Jameson Redesigns Original
Irish whiskey behemoth Jameson has redesigned their original green bottle with brighter colors, a refined logo and ‘elevated tactile elements’. Additionally, Jameson’s home of Midleton, County Cork, is highlighted on the label for the first time with the phrase ‘Crafted for Smoothness at the Midleton Distillery’. The newly re-designed Jameson Original bottle is being made […]
Crown Royal Has Juicy Summer Plans
Canadian blended whisky Crown Royal has collaborated with Los Angeles-based apparel brand Juicy Couture for a new summer promotional campaign called ‘Crown Royal Pancake Palace’ to promote Crown Royal’s flavored whiskies – Apple, Peach and Blackberry – as well as other whiskies in their lineup. The collaboration begins this weekend on August 3, 2025, in […]
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Kingsbarns Has A Whisky
Kingsbarns used to provide their whisky only for members of their exclusive Founders’ Club [sorta like King Arthur’s Round Table] but now the Lowland distillery is offering their whisky to the peasantry, even if they are an Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune. Kingsbarns’ “The Founders’ Reserve”, a single malt, consists of several casks filled in 2015 using first-fill Bourbon barrels [provided by Kentucky’s Heaven Hill Distillery]. Kingsbarns’ The Founders’ Reserve will be made […]
Hall & Oates Makes Maltsmiths’ Dreams Come True
With an assist from Hall & Oates, UK brewer Maltsmiths can make their dreams come true… Maltsmiths, 'When You Love What You Do from Smoke & Mirrors on Vimeo.
La Aroma De Cuba Mi Amor: A Cuban-Ecuadorean-Nicaraguan Menage A Trois
The cigar with the long name – La Aroma de Cuba mi Amor [“the smell of Cuba, my love”] is the result of a ménage a trois between the Nicaraguan binder and filler with a wrapper originating from Cuban seed and grown in Ecuador. The culmination is a delight that may remind you of spice or chocolate or possibly some other long-repressed but favorable tasting memory from your youth. There […]
Constellation Buys Some Pot
Constellation Brands – owner of mega-popular Corona beer – has entered into a deal with Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth to invest a whopping $4 billion and take Constellation to 38% ownership in the company. Constellation already handed over $200 million to Canopy last year in the hopes of producing a non-alcoholic cannabis-based beverage but this investment is intended to take advantage of the worldwide trend of cannabis legalization with […]
Carlsberg Takes You To The River With Waterfall-Powered Pub
Danish brewer Carlsberg is enticing you to enjoy their beer in their ‘Carlsberg Cabin’ – your personal pub powered by hydro and solar power technology and built using only sustainable materials that comes complete with a Carlsberg Expørt DraughtMaster beer pump. Of course, you do not have to, but it would help if you already reside in the UK because the Carlsberg Cabin is located at Kudhva camping tripod experience […]
The Balvenie Fifty Marriage 0962
The Balvenie has released a 50-year-old they call “The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962” – but you will have to have quite a bit of cash on hand to purchase said whisky. The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962 has been matured in four American oak casks for 50 years before being bottled at 41.6% alcohol by volume [83.2 proof] resulting in a whisky that is said to contain notes of brown sugar, […]
Glenlivet Goes Back To 1943
Not much good news was coming out of the world in 1943 but in one corner of Scotland, whisky, amazingly, was still being distilled in the midst of all the chaos that was World War II – and the Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 single malt whisky will be available at auction McTear’s Rare & Collectible Whisky Auction in Glasgow this week. The Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 has been matured for […]
Luke Evans Helps You Fight Criminals With Stella Artois
Stella Artois is currently experiencing a “Joie de Bière”, and have thoughtfully provided an audio “mindfulness guide” app featuring Luke Evans [from “Fast & Furious” and “The Hobbit” fame] called “StellaSpace”. “StellaSpace” is a 20-minute “experience” featuring reasons why you should be sipping a Stella Artois, meditation techniques with beer-tasting notes along with witty personal anecdotes from Evans. “StellaSpace” is available by downloading the Inscape app but you can get […]
The Name Is Bond – Jack Daniels Bottled-In-Bond
The name is Bond. Well, actually, it is Jack Daniel’s – and JD has a new 100-proof version of their whiskey that honors the Bottled-in-Bond Act, which set USA standards for the spirits industry in 1897 and prevented us from all drinking moonshine made out of shoe leather or rutabagas. That year, U.S. Congress in 1897 passed the Bottled in Bond Act, which required that whiskey meet certain criteria, including […]
Fettercairn Receives New Life
Fettercairn single malt whisky has received a new life in the form of a re-launch and four new expressions – ranging in age from 12 to 50 years old. All four Fettercairn whiskies began maturing in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels – although both the 12 and 28-year olds spent the entire time in the barrels – while the 40 Year-Old finished in an Apostoles Sherry Cask and the 50 […]
Johnnie Walker Adds Blue Label Ghost And Rare Port Ellen
Johnnie Walker is adding their Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen to their extensive portfolio of scotch whiskies. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen is a blend of eight whiskies, including three so-called ‘ghost whiskies’ from distilleries that have been closed down. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare Port Ellen includes whisky from the namesake distillery of Port Ellen [which closed in 1983] along with […]
Glenfiddich Offers Fire & Cane
Glenfiddich is offering their Fire & Cane – a peated, no-age-statement (NAS) malt whisky that was first matured in Bourbon casks before being finished in rum casks. Glenfiddich Fire & Cane is the fourth member of Glenfiddich’s Experimental Series, which includes Glenfiddich Project XX, Glenfiddich IPA and Glenfiddich Winter Storm. Glenfiddich Fire & Cane was bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]
Bulleit Gets Tats
Bulleit has released a limited edition collection – dubbed their Tattoo Editions – to celebrate National Tattoo Day [which was on July 17]. Bulleit collaborated with four different artists – Shawn Barber of Los Angeles, Thomas Hooper from Austin, Jess Mascetti from New York and Jason Kundell of Portland – to produce four tattoo designs on the bottle. Each Bulleit Tattoo Edition bottle contains a scannable QR code which then […]
The Dalmore Releases 45-Year-Old
One of WhiskyCritic’s favorite distilleries – The Dalmore – is releasing a 45-Year-Old single malt whisky. That is the good news. The bad news is that you are likely to be unable to afford it. The Dalmore 45-Year-Old was aged 40 years before spending the final five years in two Colheita port pipes from 1961 and 1963, respectively, and finishing in first-fill ex-bourbon casks then ultimately bottling it up [in […]
Tomatin Unveils Moscatel Finish Limited Edition
Tomatin has released their limited edition Moscatel-finished single malt whisky. Tomatin Moscatel was aged 15 years and finished in first-fill Portuguese Moscatel wine barriques for five of those years before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Only 6000 bottles of the limited edition Tomatin Moscatel will be available worldwide for $100 per bottle.
Old Pulteney Gives Birth To Twins
Old Pulteney is proud to announce the birth/release of a limited edition twin pack featuring their 21-Year-Old and a 1989 Vintage single malt whiskies. Alas – the catch is that the limited edition consists of only 276 packs worldwide for the price of $785 per pack.
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