Glen Moray Turns To Tequila Cask Finish
For the first time ever, Speyside-based Glen Moray has released a pair of tequila cask-finished single malt whiskies as part of their Warehouse One Collection series. The Glen Moray 2014 Tequila Cask Finish was matured for eight years in ex-bourbon casks before being finished in Mexican agave spirit barrels, bottled at 55.2% alcohol by volume […]
Tullamore Dew Blends Coffee And Honey
Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey has released Cafe Honey – a coffee-flavored liqueur made with Bohemian honey and Irish-roasted coffee. Tullamore Dew Cafe Honey liqueur blends triple-distilled and triple-cask-matured Irish whiskey with locally roasted coffee from northwest Ireland and natural honey from the Czech Republic, is bottled at 35% alcohol by volume [70 proof] and is […]
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Start Saving Up – The Macallan Has A Quest For You
Start saving your money because Macallan has released The Macallan Quest Collection – which will only be available in worldwide travel retail outlets. What is The Macallan Quest Collection, you may legitimately ask? The Macallan Quest Collection is a series of four newly created single malt whiskies. They are… The Macallan Quest (40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof) has been matured in four different casks – American and European oak […]
Yellowstone Launches Limited Edition Bourbon
Yellowstone has released their 2017 Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon, finished in charred wine casks. Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon combines three bourbons – a four, seven and 12-year Kentucky Straight Bourbons before being aged in once-filled, double seasoned wine barrels, which are toasted and then lightly charred. Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon is bottled at 50.5% alcohol by volume [101 proof]. Less than 8,000 bottles of […]
SMWS Releases Burning Scarecrows In Sweden
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has released their 10-year-old ‘Burning scarecrows by the sea’, a single cask malt whisky. SMWS’ Burning Scarecrows By The Sea was matured in a refill hogshead ex-Bourbon cask and supposedly contains notes of “pebble beach, seaweed, sun-dried driftwood, bonfire, smoked mackerel and cigar boxes” on the nose, with“blow-torched pineapple and toasted marshmallows” on the palate. Only 234 bottles of SMWS Burning Scarecrows By The Sea […]
Green Spot Reveals Chateau Montelena
Green Spot has revealed their latest Irish whiskey release called Chateau Montelena – the first single pot still Irish whiskey to be finished in French oak Zinfandel wine casks. Green Spot Chateau Montelena was matured in American Bourbon and sherry casks and then finished for a final year in casks previously filled with Zinfandel wine from the Chateau Montelena in California’s Napa Valley . Green Spot Chateau Montelena has been […]
Old Pulteney Releases Trio Of Delight
Old Pulteney is busy this month – they have released two new single malt whiskies as well as a limited edition in parternship with Edinburgh International Airport. The two new single malts are a limited edition 1983 Vintage and a 25-Year-Old. The 1983 Vintage was matured in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels, then in ex-Oloroso Spanish sherry oak butts, then bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] while the 25-Year-Old […]
Loch Lomond Releases 50-Year-Old
Loch Lomond Distillery is releasing their oldest single malt whisky – the Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old The Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old is bottled at 46.2% alcohol by volume [92.4 proof] and has been matured in American oak hogshead before moving on to European oak hogshead. Only 60 decanters of The Loch Lomond 50-Year-Old will be available at a whopping $15,765 per decanter in the China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK beginning […]
Tullamore D.E.W. Goes Caribbean
Tullamore D.E.W. has released their XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish – a concoction which begins with their original triple distilled Irish whiskey and finishes in first fill XO Caribbean Demerara rum casks. Tullamore D.E.W. XO Carribbean Rum Cask Finish has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain the expected notes of tropical fruit and spice. Tullamore DEW XO Rum Cask Finish is available […]
Laphroaig – Nobody Does This
Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rolling out their annual [begun in 2014] tasting sessions where people – generally non-whisky drinkers – taste the peaty whisky for the first time and proceed to blurt out their opinions of what they just put into their mouths – this time, the theme is “A First for Friends.” The video shows the unscripted reactions of each person within five different pairs of real […]
The Naming Origins Of Some Beer And Whisky Brands
If you were ever wondering how a certain beer or whisky came to have its name and you did not have time or want to bother Googling it – Mental Floss has the explanations for some of them, including Budweiser, Crown Royal, Jack Daniel, Jameson, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Stella Artois and Yuengling…
The Balvenie Pairs With Anthony Bourdain For Raw Craft
The Balvenie is joining up with chef Anthony Bourdain for a web series called “Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain” which is entering its third season. The Balvenie is collaborating with Bourdain in hopes of bringing wider attention to their whisky by showcasing its creative process…
It’s Miller-Bashing Time…Natty
Taking “natty” – the hipster play on the words “natural” or “national” depending on who you are talking to – for a new ride, Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Natural Light, their reduced-calorie brand beer, is employing supermodel Marisa Miller to take on her namesake and A-B’s rival, Miller Lite. MillerCoors – purveyors of Miller Lite – have touted that Miller Lite has “more taste, less calories and half the carbs” […]
Bushmills Brings Out Bourbon #3 Char Cask
Bushmills has released Bourbon #3 Char Cask Reserve as part of their Steamship Collection, honoring the voyages of the SS Bushmills steamship. Bushmills’ Bourbon #3 Char Cask Reserve joins Bushmills’ Port Cask Reserve and Sherry Cask Reserve in the series. Bushmills Bourbon #3 Char Cask uses custom-charred American white oak bourbon casks to mature Bushmills’ triple-distilled Single Malt Irish Whiskey and are said to result in notes of spicy crème […]
Glenfiddich Introduces Its Finest Solera
Glenfiddich has added Finest Solera to their Cask Collection – a series of rare whiskies developed in collaboration with noted French crystal manufacturer Baccarat. Glenfiddich Cask Collection Finest Solera combines up to 20 of Glenfiddich’s rare whiskies maturing in Bourbon and American Oak casks with a minimum of two months’ time in Glenfiddich’s Solera process, that is said to guarantee the continuity of the whisky’s flavor before being bottled at […]
Glenfiddich Launches IPA And XX
Glenfiddich has launched IPA and XX – but it is not what you think – it is two whiskies that are part of their Experimental Series. The Glenfiddich IPA Experiment and Project XX (which is to be pronounced as “twenty” if you want to be proper and all) both take decidedly unique pathways to the final product. The Glenfiddich IPA Experiment is a single malt Scotch whisky finished in India […]
Tullamore D.E.W. Plans To Tell You About The Beauty Of Blend
Triple-distilled and blended Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey has launched a global advertising campaign which they are calling “Beauty of Blend”, to showcase their actual triple blended whiskey as well as other symbolic interpretations of blending. In the USA, Tullamore D.E.W. will focus their campaign on 12 main markets and, as part of the campaign, Tullamore D.E.W. will gift DNA kits to those interested in exploring their ethnic mix. DNA kits […]
Harrison Ford Enjoys His Bruichladdich
Speaking a little slowly, Harrison Ford tells a joke while sipping some Bruichladdich single malt whisky from Islay with host Jimmy Fallon…
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