Glengoyne Gussies Up 18 and 21-Year Olds
Highland-based distillery Glengoyne has released redesigns for both their 18- and 21-year-old single malt whiskies with the updated designs featuring sustainable, fully recyclable packaging sourced just a few miles from the distillery. Additionally, bottles for both the Glengoyne 18- and 21-year-old are also made from fully recyclable materials and are claimed to use 49% recycled […]
WL Weller Launches Pair Of Bourbons
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released a pair of wheated bourbons – the second edition of Weller Millennium and WL Weller 18 Years Old – the latter being their oldest age statement ever for the wheated bourbons, which are named after William Larue Weller. Weller Millennium Second Edition is a blend of vintage straight wheated bourbon […]
More Auto Sports
Buchanan’s Releases 15-Year-Old
Buchanan’s has released their Buchanan’s Select 15-Year-Old Blended Malt Scotch Whisky – a blend of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies from Scotland that has been matured for at least 15 years. Buchanan’s Select has been bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of toasted oak, caramel, walnut, apple and pear. Buchanan’s Select is available nationwide in the USA for $50 per 750ml bottle.
Nikka From The Barrel Whisky Arrives In USA
After spending the past 32 years in Japan, Nikka From The Barrel blended whisky has finally plowed through the Pacific Ocean and emerged on American shores. Nikka From The Barrel Nikka is a compilation of more than 100 different malt and grain whiskies – all produced at Nikka’s Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries – that have been aged in multiple types of ex-Bourbon barrels and puncheons, ex-sherry butts, refilled, re-charred and […]
Sea Cider Bittersweet Claims 2018 Portland International Cider Cup
Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse’s Bittersweet cider was the official winner of the sixth annual Portland International Cider Cup [PICC]. Sea Cider’s Bittersweet fended off nearly 170 ciders from the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada to claim Best in Show from the 60 cider judges. It was the first time in the six-year history of the PICC that a cider from British Columbia took home the Best of Show […]
A Chilled Corona Sounds Good Right About Now
Summer is officially here – how does a chilled Corona sound?
Old Forester Back To Whiskey Row
Old Forester Distilling has opened their new $45 million, three-story, 70,000-square foot distillery in downtown Louisville, Kentucky on Main Street [dubbed Whiskey Row due to its place as the epicenter of the Bourbon industry in Kentucky]. Old Forester Distilling Co. will add production capacity of approximately 100,000 proof gallons annually. Visitors interested in participating in the tour experience at the new Old Forester distillery will begin with a primer on […]
Kopparberg Adds Sweet Apple Cider
Swedish cider-maker Kopparberg has released Sweet Apple cider in a new, larger “KopparKeg” just in time for summer. Sweet Apple will only be available in a five-liter share-able “KopparKeg” from June to August 2018 and joins Strawberry & Lime and Mixed Fruit as other Kopparberg flavors. Sweet Apple was launched in November 2017.
Give Us A Guinness Wave, Conan!
Conan O’Brien makes an unsolicited testimonial for Guinness beer…
Whyte & Mackay Goes Small
Whyte & Mackay has released a smaller bottle of their blended whisky – a 50cl bottle – smaller than their existing bottles of 70cl and one-liter sizes. Whyte & Mackay’s new 50cl bottle will be available in the UK for $14 per bottle.
Crown Royal Unveils 13-Year-Old Blenders’ Mash
Canadian blended whiskey stalwart Crown Royal has released their 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash. Crown Royal 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash is a blended whiskey composed of a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% barley malt. Crown Royal 13 Year-Old Blenders’ Mash will be available worldwide, albeit, only in limited quantities.
Two More Whiskies Added To Method And Madness
A Single Pot Irish Whiskey [finished in virgin Hungarian oak] and a 28 Year-Old Ruby Port Pipe Single Cask Single Pot Still Irish whiskey are the two new additions to the Method and Madness Irish whiskey portfolio. Method and Madness Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey [finished in virgin Hungarian oak] has been finished in virgin oak from Hungary’s Carpathian Mountains. The whiskey was first matured in American oak barrels, before […]
Suntory To Launch Hibiki Blender’s Choice
Mega-Japanese whisky-making company Suntory recently announced that the much-loved Hibiki 17-Year-Old would be discontinued in September 2018 but is trying to offset some of the whisky world’s angst by introducing a new Hibiki whisky which they are calling ‘Blender’s Choice’. “Blender’s Choice” will be a no-age statement whisky blended with wine cask-aged whiskies and bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof]. Suntory has indicated that Hibiki 17-Year-Old may return […]
Bud Light Notes That The World Cup Is Almost Here
The 2018 World Cup is almost here – the month-long worldwide sporting event begins June 14, 2018 – and one of the event’s sponsors, Bud Light, would like you to know that [just in case you forgot]…
Monkey Shoulder Distortion Tour Moves On
Monkey Shoulder – purveyors of blended malt scotch whisky – are continuing their nationwide Distortion Tour for 2018, a tour that showcases specialty cocktails featuring the scotch whisky that is said to be a good mixing whisky. Other stops on the tour include Denver, New York, and Miami. The 2018 Monkey Shoulder Distortion Tour will also see the exclusive U.S. launch of the Monkey Shoulder Smoke Injector, the newest bartender […]
Royal Salute Whisky For The Royal Wedding
In honor of the recent wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Royal Salute has created the Royal Salute Royal Wedding Edition is a blended Scotch made specifically for the royal celebration. The Royal Salute Wedding Edition was bottled at 54.5% alcohol by volume [109 proof] and is the first time Royal Salute has created a release matured entirely in American oak barrels – in deference to the American bride […]
Bruichladdich Relaunches Port Charlotte
Bruichladdich Distillery has re-launched the heavily-peated Port Charlotte Islay single malt whisky. Port Charlotte 10-Year-Old is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is distilled using 100% Scottish barley. Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte 10-Year-Old will move from limited availability to wider availability in travel retail venues.
Hakushu 12 And Hibiki 17 About To Disappear
Suntory has announced that sales of Hakushu 12-year-old single malt and the Hibiki 17-year-old blend would be suspended due to low supply. Hakushu 12 sales will be suspended in June 2018 and Hibiki 17 will no longer be on sale beginning in September 2018. Suntory is rumored, however, to be holding back stock of both whiskies for the upcoming Olympics in Japan in 2020. Suntory is planning on increasing production […]
Recent Comments