Elijah Craig Tees Up For Ryder Cup
Elijah Craig has teed up for the upcoming Ryder Cup tournament and released a limited edition bourbon for the international golf tournament. Elijah Craig is already the tournament’s official bourbon, which will take place September 26-28, 2025, at Bethpage Black in New York. Elijah Craig Ryder Cup Small Batch Bourbon was finished in toasted staves […]
Cotswolds Travels To The Farm
English distillery Cotswolds has gone to the farm and released Woodlands Farm – the second installment in their Field to Cask limited release series which highlights locations that have appeared in the whisky production journey. Cotswolds Woodlands Farm emerges from a single first-fill STR (shaved, toasted and re-charred) cask, bottled at 62.2% alcohol by volume […]
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WC Tries And Likes Glenmorangie 10-Year-Old
In hindsight, it would probably be difficult to not like Glenmorangie 10-Year-Old. The Highland single malt scotch whisky is probably – along with The MacAllan – one of the more recognizable of the single malts and one of the most pleasurable to drink. That is because it does not singe your throat on the way down – though some people like their whisky to do that – and both its […]
Bulleit Bourbon Gets A Bag
If you are beginning your holiday gift-giving search, you may not have to worry about at least one part of the process if you are purchasing some Bulleit bourbon for the person on the receiving end of the gift – Bulleit has done gift-wrapping for you by providing a bag for their bourbon. The bag is called a Lewis Bag and is a triple-stitched canvas bag that – when full […]
Thanksgiving Opinions Of Laphroaig – Round 1
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that may or may not mean – depending on your family – that it is time for a dollop or three of Laphroaig…
21-Year-Old Timorous Beastie Released Upon The Land
A 21-Year-Old Timorous Beastie has been unleashed upon the land. The Highland blended malt scotch whisky is bottled at 46.8% alcohol by volume [93.6 proof] and is said to have notes of barley, honey and spices and was matured in sherry casks. Only 2718 bottles of Timorous Beastie 21 Years Old Sherry Edition are available for $110 per bottle.
Steinlager Goes Totally Techno For Tokyo Dry
If Steinlager Tokyo Dry sales take off after this 60-second advertisement for their beer, it can only be due to one thing – people dancing to techno music while dressed in futuristic costumes – because the beer itself only makes a two-second afterthought appearance…
Half Century Blend Launched
The Blended Whisky Company has launched what they are calling their Half-Century Blend – a limited edition release of whiskies aged for at least 50 years. The Half-Century Blend has been bottled at 45.5% alcohol content [91 proof]. Only 768 bottles of the Half-Century Blend are being made available from the first batch at a price of $750 per bottle.
Buchanan’s Whisky Invades The World Series
Buchanan’s Whisky took full advantage of the seven-game 2016 World Series showdown between the Cleveland Indians and eventual winner, Chicago Cubs, with in-game advertisements in both Game Six and Game Seven this week…
Highland Park Set To Toss You Into The Fire
Earlier this year, Orkney Island-based Highland Distillery released what they called their Ice Edition, a 17-Year-Old single malt whisky – and now they are preparing to release its 15-Year-Old Fire Edition brother. Highland Park Fire Edition has been matured in refill Port-seasoned casks, bottled at 45.2% alcohol by volume [90.4 proof] and is said to have notes of fruit and smoke [befitting of a Fire Edition]. Approximately 28,000 bottles of […]
Bowmore Back In Black
It is unlikely that you will ever see this fifth and final installation in the Black Bowmore Series -the recently released 50-Year-Old – due to its limited availability. The Islay-birthed Black Bowmore 50-Year-Old single malt quite expectedly spent 50 years maturing in first-fill Oloroso sherry casks – making it the most aged whisky of the Black Bowmore series – and said to be giving it notes of black truffle, fruit […]
If You Have 3.5 Hours To Kill, Laphroaig Has Something For You
Andy Daly embarks on a 3.5 hour recounting of remarks on how to describe the taste of Laphroaig Whisky…
The Party’s Over For Bud Light
In perhaps one of the least surprising moves of 2016, Bud Light has decided to shut down the Bud Light party early – Bud Light turned off the lights on its election-themed ad campaign starring Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen because nobody showed up [aka, declining sales]. The campaign, which regrettably debuted during this year’s Super Bowl, was supposed to run through the election, but was mercifully killed in August […]
Bushmills Steams Ahead With Port Cask Reserve
Bushmills irish whiskey has released the latest entry in its Steamship Collection – Port Cask Reserve – but alas, only for travel retail locales. The Steamship Collection is a range of whiskies inspired by the voyages of the SS Bushmills steamship which, beginning in 1890, delivered Bushmills Irish Whiskey around the world. Bushmills Port Cask reserve is said to contain notes of almonds, black coffee and damson and will be […]
The Balvenie Falls Under Influence Of Oak
The Balvenie has released the second element of its DCS Compendium, called ‘Influence of Oak’ and consisting of five single malts. The five single malt whiskies in The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter Two range in age from 15 years to 43 years and were taken from different cask types, including; European oak Oloroso sherry butts [floral and fruit notes], first fill American oak bourbon barrels, European oak port puncheon and […]
The Most Interesting Man In The World Resurfaces
The Most Interesting Man in the World has resurfaced for Dos Equis and his name is Augustin Legrand and apparently he played college football in high school, despite the obvious double disadvantage of being French – where they have no college football nor high schools playing it – and being the placekicker, not the most interesting position on an American football team [college or otherwise] …
Budweiser Beer Delivers Itself By Truck In Colorado
Budweiser found it annoying that they had to employ actual humans to deliver beer so they literally cut out the middleman and had their trucks deliver beer by itself in Colorado…
anCnoc Releases 35-Year-Old
Highland-based distillery anCnoc has released a limited edition 35-Year -Old single malt Scotch whisky which has matured in ex-bourbon American oak barrels and bottled at 41% alcohol by volume [82 proof]. Only 670 bottles of anCnoc 35-Year-Old will be made available worldwide for $615 per bottle.
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