MLB Deems Traveller To Be A Home Run
Major League Baseball has named their first official whiskey and it is Traveller Blended Whiskey, a collaborative concoction created by Buffalo Trace Distillery’s master distiller Harlen Wheatley and Grammy-winning country music performer Chris Stapleton. Traveller Blended Whiskey’s designation as MLB’s official premier whiskey partner means the whiskey will be highlighted during game broadcasts, as well […]
House Of Hazelwood Begins 100-Year Journey With 60-Year-Old
Speyside-based House of Hazelwood, owned by the Gordon family [in turn, owners of William Grant & Sons], have released One For The Next – a 60-year-old blended single grain whisky that will mark the beginning of a decade-by-decade journey to building a collection of whiskies eventually reaching a 100-year-old single grain whisky. Hazelwood House is […]
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Timothy Olyphant And Conan O’Brien Toast Blanton’s Bourbon
Timothy Olyphant of the recently cancelled “Justified” television series enjoys some Kentucky whiskey – later identified as Blanton’s Bourbon – with talk show host Conan O’Brien in the video contained in the link below… Timothy Olyphant
60-Year-Old Batch Of Glenfiddich Goes For $25K At Auction
At the Lindsay Burns Auction in Perth, Scotland, yesterday, a batch of 14 bottles of Glenfiddich Special pure malt Scotch whiskey from 1955 was sold to a variety of collectors and connoisseurs for $25,365. The bottles had been discovered hidden away in the cellar of a nearby country house with some still wrapped in their original tissue while others had been opened. The 1955 Glenfiddich Special pure malt Scotch whisky […]
Brain Meet Whiskey; Whiskey, Brain
New medical research of the brain has delivered the blockbusting news that the brain is in a less “chaotic” [i.e. – it’s normal state] after its been doused with six ounces of whiskey – specifically, Bushmills Irish Whiskey. In a study recently conducted at Canada’s McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Dr. Michael Noseworthy, the co-director of the Biomedical Engineering Department, used 14 study participants to drink six ounces of Bushmills […]
Heaven Hill Reveals Lacy PeachBerry Whiskey
There is no beating around the bush here – Heaven Hill has released Raven’s Lace PeachBerry whiskey specifically with an “intricate feminine lace” label designed to entice women to drink their whiskey. Raven’s lace PeachBerry is bottled at 35% alcohol content [70 proof] and is a mix of the aforementioned peach along which strawberry making up the “berry” portion of the name. Raven’s Lace will only be available initially in […]
BenRiach Unveils 10-Year-Old
Speyside distiller BenRiach has released a 10-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky. BenRiach 10-Year-Old has been derived after having spent time maturing in both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks and producing spicy along with fruity [apple, apricots, banana and peach] notes. BenRiach 10-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky has been bottled at 43% alcohol content [86 proof].
Luxco Takes A Blood Oath With Its Bourbon
Private spirits distiller and distributor, Luxco, has launched their newest bourbon – called Blood Oath – as part of its inaugural Pact annual release of craft bourbon. Blood Oath is a blend of three Kentucky straight bourbon whiskies – a spicy rye, smooth wheat and oaky bourbon – each in the 6-12 age range and all blended and bottled by hand. The result is a 49.3% alcohol content [98.6 proof] […]
Nessie Has Her Blackberry Beer
The Loch Ness Monster is a happy monster today after it was announced that Loch Ness Brewery has released a new blackberry beer. Berry Loch Ness beer is the result of a collaboration between the brewery and the local James Hutton Institute, renowned for their development of various soft fruit varieties. The combination of JHI-grown blackberries with the brewery’s process has produced a blackberry-tinged biscuit-and-chocolate derived from the brewery’s use […]
Catfish Cooley’s Whiskey Wednesday Backflip
There was a Wednesday in this week. There is a Wednesday in every week, right? Well then, it’s time for Catfish Cooley’s Whiskey Wednesday backflip – woo! snort!
Free Whiskey In Las Vegas
Free is a very good price and if you happen to be in Las Vegas, it’s always a choice. The Vom Fass store in The Venetian Casino will be offering 45-minute whiskey-tasting session for free – all you have to do is get yourself to Las Vegas. The Vom Fass whiskey-tasting session has officially been dubbed the “Whiskey Experience” and will feature various whiskies for three sessions held on Thursday, […]
Kopparberg Debuts Cider Slushie
What began as an April Fool’s Day joke has become reality for Swedish cidermaker, Kopparberg, as they have produced the world’s first cider slushie. After an April Fool’s Day joke depicted frozen cider pops, Kopparberg has used that inspiration and turned two of its 4% alcohol content fruit flavored ciders – strawberry-lime and elderflower-lime – into frozen cider concoctions that will come in metallic pouches meant to be frozen for […]
The Most Interesting Man In The World Delivers Cinco De Mayo Advice
Cinco de Mayo is a few weeks away but it’s Cinco de Mayo every day for The Most Interesting Man in the World – who delivers sound advice for the upcoming holiday…
Innis & Gunn Launch White Oak Wheat Beer
Scottish brewery, Innis & Gunn probably produces your best choices whenever it comes time to peruse your St. Patrick’s Day beer options, so it is probably a good idea to keep track of their annual beer launches and one of the first ones out of the gate this year is the Innis & Gunn White Oak Wheat Beer. The Innis & Gunn White Oak Wheat Beer is a German-style wheat […]
WC Test Drive: Eastside Distillery Cherry Bomb Whiskey
The temptation with Eastside Distilling’s Cherry Bomb Whiskey is to go the same route as that of its sister flavored whiskey – Marionberry – namely, to pronounce it to be relatively decent as far as flavored whiskies go. That is exactly what we are going to do. Sorta. In reality, Cherry Bomb Whiskey is just another flavored whiskey and it’s not nearly as exotic as marionberry, so it does not […]
WC Test Drive: Eastside Distillery Marionberry Whiskey
We are going to be frank with you. Not Shirley or Bill, but frank. Normally, we eschew and poo-poo flavored whiskies as just so much cheap opiates for the consumer masses who either don’t know any better or live in places where they either cannot or choose not to afford any better. Generally speaking, flavored whiskies are for your people who don’t like normal varieties of whisky/whiskey and don’t want […]
Thump Keg Touts George Dickel-ized Rye IPA
Pennsylvania-based Thump Keg Brewery is celebrating the return of spring and the impending arrival of summer with two new beers – an Agave Amber Ale and Rye IPA. Aside from being summer beers, each has the distinction of being brewed with the same foundation ingredients as a pair of recognizable spirit brands – Peligroso Tequila in the case of the Agave Amber Ale and George Dickel Whiskey in the case […]
Suntory Suggests Some Ice For Your Whisky
You have the whisky, now you need the ice. Suntory has some suggestions…
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