Distillery Projects 004 has been aged in casks of first-fill Bourbon, re-conditioned wine and sherry before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. It is said to contain notes of apple, crème brûlée and honey roasted nuts. Only 2000 bottles of Distillery Projects 004 are being made available for $51 per […]
Dingle Doubles Down
Six-year-old Irish whiskey distillery Dingle has doubled down and released their second single pot still Irish whiskey [and fifth overall]. Dingle’s second pot still whiskey has been aged in three casks – Bourbon (70%), Oloroso sherry (15%) and PX sherry (15%) – before being bottled at 46.5% alcohol by volume [93 proof]. Only 2,900 bottles of Dingle’s second pot still Irish whiskey are being made available for $100 per bottle.
Tamworth Distilling Supports Local Lake With Rye Whiskey
New Hampshire-based Tamworth Distilling has announced they will donate one dollar from the sale of each bottle of their Chocorua Rye Whiskey to the Chocorua Lake Conservancy – a charity that protects the nearby Chocorua Lake Basin area. Tamworth Distilling’s Chocorua Rye Whiskey has been aged for more than two years in white oak barrels, is bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is said to contain notes […]
Glengoyne Reveals Batch 006 In Teapot Dram Series
Obviously, everybody will be waiting for the next product in the series, but for now, everybody will have to be satisfied with Batch 006 in Glengoyne’s Teapot Dram series of the Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch No. 006 has been aged in first-fill Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at a cask-strength 59.5% alcohol by volume [119 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, cloves and […]
GlenAllachie Introduces Eight Single Cask Whiskies For The UK
GlenAllachie has released their Single Cask Editions – eight whiskies designed specifically for the UK market – ranging in age from 10 to 29 years old. The eight whiskies are: •1989 cask, Sherry butt, 60.1% alcohol by volume [120.2 proof], ($384) •1989 cask, hogshead, 54.7% alcohol by volume [109.4 proof], ($352) •1990 cask, Bourbon barrel, 60.7% alcohol by volume [121.4 proof], ($352) •2005 cask, Bourbon barrel, 59.4% alcohol by volume […]
The Last Drop Reaches Into 1982
The Last Drop has reached all the way to 1982 for a release of Bourbon from the Buffalo Trace Distillery [2016 purchasers of The Last Drop Distillers]. The Last Drop 1982 Bourbon was matured in virgin American oak barrels for more than 18 years, then bottled at 45% alcohol by volume and is said to contain notes of coffee, marmalade and vanilla. Only 44 bottles of The Last Drop 1982 […]
Bud Light Goes To The Wine Cellar
Bud Light will be going to the wine cellar – sort of – in the latest 30-second episode of their “Dilly Dilly” ad campaign featuring a Thanksgiving visit from the pretentious Count and Countess Pamplemousse.
The Macallan Takes 85 Seconds To Make The Call
The Macallan asks you to “make the call” [presumably for their whisky and not to the hospital] in their inaugural global advertising campaign, but they will make you wait until the final five seconds of the video before you will figure out what the preceding 85 seconds were on about. “Make the Call” will appear in Macallan’s key markets – China, Mexico, Taiwan, UK and the USA.
Glenmorangie Hits The Surf With Grain Boards
Glenmorangie has collaborated with Maine-based surfboard makers, Grain, to produce surfboards using barrel staves from Glenmorangie. The Glenmorangie + Grain Beyond The Cask surfboards are made using Glenmorangie barrel staves (12-14 per board). The leftover scotch is baked out of the staves, which are then carefully bent and re-shaped, then cut, and clamped and glued into the two panels that form the basis of the boards which weigh between 13 […]
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