House of Delamain Celebrates 200 Years with New Whisky
The House of Delamain presents L’Edition Rare du Bicentenaire as part of its celebrations for its 200th anniversary. The mix is made up of five great cognacs from the Grande Champagne region. The 10-liter dame-Jeanne bottle that this drop comes in shows 200 years of skill. Founded in 1824, the family’s quest for the best […]
Diageo Halts Construction of Crown Royal Whisky Distillery in Canada
Crown Royal Whisky has put a halt to the development of a $245 million (US $175.7 million) distillery in Canada’s St. Clair Township, according to a report released by Just Drinks on Wednesday. The facility’s plans were initially revealed in 2022 as a component of Diageo’s sustainability plan, “Spirit of Progress.” On 400 acres of […]
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Chivas Offers Three Week Course To Be A Gentleman
If you are not already a gentleman, then Chivas Regal will give you a three-week course in how to be one with its upcoming Chivas Regal Gentlemen’s Lounge. The catch is, you have to be in London – specifically, at the Hyde Bar in the Park Tower Knightsbridge hotel – to take advantage of the experience. Chivas will be offering proper gentlemen the opportunity to try their whisky cocktails, enhanced […]
Whisky And Formula One
Last year, Johnnie Walker was named as the official whisky of the Formula One racing series, and if you watched last weekend’s 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, chances are you couldn’t miss JW’s branding all over the famed Cote d’Azur track. A recent [2014] study indicates that last year’s broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix had a visual exposure to alcohol branding every five seconds during the two-hour broadcast – not […]
New Raasay Distillery Nearing Birth
“New” is not usually a good word in the whisky industry but new distilleries in tradition-rich Scotland don’t come around very often, so excitement is gurgling as the new whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay nears fruition. R&B Distillers is seeking to develop what had been a failed hotel into a whisky-producing distillery beginning operations in 2017. R&B Distillers was formed last year by Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day […]
LOL – It’s Law Of The Land
LOL – the new Law of the Land beer from the UK’s Batemans Brewery – is a ruby red beer which is a nod to the famed Magna Carta, where the brewery’s Lincolnshire county location is home to one of only four surviving copies of the historic document. The 5.5% alcohol content beer mixes sweet English barley with spicy Minstrel hops that are thought to exhibit some of the characteristics […]
Ardbeg Launches Pepetuum
The world had its Whisky Day last week but Ardbeg wants its own day and toward that end, they have launched Ardbeg Pepetuum tocelebrate what the distillery calls Ardbeg Day on May 30, 2015, commemorating the first day the Islay single malt Scotch whisky was first distilled 200 years ago. Ardbeg Pepetuum single malt Scotch whiskly is bottled at 47.4% alcohol content [94.8 proof] with notes of both chocolate and […]
The Brock Malloy Edition Arises From Glenturret
The Brock Malloy Edition – a single malt Scotch whisky from a single cask – is being sold by the Glenturret Distillery. The 28-year-old whisky is bottled at cask strength and comes from Cask 328, which was filled by distillery employees Hugh Brock and Chic Malloy and is said to give off notes of ginger, jasmine, orange and walnut. Only 240 bottles of the Glenturret Brock Malloy Edition single malt […]
Alberta Rye Dark Batch Joins The Summer Fray
A new blended Canadian rye whisky is on the block – Alberta Rye Dark Batch – and it is lining up to be a contender for your whisky of choice when it comes to summertime whisky selections. Alberta Rye Dark Batch is a 91% rye/8% bourbon/1% sherry concoction that will appeal primarily to those of you who have an affinity for sherry-casked single malts. Purported to have distinct honey and […]
Dunder Released [No Sign Of Mifflin]
The BenRiach Distillery has officially released Dunder – a single malt Scotch whisky with a dark rum finish. Dunder – no relation to the corporate Dunder-Mifflin of “The Office” fame, “dunder” is actually the term for sugar cane residue remaining in rum stills after they have been distilled – was bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] using Jamaican-based dark rum for the finish. Only 1888 bottles of Dunder are […]
Happy World Whisky Day!
We have officially – finally – reached World Whisky Day 2015 and events are going on around the world to celebrate the occasion. To find your local event, refer to the official website [see link below] but if there are no official events in your area, there is rule against organizing your own event and celebrating the fact of whisky’s existence in this world, whether that event be held in […]
Look! What’s That Across The Pond? It’s Super Bock!
Good news if you happen to live in Portugal and also happen to like vodka and rum as well as your beer because Portugal’s largest brewery – Unicer Bebidas [a division of Carlsberg] – has joined the spirit-flavored beer game and launched two varieties of Super Bock, one with vodka and lemon and the other styled after the Portuguese-influenced Brazilian national drink, the rum-infused Caipirinha. Both Super Bock varieties have […]
Blade And Bow – The Key American Bourbon Whiskey
There are two parts of a skeleton key – the blade and bow – and that is the symbolism used for the new Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey, which uses the skeleton key reference as a way of paying tribute to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Blade and Bow will be released along with Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old in a limited release with Blade and Bow said […]
Chivas Regal Produces The Icon
Chivas Regal has pulled back the curtain and revealed their newest blended Scotch whisky – The Icon. Said to be a blend of 20 of Scotland’s rarest whiskies – including one from Strathisla Distillery, Scotland’s oldest continuously operating distillery in the Scottish Highlands – Chivas Regal The Icon is bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. Chivas Regal The Icon is currently only available in the duty-free shop at the […]
Another First – Dewar’s Scratched Cask
It is a day of firsts as following on the heels of Crown Royal offering their first-ever blended rye whiskey, comes news that another whiskey blend giant – Dewar’s – will be offering a bourbon-style blend called Scratched Cask, Dewar’s Scratched Cask follows in the bourbon tradition of scratching a charred oak layer in a cask to induce more and/or different flavors to emerge from the finished product. In the […]
Crown Royal Unveils Its Royal Baby – Northern Harvest Rye
Crown Royal has officially entered the rye whiskey business with its first-ever blended rye whiskey, dubbed Northern Harvest. Rye whiskies have always been a part of Crown Royal’s Deluxe blend but this is the first time they will stand on their own more than two grainy feet. Bottled at 45% alcohol content [90 proof], Crown Royal Northern Harvest blended rye whiskey is said to have notes of cloves, fruit and […]
Give It Up For Deano! Deanston 18-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Let’s give a warm welcome to this single malt Scotch whisky, coming all the way from Highland, it’s Deanston 18-Year-Old from the 49-year-old Deanston Distillery in Scotland! Bottled at 46.3% alcohol content [92.6 proof], Deanston 18-Year-Old grew up in hogshead casks before transferring to first-fill Kentucky bourbon casks. The whisky is said to have fruit and honey notes with a dabbling of nutmeg. Deanston 18-Year-Old Highland single malt Scotch whisky […]
Mother’s Day – Time For Some Whiskey Pops!
Who says Mother’s Day can’t be about whiskey? Certainly not the folks at New York City’s People’s Pops – who have collaborated with Alabama-based Clyde May’s whiskey to create Mom Day whiskey pops and spontaneously combust any notion you may have had about Mother’s Day being a sedate “holiday”. Whisky-flavored People’s Pops come in three flavors – alas – but you have to be in New York City to get […]
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