EU Postpones 50% Tariff on US Whiskey Imports
The US whiskey industry is breathing a sigh of relief as US and EU officials struck a deal this week to postpone a 50% tariff that was set to take effect this year. Whiskey distilleries feared that the looming import tax would greatly damage their performance in a key market. The European Union on Tuesday […]
Luxury Lifestyle Awards Adds Two Indian Whiskies
The long list of the top one hundred premium whiskies in the world in 2023 has finally been released. This year the Luxury Lifestyle Awards has added two new Indian whiskies to the list. The spirits earned rankings positions in the prestigious Top 100 Premium Wine and Spirits Brands of the World 2023. As a […]
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Blade And Bow – The Key American Bourbon Whiskey
There are two parts of a skeleton key – the blade and bow – and that is the symbolism used for the new Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey, which uses the skeleton key reference as a way of paying tribute to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Blade and Bow will be released along with Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old in a limited release with Blade and Bow said […]
Chivas Regal Produces The Icon
Chivas Regal has pulled back the curtain and revealed their newest blended Scotch whisky – The Icon. Said to be a blend of 20 of Scotland’s rarest whiskies – including one from Strathisla Distillery, Scotland’s oldest continuously operating distillery in the Scottish Highlands – Chivas Regal The Icon is bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. Chivas Regal The Icon is currently only available in the duty-free shop at the […]
Another First – Dewar’s Scratched Cask
It is a day of firsts as following on the heels of Crown Royal offering their first-ever blended rye whiskey, comes news that another whiskey blend giant – Dewar’s – will be offering a bourbon-style blend called Scratched Cask, Dewar’s Scratched Cask follows in the bourbon tradition of scratching a charred oak layer in a cask to induce more and/or different flavors to emerge from the finished product. In the […]
Crown Royal Unveils Its Royal Baby – Northern Harvest Rye
Crown Royal has officially entered the rye whiskey business with its first-ever blended rye whiskey, dubbed Northern Harvest. Rye whiskies have always been a part of Crown Royal’s Deluxe blend but this is the first time they will stand on their own more than two grainy feet. Bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof], Crown Royal Northern Harvest blended rye whiskey is said to have notes of cloves, fruit and […]
Give It Up For Deano! Deanston 18-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Let’s give a warm welcome to this single malt Scotch whisky, coming all the way from Highland, it’s Deanston 18-Year-Old from the 49-year-old Deanston Distillery in Scotland! Bottled at 46.3% alcohol content [92.6 proof], Deanston 18-Year-Old grew up in hogshead casks before transferring to first-fill Kentucky bourbon casks. The whisky is said to have fruit and honey notes with a dabbling of nutmeg. Deanston 18-Year-Old Highland single malt Scotch whisky […]
Mother’s Day – Time For Some Whiskey Pops!
Who says Mother’s Day can’t be about whiskey? Certainly not the folks at New York City’s People’s Pops – who have collaborated with Alabama-based Clyde May’s whiskey to create Mom Day whiskey pops and spontaneously combust any notion you may have had about Mother’s Day being a sedate “holiday”. Whisky-flavored People’s Pops come in three flavors – alas – but you have to be in New York City to get […]
Whisky Island, Bob Simon’s Final Toast For 60 Minutes
CBS correspondent Bob Simon died in an automobile accident earlier this year, while he was working on a segment for the television show “60 Minutes” featuring the famous Scottish “whisky island” of Islay. Simon’s unfinished segment was finished by the CBS show staff…
A 42-Year-Old Ledaig Dusgadh Joins The Rare Single Malt Fray
There is a new single malt Scotch whisky release on the block – a 42-Year-Old Ledaig Dusgadh from Tobermory Distillery – the only distillery on the Scottish Isle of Mull. The 42-Year-Old Ledaig is unique due to its long dormant period in its maturation process [as reflected in the name – “Dusgadh” is Gaelic for “awakening”]. The whisky is said to impart distinct smoky notes. Only 500 bottles of Tobermory […]
Montejo Misses Cinco De Mayo, Aims For Independence In September
New Mexican beer on the American block, Montejo, is owned by Anheuser-Busch, but A-B is electing to keep its new beer [bought two years ago] out of the Cinco de Mayo fray this weekend [and on the actual day itself next week]. That is because the beer sees itself as an “authentic” Mexican beer and as every Mexican knows, it is September 16 when Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, […]
WC Test Drive: Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Kentucky Whiskey
Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Kentucky Whiskey is a small batch bourbon [47% alcohol content, 94 proof] from Heaven Hill Distillery. The whiskey is named after a religious leader from Virginia who accidentally discovered the joys of bourbon after a fire charred his barrel collection. At least that’s the story and Heaven Hill is sticking to it. The aromas and notes run the gamut from honey to vanilla to caramel. Elijah Craig […]
WC Test Drive: Temperance Trader Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Temperance Trader Straight Bourbon Whiskey is from Bull Run Distillery in Portland, Oregon, and is a small batch, high rye bourbon [65% corn, 25% rye, 10% malt] with water from the nearby Bull Run Watershed. Aged anywhere from four to six years in barrels, the 45% alcohol content [90 proof] bourbon is said to have vanilla and honey notes with a hint of spice and upon our tasting, WC cannot […]
WC Test Drive: Tincup American Whiskey
Tincup American Whiskey is a relatively new American bourbon whiskey originating from Denver, Colorado – at least that is where the distillery is located, the grains come from other non-Colorado Midwestern locations and are then paired with Rocky Mountain water to produce the corn-malt-rye [64% corn, 32% rye, 4% barley] whiskey blend. Tincup is aged in American white oak casks and emerges at 42% alcohol content [84 proof]. The name […]
Paris Airports Will Host Dewar’s Fine Whisky Emporium
The two main Paris airports – Charles de Gaulle and Orly – will host the debut of John Dewar & Sons Fine Whisky Emporium. The new travel and retail shops located in Charles de Gaulle Terminal AC and Orly’s South Terminal, are designed to tout the various whiskies under Dewar’s purvey – Aberfeldy, Aultmore and Craigellachie of the single malts, as well as the blended whiskies. John Dewar & Sons […]
Bottle #1 Of The Last Drop 50 Goes On The Block In Hong Kong Next Month
Bottle #1 of The Last Drop blended whisky will go on the auction block at the Sotheby’s Auction in Hong Kong next month. The Last Drop 50-year-old blended scotch whisky is composed of 82 different whiskies — 70 malts and 12 grains — many of which are from distilleries that no longer exist. In 1972, the majority was bottled and sold as a premium 12-year-old, but three barrels were said […]
Arizona Coyotes Become Engaged In A Wicked Tango With Naming Rights Deal
The National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes have agreed to a naming rights deal with California-based whiskey brand, Wicked Tango Whiskey – most noted for their Wicked 87 American Light Whiskey and Wicked Lightning Moonshine – on an outdoor terrace in the team’s Gila River Arena facility in Phoenix. From now on, the official Wicked Tango Terrace is located directly above the Coyotes Den in the northwest corner of Gila River […]
WC Test Drive: Rogue Farms Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
Rogue is a familiar name in craft brewery circles – with many of their beers being immediately recognizable to the beer cognoscenti – but it was only recently that they entered the whiskey fray with their Rogue Farms Oregon Single Malt Whiskey. The brewery is based in the seaside town of Newport but the barley used for the whiskey is grown out in the Tygh Valley, in the middle of […]
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