Glendalough Preps For St. Patrick’s Day In The UK
Irish whiskey brand Glendalough is preparing for the impending arrival of St. Patrick’s Day – on Monday, March 17, 2025 – with a plan to host 35 St Patrick’s Day activations around the UK. Glendalough-sponsored activations are currently scheduled to be held at London’s The George pub, The London Edition hotel, Manchester’s Salmon of Knowledge, […]
Glengoyne Travels Across The Pond
Glengoyne Distillery has traveled across the pond and released a pair of Scotch whiskies – Glengoyne White Oak and Glengoyne 24-Year-Old – to debut their White Oak range in the USA. Glengoyne means ‘valley of the geese’ – many of whom spend their winters behind the distillery and migrate to North America each summer. Glengoyne […]
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Johnnie Walker Releases Special Singapore Airlines Edition
Because wealthy people living in and around Singapore have seemingly drank quite a bit of Johnnie Walker whisky over the years and, therefore, contributed heavily to the financial health of the company, Johnnie Walker is going to repay that generosity by offering wealthy Singaporeans another opportunity to buy a special kind of one of their most expensive brands of whisky – the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Singapore Airlines Edition. Oh […]
Haig Club Teaser Trailer Is Howling For You
The Haig Club released a teaser trailer for their single grain whisky starring their brand ambassador, former professional soccer/football player David Beckham – with an assist from the Black Keys…
Haig Club Goes Big For The Holidays
Haig Club knows you have whisky gift obligations for the holidays so they are doing their part by offering a limited edition one-liter bottle of their single grain Scotch whisky. The bottle’s design is inspired by the special Haig Club bottle that was given to the whisky’s official spokesperson and former professional soccer/football player, David Beckham, on his 40th birthday. The one-liter Haig Club bottle will be offered only in […]
Let Us Introduce You To Puni – Italy’s First Single Malt Whisky
Italy is known for wine, women and fast red cars – and now it is attempting to be known for single malt whisky from the Puni Distillery [named after the Puni River]. The distillery was established a mere five years ago and began distilling their initial single malt – Puni Nova – in 2012. Puni Nova was aged all three years in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels before being briefly finished […]
Aberfeldy 16-Year-Old – Feel The Burn
There’s a new Highland single malt Scotch whisky in town and its name is Aberfeldy 16-Year-Old from Dewar’s. This single malt uses water from what is known as the Pitilie Burn, has been aged in ex-Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. The notes are said to be both buttery and fruity. Dewar’s Aberfeldy 16-Year-Old is available in only 11 international markets – Belgium, Canada, France, […]
Renault Launches Carte Noir Extra Old Cognac
Renault has launched a special edition cognac – Carte Noir Extra Old – to celebrate their 180th anniversary. The special edition cognac has been aged in 40-year-old barrels for an extra 180 days [in a nod to the anniversary] and signifies the first time the flagship cognac blend has been altered. Carte Noir Extra Old cognac brings its characteristic fruit and spice notes – specifically, apple, cinnamon and hazelnut. Only […]
My Tales Of Whisky By Nick Offerman – Yule Log
Just in case you required it to help you celebrate the holiday season – actor Nick Offerman sips Lavagulin Scotch whisky for 45 minutes in front of a crackling yule log…
Corona Holiday Ad – 25 Years And Counting…
For the 25th year in a row, Corona will be running its annual holiday advertisement featuring a palm tree strung with festive lights while the tune “O, Tannenbaum” is whistled throughout. The advertisement debuted in November 1990 and Corona has run it every year since then, making it one of the longest continually-running advertisement of all time and the longest running spot in the beer industry. To celebrate reaching the […]
The Royal Salute Age Collection
Normally, spouting off about one’s age is not considered to be a good thing, but in the case of The Age Collection from Royal Salute Scotch whisky, it is most definitely a good thing. Royal Salute has put together 10 whisky blends varying in age from a 21-year-old whippersnapper to a 30-year-old geezer. Each whisky in The Age Collection sits in a specially-designed plinth made from ancient Croatian wood. The […]
Crown Royal Crowned World Whisky Of The Year
Canadian blended whiskey Crown Royal has been crowned as the World Whisky of the Year for 2016 by noted whisky expert, Jim Murray. Specifically, Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye was the whisky that caught Murray’s eye as Murray awarded 97.5 out of a possible 100 points to the whisky from Manitoba. Joining Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye in Murray’s top five whiskies of 2016 are Pikesville Straight Rye, Midleton Dair […]
Ballantine’s Gets All Oaked Up
Ballantine’s is offering two oaked-up whiskies – Ballantine’s 21-Year-Old Signature Oak Edition [European Oak] along with an American Oak Oak Edition to follow later on – exclusively for the travel retail sector. Ballantine’s 21-Year-Old Signature Oak Edition [European Oak] will have been matured in European oak casks that have previously held sherry. Bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof], Ballantine’s 21-Year-Old Signature Oak Edition [European Oak] is said to have […]
Chattanooga 100 Choo Choo Steams Out Of Tennessee
A new white whiskey – named Chattanooga 100 to celebrate 100 years of prohibition in Chattanooga – has emerged in Tennessee. The limited edition white whiskey has a mash bill containing more than 51% corn. Only 100 cases of Chattanooga 100 have been produced.
Diageo Creates Whisky Union With Smoky Goat And Boxing Hares
International spirit industry giant, Diageo, has created the whisky equivalent of the craft brewing industry in beer with the formation of what they are calling Whisky Union – an “experimental craft whisky offshoot” that aims to promote various whiskies from a collection of small distilleries. First up on the promotion board are two whiskies called Smoky Goat and Boxing Hares. Smoky Goat is a “smoky sweet” blended Scotch whisky bottled […]
Dramatically Improve Bad Whiskey
The best way to dramatically improve bad whiskey is, of course, to have the gul’darned good sense not to buy it in the first place! Barring that, well, there is always the pet rock idea of the whiskey industry as represented by Whiskey Elements and lampooned [we think…well, we hope] by VAT 19…
The Origins Of Whisky According To The BBC
In case you did not already know, the BBC tells you about the origins of whisky…
A Whisky Tumbler For The Man’s Man – A Chunk Of Barrel
Why waste all that time drinking your fancy whisky from a fancy crystal glass tumbler when you can be a man’s man and rink your fancy whisky from a hunk of wood like real men would if they couldn’t afford their fancy glass tumblers? That is what Oka wants you to think as they debut their new product – the wooden tumbler that is supposed to resemble drinking your whisky […]
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