Cotswolds Veers Hard To Port
English whiskymaker Cotswolds Distillery has released Wychwood Harvest – a limited edition single malt aged in both Port wine and bourbon casks as the fourth addition to their English Harvest series – the whisky is named after the Wychwood Forest in England. Cotswolds Wychwood Harvest was matured in both Port wine and ex-bourbon casks, bottled […]
Chichibu Unleashes Glow-In-The-Dark Whisky
Just in time for Halloween, Japanese whisky distillery Chichibu has unveiled a glow-in-the-dark whisky – Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The 2025 London Edition – albeit in the UK only. Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The London Edition 2025 is a blend of 10 casks of Chichibu single malt whisky [including two casks of heavily peated whisky], bottled at […]
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Bud Light Has A Royal Affair
Bud Light is unveiling their new advertisements as the 2018 National Football League season gets underway – including “A Royal Affair” (below), in which the king has invited the neighboring nobles over for a party and some subtle subterfuge. Bud Light has also renewed their popular NFL team-specific cans for the 2018 season, updated to include the slogans and logos of the 28 teams. Anheuser-Busch InBev [Bud Light’s corporate overlord] […]
Ncn’ean Has Whisky Spirit
Scotland’s Ncn’ean Whisky Company has launched a new single malt called Botanical Spirit that is said to combine flavors typically found in whisky and gin. Ncn’ean’s Botanical Spirit is distilled twice at Ncn’ean’s whisky distillery, then once more at their gin distillery, where 10 botanicals are added, including such lively additions as coriander, juniper, sorrel, fresh heather grapefruit and wild bog myrtle. Ncn’ean’s Botanical Spirit is the first spirit launched […]
Benromach Releases Whisky For Their 20th Anniversary
The Benromach Distillery is celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of Benromach Cask No 1 – a limited-edition expression taken from the first cask that was laid down when the distillery reopened after many years of closure – and all profits from the sale of Benromach Cask No 1 will be donated to charitable causes. Benromach Cask No 1 1998 vintage was bottled at The whisky, which was bottled […]
Dos Equis – 12 Fluid Ooouuunnnces!!!
Dos Equis keeps it “interesante” as football season begins…
Stella Artois Has Haute Pockets
Stella Artois is preparing for the upcoming New York Fashion Week (September 6-14, 2018) by rolling out their Haute Pockets – yet new places where you can put your smartphones. Alas, none of the items depicted are actually available for sale or as giveaways…
Gordon & MacPhail Goes Single Malt Crazy
Gordon & MacPhail will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their “Connoisseurs Choice” range, and they are doing so properly – by adding a series of single malts aged 30 years and above to the range. Gordon & MacPhail’s new series of ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ releases are all aged to a minimum of 30 years and features single malts from various distilleries such as Mortlach, Caol Ila and Linkwood. In addition […]
BrewDog Network Turns To Streaming
The BrewDog Network has launched a $5-a-month subscription streaming service that promises to introduce a lineup of cocktail, craft beer, culinary and travel shows — but from a brand marketing perspective -since BrewDog is a craft beer maker with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. BrewDog co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie previously had their own show on the now-defunct Esquire Network until NBCUniversal pulled the plug. The BrewDog Network has launched […]
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 […]
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