San Antonio Distillery Calls It Quits
San Antonio-based Artisan Distillery & Craft Bar has called it quits and due to rising production costs, will shutter on January 25, 2026 after 13 years in operation. Artisan Craft Distillery produced Bexar Ridge Bourbon and Pecan Ridge whiskey. Artisan Craft Distillery becomes the latest casualty in the spirits industry – which so far has […]
Elixir Hits The Trail With New Series
London-based Elixir Distillers has released The Elixir Trails series – focusing on worldwide distilleries – and consisting of The Whisky Trail and The Rum Trail, for the first iteration of the series [but with plans to expand into other spirit categories at a later date]. The Whisky Trail portion of the series showcases a quartet […]
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Stella Artois Performs A Party Trick For You
A “Party Trick” is performed by Stella Artois…
Martell Releases VS Single Distillery Cognac
Without too much fanfare, Martell has released their VS Single Distillery Cognac. Martell VS Single Distillery Cognac is said to have fruity notes as a result of the single distillation sourcing. Martell VS Single Distillery will launch in the UK later in June 2017.
Sultan The Bull Likes His Whiskey
Meet Sultan – a 1.5 ton Murrah bull residing in Haryana, India that is reported to be worth $3.3 million and who likes to drink whiskey. Who wants to have a drink? Sultan’s buying!
Chivas Gives Us The 21-Year-Old Royal Salute
Chivas Brothers has launched their 21-Year-Old Polo Edition for their Royal Salute blended Scotch whisky. Royal Salute 21-Year-old Polo Edition is a combination of various grains and malts that have been aged for a minimum of 21 years and encased in turquoise porcelain bottles with a polo theme that is intended to depict the blue sky and green grass of the traditional polo field. The Royal Salute 21-Year-Old Polo Edition, […]
Gentleman Jack Is Fancy But Not Schmancy
Jack Daniel’s Gentleman Jack is one of the fancy versions of Jack Daniel’s – a thought they want to embed in your head with their latest advertisement for Gentleman Jack, which sells for $30 a bottle [compared with $22 for regular Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7]. The 40% alcohol-by-volume [80 proof] Gentleman Jack is being marketed as having a smoother taste because it is charcoal-filtered twice. Of course, if you […]
Whisky Taste Without The Bite – English Whisky Liqueur
There are people out there who like the taste of whisky but do not like the bite often associated with some of the whiskies on the market – especially some of the peatier entries. For those people, there is now English Whisky Liqueur from London-based Sacred Spirits. English Whisky Liqueur is first aged in bourbon casks before being finished in Spanish PX sherry casks and infused with orange and spice […]
Behold! The Land Of Milk & Honey Whisky
Admittedly, milk and honey are not two of the first words you might put together when you are thinking with your whisky brain, but in Israel, it is the name of the country’s first whisky distillery and first single malt whisky. Milk & Honey single malt whisky has been aged in cask for 38 months – 31 months in an American virgin oak cask and seven months in an ex-Bourbon […]
Sam Adams Brings Out Summer Ales
Summer is a mere three weeks away – officially, anyway – but Sam Adams is not waiting around for the actual date to arrive as they trot out their Summer Ales… Sam Adams “Colors of Summer” from Loop on Vimeo.
You May Now Discover Shackleton Whisky
A new whisky has been “discovered” – Shackleton blended Scotch malt whisky – named after the famed British explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton [who passed away in 1922] who led numerous South Polar expeditions. During one of his polar expeditions in 1907, Shackleton had brought along 25 cases of a Highland whisky, three of these cases were discovered in 2007 – preserved in pristine frozen condition in the ice beneath Shackleton’s […]
Thatcher’s Goes Vintage
Thatchers has launched their 2016 Vintage Cider in an attempt to bring a more traditional cider to the world. Thatchers 2016 Vintage Cider uses bittersweet apples from the previous year’s harvest and boasts 7.4% alcohol content. Thatchers 2016 Vintage Cider is available in the UK for $2.30 per 500ml bottle.
The Balvenie Releases Peaty 14-Year-Old
The Balvenie has released The Balvenie Peated Triple Cask 14-Year-Old – but only for the global travel retail market. The Balvenie Peated Triple Cask 14-Year-Old is a tribute to the good ole days of yore when peated malts were all the rage in the Speyside distilleries but peated malts were not being reproduced at the time The Balvenie Peated Triple Cask 14-Year-Old was being aged. The Balvenie Peated Triple Cask […]
Ben Bracken Gives Birth To Triplets
There are three single malt whiskies in the world this week as Ben Bracken has launched whiskies celebrating the iconic Islay, Highland and Speyside regions. But the whisky regions play no favorites in pricing as all three Ben Bracken whiskies will be available for $23 per bottle.
Jura Has Not One But Two Special Father’s Day Whisky Gift Packs
Father’s Day is right around the calendar corner and Jura is covering all their bases by creating two limited edition gift packs for bottles of their Origin and Superstition single malt whisky. Each pack will include the chance to win a trip to the Inner Hebridean island of Jura, just off the coast of Scotland. The opportunity to win a holiday and distillery visit for two is available to five […]
Johnnie Walker Keeps Walking
Johnnie Walker has released “Homecoming” – their newest commercial supporting their Keep America Walking advertising campaign, honoring USA veterans in the wake of Armed Forces Day [May 20]. Through the campaign, Johnnie Walker is calling on all USA citizens to join in on a “virtual walk” by sharing a photo or message on social media through Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, using #KeepWalkingAmerica and tagging @JohnnieWalkerUS. For each participating post […]
James Corden Takes On Benicio Del Toro In Heineken Commercial
James Corden, host of “The Late Late Show” parodies the recent Heineken commercial starring Benicio del Toro…
The Haig Club Has Father’s Day Covered For You In The UK
Now that Mother’s Day is in the rear-view mirror, Father’s Day is just around the corner – or it seems like it is, anyway – and Haig Club has you covered in the gift-idea-for-dear-old-Dad department – but, alas, only if you live in the UK, where Haig Club has partnered with UK department store Selfridges to launch a limited-edition gift. The limited edition Father’s Day Haig Club gift has a […]
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