Knob Creek Gets Super Bowl Bourbon Recommendation
Super Bowl winning quarterback Eli Manning gave his endorsement to Knob Creek Single Barrel Cask Strength as it becomes Manning’s Bold Pick: 2026 Batch. Knob Creek Single Barrel Cask Strength 2026 Batch was bottled in a range between 56.1% to 60.8% alcohol by volume [112.2 to 121.6 proof] and is said to contain the ubiquitous […]
Uncle Nearest Receives Investor Suitors
Beleaguered Uncle Nearest Tennessee Whiskey Distillery is on the receiving end of acquisition interest from Georgia-based investor group NexGen 2780. Uncle Nearest currently has debts totaling over $108 million after being placed in receivership in August 2025 from founders Fawn and Keith Weaver. If approved, NexGen2780 – which consists of both individuals and institutions – […]
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BenRiach Releases 21-Year-Old
The BenRiach has released their BenRiach 21-Year-Old. The BenRiach 21-Year-Old has been matured in a combination of four cask types – Bourbon, American virgin oak, Pedro Ximénez and red wine – which are then blended to create the unpeated single malt. The BenRiach 21-Year-Old is said to contain notes of fruit, ginger and vanilla. The BenRiach 21-Year-Old is available for $165 per bottle.
Meet JIM – The Talking Bourbon Decanter You’ve Always Wanted
At last, it is here – the talking bourbon decanter you have always wanted – courtesy of Jim Beam. The new voice-activated device is being sold by Jim Beam and can offer advice [albeit from a canned list of pre-programmed responses from Fred Noe, Jim Beam master distiller], but best of all, can actually dispense a shot of bourbon on voice-activated demand. For example, when asking JIM what the weather […]
BenRiach Releases Authenticus 30 Year Old
The BenRiach Distillery has released their BenRiach Authenticus 30 Year Old. The BenRiach Authenticus 30-Year-Old is a peated Speyside single malt whisky using peat cut in northeastern Scotland containing wood derived from ancient trees, heather and bracken. The BenRiach Authenticus 30 Year Old is aid to contain notes of cocoa, vanilla and wild honey, in addition to peat. The BenRiach Authenticus 30 Year Old was bottled at 46% alcohol by […]
Teeling Whiskey Has Single Malt Revival
Teeling Whiskey has released The Revival, a limited edition commemorative single malt Irish whiskey. Teeling’s The Revival is a 15-years-old single malt that was matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in Muscat Port barrels. Teeling’s The Revival has been bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Only 10,000 bottles of Teeling’s The Revival – the fourth bottling of the series – are available for $145 per bottle in […]
Could Some Sexton Be Coming Your Way During The Holidays?
It is always good to receive something unexpected during the holidays – well, usually it is good – but it would definitely be classified as good if you were on the receiving end of The Sexton, a single malt Irish whiskey inspired by the north coast of Ireland. The Sexton – a term derived from a Medieval Latin word meaning custodian of sacred objects – emanates from 100% malted barley […]
High Commissioner Has A Limited Edition
High Commissioner blended Scotch whisky has released their limited edition celebrating their brand’s heritage by calling it, naturally – the Heritage Edition. Only 100,000 bottles of High Commissioner Heritage Edition will be available for $19 per bottle in Iceland and the UK.
Nick Offerman Thanks Lavagulin
Nick Offerman’s Thanksgiving is not necessarily your Thanksgiving – unless it involves some Lavagulin…
Matthew McConaughey Delivers Wild Turkey[s] For Thanksgiving
Wild Turkey Bourbon spokesman [and actor] Matthew McConaughey helped to deliver more than 4500 Butterball turkeys to the locals around Lawrenceburg, Kentucky just ahead of Thanksgiving…
Jack Daniel’s Releases Red Dog Saloon In The UK
Jack Daniel’s has released a special edition version of its signature whiskey called Jack Daniel’s Red Dog Saloon, only in the UK. Jack Daniel’s Red Dog Saloon celebrates the actual Red Dog Saloon – a bar opened by Jack Daniel in Lynchburg, Tennessee in 1892 – and is bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof]. Jack Daniel’s Red Dog Saloon is available for $40 per bottle.
Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017 Unveiled
Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017 – the 34th edition of the exclusive Irish whiskey – has been released. Since 1984, a limited number of bottles of Midleton Very Rare have been released every year by the Midleton Distillery – all are matured in American oak barrels and none carry age statements.
Stone Ripper Pale Ale Released Upon The World
Stone Brewing Berlin has released their Ripper Pale Ale upon the world. Stone’s Ripper Pale Ale is presented as a San-Diego style pale ale but it actually contains hops from the Australia and Germany as well as the USA’s West Coast. German hop varieties used in Stone’s Ripper Pale Ale include Hallertauer Blanc, Hüll Melon and Mandarina Bavaria alongside Galaxy hops from Australia and Cascade from the USA West Coast.
Holiday Gift Giving Idea #49 – Peated Malts Gift Pack
The holiday gift-giving season is here and with it come whisky gifting options. One of the best is the Peated Malts of Distinction gift pack, featuring miniaturized whisky versions from The Ardmore, Connemara, Bowmore and Laphroaig. More specifically, The Ardmore Legacy – a lightly peated expression – Connemara, Bowmore No. 1 and Laphroaig. Perhaps best of all, the Peated Malts of Distinction gift box is reasonably priced [we feel] at […]
The GlenDronach Releases Peated Port Wood
The GlenDronach Distillery has released their GlenDronach Peated Port Wood whisky – said to be made in the so-called ‘old style’, from malted barley dried with Highland peat. The GlenDronach Peated Port Wood was finished in port pipes from the Douro Valley in Portugal and has been bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. The GlenDronach Peated Port Wood is said to contain notes of – not surprisingly – […]
Tiiiiiiiin Roof, Rusted! – At Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
WhiskyCritic took some time out from the busy schedule of providing news of whisky to actually try some whisky – specifically, in the form of a cocktail called “Tin Roof Rusted” at Hollywood’s famed Chateau Marmont. The cocktail – new for 2017 at the Chateau – is, of course, based on a line from the B-52’s 1989 hit song “Love Shack” [with the Chateau being significantly more than a shack] […]
Conan O’Brien And Mila Kunis Share Some Jim Beam
Conan O’Brien takes a break from asking questions to share some Jim Beam with actress – and Jim Beam spokeswoman – Mila Kunis…
Glenglassaugh Releases Quartet Of Goodness
Glenglassaugh Distillery has released a quartet of limited releases – a Port Wood finish, a Peated Port Wood Finish, a Pedro Ximinez Sherry Wood Finish and a Peated Virgin Oak Wood Finish. Glenglassaugh whisky has first matured in American ex-Bourbon casks before moving into the various [American virgin Oak, Pedro Ximenez or Port wood] finishing casks.
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