Midleton Very Rare Celebrates Bicentenary With Newest Release
Midleton Very Rare has released their annual vintage Irish single pot still whiskey to celebrate the Old Midleton Distillery’s bicentenary, which had been open from 1825 to 1975 before production moved to a newer distillery within the same site in County Cork, Ireland. Midleton Very Rare is a blend of Irish single pot still and […]
The Macallan Adds Folio 8 To Archival Series
The Macallan has released Folio 8 – the latest installment in their Archival Series which is destined exclusively for the global travel retail (GTR) market segment. The Macallan’s Archival Series was launched in 2015 and showcases the brand’s advertising campaigns from the 1980s and 1990s. The Macallan Folio 8 is a nod to a billboard […]
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Glenfiddich Releases Limited Edition Baccarat Decanter In Cask Collection Series
Glenfiddich has released a limited edition Baccarat decanter in its Cask Collection Series. The French luxury crystal decanter will hold Glenfiddich Cask Collection Finest Solera – a single malt Scotch whisky bottled at 48% alcohol content [96 proof]. Only 600 bottles of the first batch of Glenfiddich Cask Collection Finest Solera will be made available for purchase at global travel retail locations for $2700 per 700-ml bottle beginning in November […]
Laphroaig Releases 32-Year-Old
Laphroaig has released a 32-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky celebrating their 200th anniversary as a distillery. The Islay whisky was matured in first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks and produces notes of fruit, nuts and brown sugar. Laphroaig 32-Year-Old is available for $1150 per bottle beginning in November 2015.
Auchentoshan Doubles Down On Oak
Auchentoshan Distillery is releasing two oak-named single malt Scotch whiskies – Blood Oak and Noble Oak – for the global travel retail market. Auchentoshan Blood Oak has spent time aging in both bourbon and red wine casks [giving it a darker hue] before being bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] while Auchentoshan Noble Oak has matured in “vintage” 1990 casks and bottled at 50.3% alcohol content [100.6 proof]. Auchentoshan […]
Heaven Hills Releases John E. Fitzgerald Bourbon
Heaven Hills has released John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve Bourbon – comprised of a blend of 12 wheated bourbons – that were aged from 1999 to 2013 and named after the corrupt government agent of the same name. The bourbons were bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof]. Only 3000 bottles of John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Bourbon are available in 375-ml bottles for $300 per bottle beginning in […]
Whisky Glass Emoji Being Considered For 2016
A whisky glass tumbler is being considered as a possible new emoji symbol by the Unicode Technical Committee, a branch of the international Unicode Consortium who decides which emojis get the green light. The whisky glass is one of 67 new emojis up for consideration by the committee. The committee will select the emojis who make the cut in May 2016. Emojis selected by the committee will be officially available […]
Trailer Park Boys Get Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky
Joining the musical artists who have recently branded their own whiskies, long-running Canadian-based television comedy series “Trailer Park Boys” has been granted their very own brand of whisky dubbed Liquormen’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky. Just in case you were wondering, Liquormen’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky has been aged for all of three years but boasts a 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. Liquormen’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky is only available in […]
Grant’s Gets All Science-y With Elementary Range
It’s Elementary my dear Watson, er, Grant, as Grant’s unveiled their 2015 Elementary Range of three whiskies named after scientific elements involved in the whisky-making process – Carbon [6-Year-Old], Copper [29-Year-Old] and Oxygen [8-Year-Old] – and all bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. No price range has been set yet but Grant’s Copper is expected to retail for approximately $350 per bottle with Oxygen and Carbon both being less […]
Chivas Reboots 18 With Ultimate Cask Collection
Chivas has rebooted their popular Chivas 18 blended whisky with a new Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection whisky that focuses on certain types of casks – in this case, first-fill American oak casks that should produce caramel and vanilla notes – and will be released every 18 months. The inaugural limited edition Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection is bottled at 48% alcohol content [96 proof]. Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection […]
The Glenlivet Unleashes Peaty Nadurra
The Glenlivet has unleashed their Peated Whisky Cask Finish – the third whisky in their Nadurra single malt range – that features a cask strength 61.5% alcohol content [123 proof]. The heavily peated single malt whisky will have a smoky taste profile and is also available in travel retail outlets – albeit with a much lower 48% alcohol content [96 proof]. The Glenlivet Peated Whisky Cask Finish single malt is […]
anCnoc Adds Rascan To Peaty Collection
anCnoc has added Rascan to its Peaty Collection of Highland single malt Scotch whiskies. Rascan is the fourth whisky to join the collection and named after the peat-cutting tool and has been aged for nine years in ex-bourbon American oak barrels before being bottled at 11.1 ppm [parts per million] phenol content. anCnoc’s Rascan will only have 3000 bottles available for $80 each beginning in November 2015.
Isle Of Arran Introduces Smuggler Series Whisky Pack
Isle of Arran has released its new Smuggler Series whisky pack commemorating the smuggling trade that used to operate between the island and Glasgow back in the 18th and 19th centuries. Each pack uses a design to simulate some of the trickeration the smugglers used to transport the whisky. The whisky itself is bottled at 56.4% alcohol content [112.8 proof]. Only 8700 bottles of Isle of Arran Smuggler Series is […]
Ballantine’s Reveals Artist Series Holiday Gift Pack
It’s never too early to plan your whisky gift giving plan for the holidays and Ballantine’s has got your back with their recent announcement of a special gift pack that will be available for the holiday season. The Artist Series Gift Pack encases the blended Scotch whisky three tins, each designed to represent a segment of Scotland or the whisky-making process – fire, water/liquid, mountains. Ballantine’s Artist Series Gift Pack […]
Chivas Unveils Art Of Hosting Tumbler Pack
Chivas Regal unveiled their new limited edition “Art of Hosting” pack which includes a bottle of the Canadian blended whiskey along with two glass tumblers made of upcycled glass from Mexico’s Studio Xaquixe. Chivas Regal’s “Art of Hosting” tumbler pack will be available at travel retail locales in November 2015.
Liberty Distillery Releases Railspur #3 Spike
Canadian distiller, Liberty Distillery, has released their “newest” whiskey – Railspur #3 Spike – a barley-based aged spirit that is too new to officially be called whiskey. Aged for only a single year in ex-bourbon barrels, “Railspur #3 Spike” is bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof] and promises notes of fruit, spice and vanilla. “Railspur #3 Spike” will be available for $40 per 750-ml bottle beginning on October 9, […]
Studebakers Resurface – But Not The Kind You Think
Once upon a time, Studebakers were considered to be the cream of the crop in the automotive world – and that is the sentiment gigantic spirits industry icon Diageo would like to tap into as they launch their line of “Studebaker” whisky-infused cocktail drinks. Two cocktail varieties will debut with the Studebaker line – the venerable Old-Fashioned and the Manhattan – both using blended Canadian whiskies for their whisky parts. […]
Bulleit’s Stitzel-Weller Distillery Offered As X-Mas Gift
Bulleit’s Louisville, Kentucky-based Stitzel-Weller Distillery can be all yours – or purchased as a Christmas gift for somebody – this holiday season. The upscale Neiman-Marcus catalog is offering the bourbon distillery as a “Fantasy Gift” in its annual Christmas Book of high-end giftery [see link below]. The gift is actually part of Bulleit’s Orphan Barrel project. The Orphan Barrel project was started to share long-forgotten barrels of rare whiskey discovered […]
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