Kilchoman Unveils 13-Year-Old Single Malt
Islay-based Kilchoman Distillery has released a limited edition 13-year-old single malt whisky. Kilchoman 13-year-old single malt whisky was matured in a combination of bourbon barrels and octaves, as well as Calvados casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to impart notes of hibiscus, pineapple and, of course, peat smoke. Kilchoman […]
805 Beer Showcases Lakey Peterson
California-based 805 beer has released a surf documentary – “Making Waves” – a documentary on professional surfer Lakey Peterson, who is one of the brand ambassadors of 805 beer produced by Firestone Walker Brewing Company while 805 is also the official craft beer partner of the World Surf League North America. The film – released […]
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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 […]
Whisky Island, Bob Simon’s Final Toast For 60 Minutes
CBS correspondent Bob Simon died in an automobile accident earlier this year, while he was working on a segment for the television show “60 Minutes” featuring the famous Scottish “whisky island” of Islay. Simon’s unfinished segment was finished by the CBS show staff…
A 42-Year-Old Ledaig Dusgadh Joins The Rare Single Malt Fray
There is a new single malt Scotch whisky release on the block – a 42-Year-Old Ledaig Dusgadh from Tobermory Distillery – the only distillery on the Scottish Isle of Mull. The 42-Year-Old Ledaig is unique due to its long dormant period in its maturation process [as reflected in the name – “Dusgadh” is Gaelic for “awakening”]. The whisky is said to impart distinct smoky notes. Only 500 bottles of Tobermory […]
Montejo Misses Cinco De Mayo, Aims For Independence In September
New Mexican beer on the American block, Montejo, is owned by Anheuser-Busch, but A-B is electing to keep its new beer [bought two years ago] out of the Cinco de Mayo fray this weekend [and on the actual day itself next week]. That is because the beer sees itself as an “authentic” Mexican beer and as every Mexican knows, it is September 16 when Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, […]
WC Test Drive: Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Kentucky Whiskey
Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Kentucky Whiskey is a small batch bourbon [47% alcohol content, 94 proof] from Heaven Hill Distillery. The whiskey is named after a religious leader from Virginia who accidentally discovered the joys of bourbon after a fire charred his barrel collection. At least that’s the story and Heaven Hill is sticking to it. The aromas and notes run the gamut from honey to vanilla to caramel. Elijah Craig […]
WC Test Drive: Temperance Trader Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Temperance Trader Straight Bourbon Whiskey is from Bull Run Distillery in Portland, Oregon, and is a small batch, high rye bourbon [65% corn, 25% rye, 10% malt] with water from the nearby Bull Run Watershed. Aged anywhere from four to six years in barrels, the 45% alcohol content [90 proof] bourbon is said to have vanilla and honey notes with a hint of spice and upon our tasting, WC cannot […]
WC Test Drive: Tincup American Whiskey
Tincup American Whiskey is a relatively new American bourbon whiskey originating from Denver, Colorado – at least that is where the distillery is located, the grains come from other non-Colorado Midwestern locations and are then paired with Rocky Mountain water to produce the corn-malt-rye [64% corn, 32% rye, 4% barley] whiskey blend. Tincup is aged in American white oak casks and emerges at 42% alcohol content [84 proof]. The name […]
Paris Airports Will Host Dewar’s Fine Whisky Emporium
The two main Paris airports – Charles de Gaulle and Orly – will host the debut of John Dewar & Sons Fine Whisky Emporium. The new travel and retail shops located in Charles de Gaulle Terminal AC and Orly’s South Terminal, are designed to tout the various whiskies under Dewar’s purvey – Aberfeldy, Aultmore and Craigellachie of the single malts, as well as the blended whiskies. John Dewar & Sons […]
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