Remus Honors The Babe
Remus has collaborated with the family of iconic Major League Baseball player Babe Ruth to produce Remus Babe Ruth Reserve – a new limited edition bourbon honoring Ruth. Ruth – aka “The Bambino” or “The Sultan of Swat” – was the league’s longtime record-holder of the most home runs [714] until that record was broken […]
Laphroaig Reveals 38-Year-Old
Islay-based Laphroaig Distillery has released a 38-year-old single malt as the second whisky in their Archive Collection, which celebrates Laphroaig’s history. Laphroaig 38 Years Old was initially matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks followed by a period of time in a second-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead before being finished in an Oloroso sherry-seasoned European oak butt, […]
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Glenturret Offers A Trio Of Small Batch Single Malts
Glenturret – known primarily as a whisky included in The Famous Grouse whisky blends – has released a trio of small batch single malt Scotch whiskies that showcase sherry, triple wood and peated malt parts of the whisky-making process. The Glenturret trio is available for $70 per bottle beginning in November 2015.
Teeling Whiskey Has A Revival
Teeling Irish Whiskey has revealed their latest launch called Revival. The Irish whiskey is a 15-year-old single malt and arrives just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Teeling’s Revival was aged in ex-rum casks and bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Only 10,000 bottles of Teeling Revival Irish Whiskey will be made and will be available for $110 per bottle in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The […]
House Of Hazelwood Launched
William Grant & Sons has launched their Art Deco-inspired House of Hazelwood range of blended Scotch whiskies. The House of Hazelwood collection is comprised of a 25-year-old whisky, a 21-year-old whisky and an 18-year-old whisky with package designs representing Paris – the city where the Art Deco movement was invented – along with Mumbai [Bombay] and Shanghai. In the USA, Miami has the second-most Art Deco buildings in the world, […]
Jack Daniel’s Unveils Toastmakers
Jack Daniel’s has unveiled their “Toastmakers” social campaign complete with video of legendary Jack Daniel’s-liker, Frank Sinatra… Through their “Toastmakers” social campaign, Jack Daniel’s is asking people to join them in honoring their biggest fan through a series of toasts from Nov. 2 to Dec. 12, 2015 – the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birthday. People can enter the contest and toast Frank through a few simple steps: ► Checking […]
Yamazakura Brings Its Mountain Cherries To European Whisky Markets
The newest Japanese whisky to hit the block is Yamazakura – a 16-year-old blend that has been matured in Bourbon barrels and has a mash bill of 80% corn and 20% corn. Yamazakura – which translates to mountain cherry trees in Japanese – is said to produce notes of coconut, fig and licorice. Only 1,192 bottles of Yamazakura will be available for $145 per bottle in European markets beginning in […]
Jameson Gets Deconstructed
In what is definitely not a money grab, no sir, no way, not at all, Jameson has introduced their Jameson Deconstructed Series, which purports to take three key elements of its Jameson Original Irish whiskey and profile those elements in three separate whiskies which they have named Bold, Lively and Round. Jameson celebrates pot still whiskey with Bold, grain whiskey with Lively and wood elements with Round. The Jameson Deconstructed […]
Glover’s Scottish Samurai Whisky Released
In what is the first collaboration between the historically dominant Scottish whisky culture and the more recently dominant Japanese whisky culture, Adelphi and Hanyu distilleries have produced what they call The Glover blended whisky. The Glover is named after Thomas Glover, who was dubbed as the Scottish Samurai for his help in the modernization process of Japan in the 19th century. The Glover is a blend of whisky from the […]
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 […]
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