Barton 1792 Debuts Cognac Cask Bourbon
Kentucky-based Barton 1792 Distillery has released 1792 – a Cognac cask-finished bourbon. Barton 1792 Cognac Cask Finish was first matured in American white oak barrels, then finished in French Cognac casks for a minimum of six months before being bottled at 47.5% alcohol by volume [95 proof] and is said to contain notes of apricot, […]
Speyburn Bolsters Travel Retail
Speyside distillery Speyburn is bolstering their travel retail venue presence in airports both near home and across Europe, including Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports in Scotland as well as Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Speyburn will highlight the distillery’s travel retail-exclusive range, which includes Kentucky Bourbon Cask, Bordeaux Red Wine […]
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Glen Grant Collection Released
Make room in your bank account if you want the recently released Glen Grant Collection – a limited edition collection of six whiskies selected from 1950-55 from the Speyside distillery. Only 75 Glen Grant Collections will be made available but each Glen Grant Collection will cost you – wait for it – $13,000 per collection.
Benromach Introduces Triple Distilled Single Malt
Speyside’s Benromach Distillery has released their first triple distilled single malt whisky. The appropriately named Benromach Triple Distilled is an eight-year-old matured in first-fill Bourbon barrels, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and said to have notes of fruit. The Benromach Triple Distilled is available in Europe and the UK for $60 per bottle.
Glen Scotia Releases 18-Year-Old
Campbeltown whisky distillery Glen Scotia has released an 18-Year-Old single malt whisky. Glen Scotia – one of only three distilleries remaining from the Campbeltown region once known as the ‘whisky capital of the world’ during the 19th Century has produced their 18-Year-Old single malt whisky after maturing it in oak casks for a minimum of 17 years before being finished in Oloroso sherry casks for 12 months before bottling at […]
Jura Reveals One And All
Jura has released One and All – a new limited edition single malt Scotch whisky dedicated to the community of Jura and the team of distillery workers who have helped to produce it. Jura One and All is a 20-Year-Old single malt whisky matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels and bottled at a cask strength 51% alcohol by volume [102 proof] and is available globally for $155 per bottle.
Exotic Cargo Has Arrived
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has released Exotic Cargo – their first blended malt whisky. Exotic Cargo is a 10-Year-Old blended malt made from pre-blended malt whiskies, all distilled on the same day on 2006, and all matured in first-fill, ex-Spanish Oak sherry casks before being bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and boasting notes of flowers, fruit and spice. Only 1937 bottles of Exotic Cargo are available […]
Ardbeg Releases An Oa
Ardbeg has released an Islay single malt whisky called An Oa (pronounced “an oh” and named after a region near the distillery). Ardbeg An Oa was matured in both Pedro Ximenes casks and ex-bourbon barrels and was bottled at 46.6% alcohol by volume [93.2 proof] and is said to have both sweet and smoky notes. Ardbeg An Oa is available for $70 per bottle beginning in September 2017.
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] […]
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