Isle Of Tiree Debuts Initial Single Malt Whisky
The newly invigorated Isle of Tiree Distillery – located in the Inner Hebrides portion of Scotland’s Hebrides island group – has released their inaugural single malt whisky after being founded in 2012 by traditional folk musicians Alain Campbell and Ian Smith and is one of Scotland’s smallest whisky distilleries. Isle of Tiree First Release was […]
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door Adds Sixth Whiskey To Bootleg Series
Coming on the heels of the release of “A Complete Unknown” – a feature film starring Timothee Chalamet about the rise of 1960s-era folk singer, Bob Dylan – comes an addition to the Bootleg Series from Dylan’s Heaven’s Door whiskey company. Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume VI is the sixth release in the Bootleg series […]
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What’s New In 2016 From Wemyss?
The new year has officially arrived and bringing with it are six new single cask releases from indie bottler, Wemyss Malts. The six casks represent the traditional Scottish geographical whisky-producing areas of Speyside, Islay and The Highlands and range from 13 to 25 years old. The full cask list consists of Sizzling Charcoal 1997 from Bunnahabhain Distillery [Islay]; Coastal Confection 1996 cask strength from Bowmore Distillery [Islay]; The Highland Mariner […]
What Is Bud Light Bringing To The Super Bowl Party?
Well, Bud Light, of course…duh…plus Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen.
What Age Is Manhattan Moonshine?
Like the popular Hollywood movie star who will not divulge his or her age, Manhattan Moonshine guards its secret well and remains the world’s first luxury [depending on your definition for “luxury”] un-aged whiskey, best used for mixing in cocktails. Manhattan Moonshine is not aged in barrels, which dispenses with the heavier barrel-derived oak and smoke flavors and makes it a better mixing whiskey than higher end brands. Specifically, Manhattan […]
Some Rhode Island Red For Peyton Manning
The Denver Broncos will be playing the New England Patriots this weekend for the right to advance to the Super Bowl next month – so Rhode Island distillery, Sons of Liberty Spirits – took the liberty of sending Manning a little hooch to soothe his soul after the game [which they obviously hope will be a Patriots’ victory]. Sons of Liberty sent a bottle of their Battle Cry American whiskey […]
What Can You Put In Mizunara Casks?
Why, some whiskey from the state of Washington in the good ol’ US of A, of course! More specifically Bainbridge Organic Distillers have placed whiskey born in the state’s Skagit Valley inside a Japanese cask made from the Mizunara oak trees grown on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, essentially making it the world’s first non-Japanese whiskey aged exclusively in virgin Japanese Mizunara casks. Bainbridge Yama Mizunara Cask Whiskey is bottled […]
What Has Glenmorangie Got Up Their Sleeve?
The Glenmorangie Distillery has released Milsean – the seventh release in their Private Edition collection of Highland single malt Scotch whiskies and the first to be extra-matured in heavily toasted Portuguese red wine casks. Milsean (Gaelic for ‘sweet things’ and pronounced Meel-shawn) was first matured in ex-bourbon oak casks before spending some time in casks that had contained Portuguese red wine and were charred before usage. Due to the charring, […]
What Would Lemmy Have Wanted? His Own Jack Daniel’s Whiskey
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister – the former frontman for metal rock and roll band Motorhead – passed away last month and what would Lemmy have wanted most at the time of his death? Oddsmakers agree, it likely would have been a bottle of whiskey. Jack Daniel’s – or rather, one of their retail accounts, Atlantic City Bottling Company – has slapped a Motorhead label on one of their bottles of Jack […]
What Is The House Of Suntory Keeping In Their Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 Edition?
Japanese whisky-maker, The House of Suntory, has a new sherry cask offering for the new year – the Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 – a single malt whisky. The Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 has been stored in casks of Oloroso sherry for three years before being sent back to Suntory’s Yamazaki distillery where they are blended to feature notes of raisins, apples, sun-dried tomatoes, cloves, cocoa and hazelnuts before being bottled […]
Armagnac Delord Greets 2016 With XO Premium
The world of brandy has already had a good new year with the arrival of XO Premium Bas Armagnac from the family house of Delord [founded in 1893]. XO Premium Bas Armagnac has been aged in oak barrels for 25 to 45 years old and said to have notes of orange flower, apricot, and cinnamon. XO Premium Bas Armagnac Delord is bottled at 42% alcohol content.
The Quiet Man Has Arrived
A pair of Irish whiskies – blended and single malt – will be arriving on American shores this month – both are from The Quiet Man in Derry, Ireland. Distilled in traditional Irish whiskey pot stills matured in oak barrels and re-casked in first-fill bourbon casks, The Quiet Man Traditional Blended Irish whiskey and The Quiet Man 8-Year single malt Irish whiskey, are both bottled at 80 proof. The Traditional […]
Yellowstone Meets Kentucky At Bourbon Street
Limestone Branch Distillery has launched Yellowstone Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon – the pairing of the famous national park in Wyoming with the perhaps equally famous main product of Kentucky comes about after the launch of Yellowstone Limited last year. Yellowstone Select was constructed using both four-year-old and seven-year-old barrels of Kentucky Straight Bourbon and has been bottled at 46.5% alcohol content [93 proof]. Yellowstone Select is available for $50 per […]
Last Known Bottle Of Nippy Sweetie On Display In Glasgow
Scottish-born actor/comedian Billy Connolly had a brief fling with fame stateside [in the television series “Head of the Class” in the early 1990s] but has always been a huge hit in his native land. Back in the day – specifically, the 1970s – when Connolly was honing his comedic chops in and around Scotland, he had his own miniature bottles of whisky on sale to help, you know, appreciate his […]
The Glenlivet Gift Pack Available For Last-Minute Holiday Gift Shoppers
If you are like the majority of the male population when it comes to the holiday gift-giving season, you are a last-minute shopper. Fortunately for you, The Glenlivet can help you save the day [or year, as the case may be] with their limited edition holiday gift pack. The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve limited edition gift pack includes a bottle of The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve single malt Scotch whisky along with […]
Speyside Brings Byron To Your Holiday Party
Speyside Distillery is very fond of their famous poet son, Lord Byron, because not only do they celebrate his poet greatness with specific themed bottles of whisky, they even celebrate his two-year marriage 200 years after it happened, with a special limited edition bottle of whisky. In this case, it is a whisky called Byron’s Choice that celebrates his 1815 wedding anniversary to Annabelle Millbanke, which lasted all of two […]
Hibiki Whisky Displays Flowery Bottle
It’s the same old whisky – Japanese Harmony Master’s Select [bottle at 43% alcohol content or 86 proof] -but in a new flowery bottle for Hibiki whisky. The limited edition bottle honors the artistry of Japanese culture and celebrates Hibiki as a harmony of Japanese nature and craftsmanship with the traditional Japanese symbols of the Sakura flower (cherry blossom), a Goshoguruma (royal carriage) and Ryusuimon (streaming water) signifying symbols of […]
Deanston Unveils 20-Year-Old
Deanston has unveiled a 20-Year-Old Highland single malt Scotch whisky for the holiday gift-giving season. Deanston 20-Year-Old has spent 20 years maturing in ex-Oloroso sherry casks before being bottled at 55.3% alcohol content [110.6 proof]. Deanston 20-Year-Old is available for $165 per bottle beginning in December 2015.
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