The Glen Grant Debuts Exploration Series
Speyside-based The Glen Grant has released their Exploration series, albeit, exclusively for global travel retail (GTR) market segment. The Glen Grant Exploration Series highlights James ‘The Major’ Grant’s knack for exploration and experimentation with cask finishes and The Glen Grant Exploration Series promotes packaging that emphasizes The Major’s global travels during the 19th century. The […]
Westward Whiskey Becomes The Latest Casualty Of The Industry
Portland, Oregon-based American single malt whiskeymaker Westward Whiskey became the latest casualty of the current environment in the spirits industry and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure the business. Originally founded in 2004 as one of only 30 craft distilleries in the USA, Westward Whiskey had made a name for itself in the […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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