Royal Salute Unveils Third Kingdom Collection Whisky
Royal Salute has released Royal Salute 26 Year Old Colheita Port Cask Finish – the third and final blended whisky in their limited edition Kingdom Collection. Royal Salute 26 Year Old Colheita Port Cask Finish Drawing was finished in Portuguese Colheita Port casks from Portugal’s Colheita winery in the Douro Valley. Royal Salute 26 Year […]
The Glenlivet Reveals Eternal 56 Year Old
The Glenlivet travels more than a half century back in time to release The Glenlivet Eternal Collection, Second Edition, 56 Years Old, 1 of 1 – a whisky blend consisting of whisky matured in Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez and Palo Cortado casks along with an American oak barrel. The Glenlivet Eternal Collection, Second Edition, 56 Years […]
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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 […]
Atlas Cider Company Switches Name To Avid Hard Cider
What you have come to know and love as Atlas Cider Company will become Avid Hard Cider when they celebrate their fifth anniversary on June 1, 2018. Atlas Cider Company – located in Bend, Oregon – was founded by Dan and Samantha McCoy and was named after the couple’s now-seven-year-old son. However, Atlas Brew Works, located in Washington, D.C., was not impressed with their kid’s name and decided to play […]
The Glenlivet Reveals The Captain’s Reserve
The Glenlivet has revealed their Captain’s Reserve – a single malt finished in Cognac casks. The Glenlivet’s Captain’s Reserve is a tribute to Captain William Smith Grant, the great-grandson of George Smith, founder of The Glenlivet. The Glenlivet’s Captain’s Reserve is available globally for $65 per bottle.
Bud Drones On About 2018 FIFA World Cup
Budweiser is going to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with, fittingly, beer-delivering drones and glowing, noise-activated beer cups. Budweiser is the official beer of the 2018 World Cup – which runs from June 14 to July 15, 2018 – and is the world’s most-watched sporting event. However, with the USA infamously failing to qualify for the tournament, Bud said that it will not be running its television ads […]
Redbreast Dream Cask On The Way
World Whisky Day just got better with the announcement of the release of Redbreast Dream Cask designed to coincide with World Whisky Day on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Redbreast Dream Cask is a limited edition 32 Year-Old single pot still Irish whiskey – a single cask selected in 2017 by Redbreast master blender, Billy Leighton, and which began life on Halloween in October 1985, with single pot still Irish whiskey […]
Dos Equis Adds A Few More X’s For Cinco De Mayo
Dos Equis added a few more X’s for Cinco de Mayo and ditched The Most Interesting Man in the World and decided to replace him with Blake Anderson from the Comedy Central show, “The Workaholics”…
Angry Orchard, Corona Extra And Woodford Reserve At The Gate For The 2018 Kentucky Derby
Although Woodford Reserve has been the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby for 18 years, this year, Woodford Reserve is the presenting sponsor for the Kentucky Derby – a deal which runs for five years. Joining Woodford Reserve in new sponsorship deals for the race are Angry Orchard and Corona Extra as the official hard cider and import beer, respectively, of the Kentucky Derby. Corona Extra replaces Stella Artois as […]
Tamdhu Launches Dalbeallie Dram At Speyside Whisky Festival
The 2018 Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is the site of the release of Tamdhu’s Dalbeallie Dram, a limited edition bottling that honors the Dalbeallie train station near the Tamdhu distillery. Tamdhu Dalbeallie Dram is bottled at a whopping 62.1% alcohol by volume [124.2 proof] and is fully matured in Oloroso sherry casks from Jerez in Spain. Only 1,000 bottles of Tamdhu’s Dalbeallie Dram will be made available at the […]
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