The Glendronach Revives 21-Year-Old
The Glendronach has revived their 21-year-old single malt whisky with an ‘elevated’ design change. The newly re-designed The Glendronach Aged 21 Years single malt whisky was matured in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks from Andalucía, Spain, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is still said to offer notes […]
Teeling Unveils Birthday Whiskey
Dublin-based Irish whiskey producer Teeling has released a limited edition whiskey named Birthday Batch to celebrate their 10th birthday. Teeling Birthday Batch is a blend of some of Teeling’s oldest single malt and pot still whiskies, matured in ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of […]
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Michelob Wants You To Breathe During The 2016 Super Bowl
Don’t forget to breathe – that will be Michelob’s advice on Sunday for the 2016 Super Bowl…
For Their Super Bowl Ad, Bud Light Asks – Had Enough Of Politics?
In case you have not yet had your fill of political ranting and raving, Bud Light is here to not save you by focusing their entire 2016 Super Bowl ad campaign [get it, campaign, hahahaha…groan] on comic persons Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen creating the new Bud Light political party in not-very-humorous ways. Oh yeah, and nobody likes raccoons…
What Was So Special About 1974 For Tomintoul?
Tomintoul has launched a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky from whisky distilled in four American oak casks from 1974. Tomintoul 40-Year-Old was bottled at cask strength of 43.1% alcohol content [86.2 proof]. Only 500 bottles of Tomintoul 40-Year-Old will be available in Europe, Asia and other selected markets for $3,750 per bottle.
What Has Benromach Got Up Their Sleeves?
Time [and Gordon and MacPhail] has awakened the Benromach Distillery and produced a rare 35-year-old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. In a distillery established in 1898 but closed since 1983, G&M purchased it in 1993, modernized it, then re-opened it. But the whisky being released today comes from 1983, specifically, from casks which had been left behind at its closing. The Benromach 35-Year-Old is said to have notes of cinnamon, […]
Shock Top Releases 2016 Super Bowl Commercial Insult-a-thon
Shock Top Brewing released their 2016 Super Bowl commercial, which essentially consists of a barrage of insults between a talking beer tap and customer [T.J. Miller] but neglects to talk about the actual beer [decide for yourself if that is a good thing or not]…
Can An Apple Brandy A Day Keep The Doctor Away?
Christian Brothers has released the third flavor in their family of brandies – apple. Christian Brothers Apple Brandy is distilled from grape varietals, aged in oak barrels and bottled at 35% alcohol content [70 proof]. Christian Brothers Apple is available for $11 for a 750ml bottle.
GlenDronach Releases Seventh Heaven In Grandeur Series
Scottish whisky distillery, GlenDronach, has officially released the seventh Highland single malt whisky of their Grandeur series. This limited edition has been matured for more than 25 years in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 50.6% alcohol content [101.2 proof]. GlenDronach’s seventh release of their Grandeur series is being limited to 1180 individually numbered bottles.
What Whisky Can You Get For Valentine’s Day?
Speyside Distillery may have solved your Valentine’s Day dilemma with the release of their new Spey Lord Byron single malt Scotch whisky. The limited edition whisky has been released to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s marriage to Lady Annabelle Millbanke – Lord Byron, of course, is famous for his love poems. Spey Lord Byron whisky is said to have nutty, toffee and fruit notes while being bottled at […]
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 […]
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