Crown Royal Shutters Bottling Plant In Canada
London-based spirits behemoth Diageo – owners of Crown Royal – have announced plans to shutter its plant in Ontario, Canada, and move operations to the USA. Crown Royal was initially introduced 86 years ago to celebrate a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and was only available in Canada until the 1960s, when […]
Lochlea Plans To Stick Around With Permanent Lineup
UK-based independent distillery Lochlea has released Single Estate Range – their first-ever permanent whisky lineup – consisting of Orchard & Oak, Dark Briar and Smoke Without Fire. All three whiskies are made from 100% barley grown on Lochlea Farm, and matured and blended onsite at the distillery. Lochlea Orchard & Oak was matured in a […]
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Jack Comes To The UK, Mate
Jack Daniel’s is crossing the pond with their campaign for the UK – entitled, Find Your Taste of Tennessee – and as part of the campaign, Jack Daniel’s consumers who purchase a Jack Daniel’s cocktail will receive a ‘Greetings from Tennessee’ postcard and scratch for the chance to win one of three trips to the distillery in Tennessee. Additionally, Jack Daniel’s will also bring “The Meeting Place,” a pop-up consumer […]
Old Forester Releases Two Versions Of Birthday Bourbon
In honor of the total eclipse [not really], Old Forester has announced the release of their 17th annual Old Forester Birthday Bourbon – in honor of founder George Garvin Brown. The 2017 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon was drawn from a wide variety of barrels stored in different company floors and warehouses – each contributing their unique elements to the final product. However, during the transfer of bourbon from the holding […]
Healeys Launches Cornish Gold
Healeys has launched a “new” premium cider called Cornish Gold – the cider is not exactly new as it originally debuted in 1980 – but has been re-launched using the same 30-year-old recipe but has also supplemented the original 4.5% blend with an Oak Matured 6.2% partner version. Healeys Cornish Gold is available in the UK for £2.39/$3 per bottle with the Oak Matured available for £2.49/$3.25 per bottle.
Food And Whisky Found At The 2017 Spirit Of Speyside: Distilled Festival
The 2017 Spirit of Speyside: Distilled festival is in a mere two weeks and lest you think it is just another festival honoring whisky – which would not be altogether a bad thing – think again, there will be plenty of food, specifically local food, at the festival in Elgin, Scotland, on September 1-2, 2017. If you are able to make it to the 2017 Spirit of Speyside: Distilled, you […]
Wemyss Adds Vanilla And Treacle
Wemyss Malts has released two new blended Scotch whiskies – Vanilla Burst and Treacle Chest – produced from their private collection of handpicked, maturing whisky casks from various Scotland’s distilleries. Vanilla Burst is a blend of two Speyside single malts matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. Only 4800 bottles of Vanilla Burst will be made available. Treacle Chest is a blend of two Highland single malts matured in first-fill ex-sherry hogsheads. […]
Theatre Of Drams Coming To Islay In October
A new Whisky festival – Theatre of Drams – is coming to Islay in October. The Theatre of Drams Whisky Symposium is a five-day event focusing on whisky making with distillers, barley experts, chemists, coppersmiths, coopers and brand ambassadors all present to provide their knowledge in the process. There will be lectures each morning follow the linear process of whiskymaking – Malting, Mashing, Distillation, Maturation, Libation/Marketing/Nosing & Tasting. In the […]
Bud Light Is Not Complex
Bud Light is not complex, it has four ingredients – barley, hops, rice and water – a fact they would like to point out with a jab toward craft beers in their latest commercial which debuted this week…
Puni Comes To The UK
Puni – Italy’s first single malt whisky – will be making its official debut in the UK in 2017 with their three-year-old Alba and Nova whiskies. Puni was born in 2010 in the Italian town of Glurns in the Vinschgau valley – a German-speaking area of the Italian Alps – and the distillery has two traditional copper pot stills imported from Rothes in Scotland, but uses pure alpine water, barley, […]
Jim Beam Goes Vanilla
Jim Beam has gone vanilla – specifically, they have added Jim Beam Vanilla – which blends Madagascar vanilla bean liqueur with classic Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. The new Jim Beam Vanilla is said to contain hints of oak and caramel bourbon note and you are encouraged by the people at Jim Beam to try Jim Beam Vanilla with cola and a cherry garnish. As you may or may not be […]
Bruichladdich Reveals World’s Most Heavily Peated Single Malt Whisky
Where there is smoke, there is fire – the old saying goes – and there is a metric ton of smoke in Bruichladdich’s newest four-whisky range of peated single malt whiskies called Octomore – including Octomore 3 – which is said to be the “world’s most heavily-peated single malt whisky”. Peated whiskies are frequently measured and compared by parts per million [ppm] of the organic compound phenol [aka carbolic acid] […]
A Trio Of New Belgian Cider Flavors
Belgian cidermaker Cidrerie Stassen has launched three new ciders using fruit from the Aubel Valley in eastern Belgium. The trio of new ciders are: • Stassen Cidre Brut ($10), a dry Belgian cider made by combining apples sourced from the Aubel and Liege regions of Belgium, with pear juice. • Stassen Cidre Cuvée Rosé ($12), a sparkling cider made with rare Geneva dessert apples that are hand-picked in orchards in […]
Get Through The Dog Days Of Summer With Lord Calvert
A second edition of the Ducks Unlimited decanter – depicting a yellow Labrador Retriever holding a canvasback duck – has been launched by Lord Calvert Canadian whisky. Each custom 750ml decanter of Lord Calvert Canadian blended whisky is hand-painted and hand-filled with Lord Calvert Canadian whisky to the tune of $100 per decanter and will become available beginning in September 2017. Through Lord Calvert’s partnership with Ducks Unlimited, a portion […]
Spirit Of Speyside: Distilled Just Around The Corner
What could be better than some of your favorite distilleries congregating in one place to offer samples of their hard work and then pairing that with food? It can’t get much better than that – the only downside is if you are not already nearby, then you have to find some way to get to the Elgin Town Hall in Elgin, Scotland, to experience the Spirit of Speyside: Distilled festival […]
Dream Drams Coming To London
If you are lucky enough to find yourself in London next week – particularly at the Kaleidoscope Bar at Devonshire Square – then you will have the opportunity to enjoy 12 flavors of whisky ice cream that will go on sale beginning on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. There at the Kaleidoscope is where the Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be presenting their “Dream Drams” of whisky ice cream. The 12 […]
Wild Turkey Meets Its Savage Counterpart On Stephen Colbert
Matthew McConaughey is an ambassador for Wild Turkey – so naturally Stephen Colbert feels obligated to be ambassador for its main rival, the fictional Savage Cock 190 proof grain alcohol…
Stella Artois Wants You To Spend More Than Your Money On Their Beer
Sure, Stella Artois wants you to buy their beer – why not? But after you buy their beer, they want you to hire a famous artistic person to stage the glam-shindig you will be throwing with their beer as one of the centerpieces of the affair. Well, okay, maybe not go that far – but at least they want you to pair their beer with more than brats and chips, […]
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