Fettercairn Travels Across The Pond To The USA
Scotland-based Fettercairn Distillery is making their first-ever trip across the pond to release their range of single malt whiskies for the American market. Fettercairn will make their USA debut with five rare expressions, ranging from 24- to 50-year-old whiskies. Fettercairn’s Fab Five in the USA will include the 24-year-old [$650 per bottle]; 28-year-old [$1,250]; 40-year-old […]
Lochlea Unveils Cask Strength Whisky
Lochlea Distillery has released their third cask strength edition – and the first time Lochlea has combined Oloroso sherry casks with Islay peat – as part of Batch Three of Lochlea’s annual Cask Strength series. Lochlea Cask Strength Batch Three was matured in Oloroso sherry butts and ex-Islay peated casks, bottled at 59.8% alcohol by […]
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Johnnie Walker Sends Emma Walker To New York For Red Rye Finish
Master blender Emma Walker – no relation to Johnnie – is sent to New York to see how the Scotland-produced Red Rye Finish, the first in its Blenders’ Batch series, compares to its American blended whiskey counterparts.
Jack Daniel’s Introduces You To Lynchburg, Tennessee
Jack Daniel’s is made in the small town of Lynchburg, Tennessee – introductions are in order…
anCnoc Presents Rudhan
anCnoc has added Rùdhan to it’s Peaty Collection of single malt whiskies that will become available in a few weeks. The whisky’s name refers to the final stage of the peat harvesting process, in which the peat is stacked for several weeks to dry out ahead of burning to create the smokiness. anCnoc’s Rùdhan will only be available in travel retail locations for $73 per bottle beginning in November 2016.
Chivas Issues Royal Salute
Chivas Brothers has officially issued Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns – a blend of single malt and grain Scotch whiskies aged for a minimum of 32 years – with all aged whiskies having been selected from Scottish distilleries such as Braeval, Glen Keith, Longmorn and Tormore in addition to closed distilleries Lochside and Caperdonich. Chivas Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns also is […]
Teresa Topnotch Tries Virginia Black Whiskey
Teresa Topnotch [an actress from Atlanta, in case you didn’t know…] downs a shot [never mind any of that fancy-schmancy “rocks” or “neat” talk…] of Drake’s Virginia Black whiskey…
Do You Have Prince Albert In A Can? No? Well, You Can Have His Whisky
The SS Wallachia sunk in 1895 after colliding with a Norwegian steamship in a dense fog in the Firth of Clyde. This somewhat unremarkable occurrence is made somewhat intriguing when it was discovered that a portion of the ship’s cargo of beer, gin and whisky was still intact. Divers exploring the shipwreck in 1980 were able to bring back several bottles of beer and whisky including some of those from […]
Holiday Spirit Calendars And Collections Have Arrived!
The holiday season is always one of the best times of the year around WhiskyCritic if not for the sole reason that it means the advent of the various whisky-themed calendars that pop up at this time of the year as well as special whisky collections – such as those by Drinks by the Dram. For the 2016 holiday season, Drinks by the Dram has introduced four such collections – […]
Tomatin Adds A Trio Of Travel Whiskies
Tomatin is introducing a trio of travel whiskies – whiskies only available at duty-free retail establishments around the world. The trio are an 8-Year-Old, a 15-Year-Old and a 40-Year-Old – joining the 12-Year-Old already available at such locations. The Tomatin 8-Year-Old has been matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and will be available for $40 per bottle. The Tomatin 12-Year-Old has […]
Redbreast Irish Whiskey Salutes Sherry With Lustau
Redbreast has launched a new expression for its Irish single pot still whiskey – Lustau – finished in first-fill sherry butts and matured with Oloroso sherry from Jerez, Spain. Although it is initially matured initially in both ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks, Redbreast Lustau has been finished for one year in prized sherry butts from Bodegas Lustau in Jerez, the widely-acknowledged sherry capital of the world. Redbreast Lustau is bottled […]
Chivas Speaks Italian With Chivas 18
Chivas Regal has partnered with venerable Italian design firm Pininfarina to produce a stylish re-design of its Chivas regal 18-Year-Old blended Scotch whisky. Just in time for the upcoming holiday gift-giving season, Pininfarina designed a supple, curvy gift tin which highlights the bottle and gives it a distinct aerodynamic look reminiscent of its more famous automobile designs of yore. The Pininfarina-designed Chivas 18 gift tin will be available for $75 […]
AnCnoc Stacks The Peaty Deck
Highland single malt Scotch whisky, anCnoc, has announced the arrival of Stack to its Peaty collection. Stack is a peat-referenced name for the whisky as the term ‘stack’ refers to the last step in the peat-gathering process, where the peat blocks are stored together to dry ahead of being burnt. A mere 6000 bottles of Stack will be produced and the limited edition will be exclusive to Western and Eastern […]
Conan Disputes Dos Equis Most Interesting Man Selection
Finding a potato that looks like George Clooney is way more interesting than anything Dos Equis can come up with…
Four More Ciders Coming Down The Road
Good news in ciderland as Westons has added a quartet of new craft ciders to their cider portfolio. The four new ciders are Caple Rd No. 5 [double-filtered from fresh English apple juice], Rosie’s Pig Handbrake Cloudy Cider with Damson [a slowly matured, medium-sweet cider with cherry and hedgerow fruit notes], Rosie’s Pig Flat Tyre Cloudy Cider with Rhubarb, made from freshly pressed apples paired with rhubarb juice and Pure […]
Maker’s 46 Makes Its Appearance
Maker’s 46 – a variant of Maker’s Mark bourbon – has been officially been launched. Maker’s 46 is created by removing fully matured Maker’s Mark bourbon from its barrel, affixing 10 seared French oak staves to the inside of the original barrel, then putting the Maker’s Mark back in and aging it several more months. Maker’s 46 is said to contain notes of caramel, vanilla and spice with the number […]
BenRiach Drops Two Woodies And A Bunch Of Single Casks
BenRiach Distillery has released two wood finish whiskies and Batch 13 of its single cask bottlings. The Speyside distillery features a wide range of whiskies in its 12 single cask releases – ranging from 16 to 40 years old – while its pair of woodies are a sherry and a tawny port. The 12 single cask releases are: * 1975 cask # 7028, 40 years old, sherry butt, peated, 53% […]
Dos Equis Brings Out Another Most Interesting Man
Next month, Dos Equis will introduce the world to the “new” Most Interesting Man in the World and it could be the old MIMITW’s younger brother or it could be a second cousin, once removed or it could be a transgender person [that would be interesting…]. Who knows?
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