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 […]
Bowmore Set To Auction Aston Martin-Themed Whisky
Islay-based Bowmore is set to auction off the Iridos Edition of their ARC-54 whisky, a one-off version of their ARC-54 whisky launched last month in their ongoing collaboration with Aston Martin. The ARC-54 Iridos Edition features liquid from three casks: a 1967 European oak butt, a 1968 Sherry butt and a 1968 American oak hogshead. […]
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An Apple A Day Keeps Real Whiskey Away
Apple whiskey becomes the latest flavor in the Jim Beam Distillery whiskey flavor rainbow with the launch of Jim Beam. Jim Beam Apple is 35% alcohol content [70 proof] and joins the stable of Jim Beam branded flavored whiskies of Honey and Maple. Jim Beam Apple will set you back $30 per bottle when it becomes available in the UK in May 2015 and in the USA in August 2015.
Inver House Re-launches Third-Best Whisky In Northern Myanmar
Distillery Inver House has re-launched Hankey Bannister Blended Scotch whisky which devoted fans of the now long-lost “Top Gear” BBC motoring show will recall from the Series 21 Christmas Special is the “third-best whisky in northern Myanmar”. Hankey Bannister is named after its co-creators – socialite Beaumont Hankey and businessman Hugh Bannister.
Hennessy Has 250 Reasons Why You Should Like Their Collector’s Blend
The Hennessy cognac brand is turning 250 years old and in an industry where extended age is a good thing, that means it is a special occasion. To mark such a special occasion, Hennessy will be offering their Collector’s Blend – a blend of 15 special eaux-de-vies that has a bevy of 250’s associated with it – there are 250 barrels of the Collector’s Blend with each containing 250 liters […]
Rekorderlig: The Man’s Cider
Swedish cidermaker Rekorderlig is launching a new manly Dry Apple Cider that is aimed specifically at the male cider-loving market [which probably means it should have a beard or tattoo or something on it]. The 5% alcohol content cider is expected to be marketed as an alternative to beer by the 16-year old cidermaker from Vimmerby, Sweden. For now, Rekorderlig Dry Apple Cider will only be available in the UK […]
WC Test Drive: Johnnie Walker Blue
Word of advice for those planning an evening of whisky drinking and are not enamored of any particular disposition toward said whisky – choose as wisely as you feel you possibly can when it comes to whisky selections – and in this department, WC will provide some assistance. Never follow up a tasting of Glenmorangie 18-Year-Old Extremely Rare single malt Scotch whisky with Johnnie Walker Blue blended Scotch whisky. There […]
Curiouser And Curiouser: Summer Shandy Beer Arrives
While it is true that spring has just sprung, that is no reason not to jump the gun and begin to get excited for the imminent arrival of summer – and one of the ways in which to do that is to do backflips over the announced arrival of summer shandy beer. In this case, Curious Traveler Shandy Beer, which will be making its USA debut in 2015. Unlike most […]
The Last Drop Unveils 592 bottles Of 1965 Whisky
Blended Scotch whisky from 1965 can be hard to come by and that is why it is such a big deal that there are now a few more bottles of the stuff being made available by The Last Drop Distillery. Specifically, 592 bottles of TLD’s 1965 blended Scotch whisky are being made available – although not all the grains and malts used are from that year – the original blend […]
WC Test Drive: Glenmorangie 18-Year Extremely Rare
WC recently had the opportunity to take the Glenmorangie 18-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky for a test drive and we were not disappointed. As one might expect from a whisky declaring itself to be extremely rare, the whisky is orbited by several dozen superlatives and platitudes and one of the typical responses WC has to showboatery of this nature is an almost immediate and visceral skepticism. One school of thought […]
Tamdhu Rolls Out Batch Strength Whisky
In a new foray for the distillery, Tamdhu has revealed a Batch Strength version of its Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. The Tamdhu Batch Strength whisky was aged in sherry oak casks before being bottled at 58.8% alcohol content [117.6 proof]. Tamdhu whiskies use water from the Tamdhu spring and are known for their highly peated barley.
Kavalan Named World’s Best Whisky
Kavalan – or by its full name, Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique – whisky was named as the world’s best single malt Scotch whisky at the World Whisky Awards this week. What makes it unique is not so much its distinctly non-Scottish name but rather its dinstinctly non-Scottish distillery location – in Taiwan. This Taiwanese-produced single malt Scotch whisky was praised by the judging panel with having notes of fruitcake, clove, […]
The Tipperary Cocktail For St. Patrick’s Day
Courtesy of Distinguished Spirits – the recipe for the “Tipperary” cocktail, an ideal cocktail for St. Patrick’s Day…
Jameson Goes All 3D On Us For St. Patrick’s Day
Today is St. Patrick’s Day and Jameson is going to sell plenty of Irish whiskey worldwide today – but just in case they might have missed somebody who doesn’t know about their popular brand – they have released a 3D advertisement on their Instagram page [see link below] that features a disembodied hand sliding a shot of presumably Jameson Irish whiskey down the bar for another waiting disembodied hand to […]
2 Gingers Founder Shares St. Patrick’s Day Recipe
Kieran Folliard, founder of 2 Gingers Irish whiskey and native Irish person, shares a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail recipe using, of course, 2 Gingers Irish whiskey…
Grand MacNish Gives You The Best Of Scotland
There are six touted whisky regions in Scotland and each has its own distinct identity which is usually confined to one bottle at a time – but what if you could get the best qualities of each of the regions in a single bottle? That is the reasoning behind Grand MacNish Six Cask Edition, a Scotch whisky blend composed of whiskies from each of Scotland’s signature whisky-producing regions – Campbeltown, […]
Macallan 50-Year-Old Sells At Auction
A bottle of Macallan 50-Year-Old sold for $31,875 at the Bonhams auction in Edinburgh, Scotland today. The Macallan 50-Year-Old was stored in a custom Lalique crystal decanter.
Isle Of Arran Releases 18-Year Old
Isle of Arran Distillery has officially released their 18-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky – the third of a single malt trilogy, following releases of 16-and 17-Year Old single malts. Isle of Arran 18-Year-Old was aged in ex-sherry Hogshead casks and bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Only 9000 bottles of Isle of Arran 18-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky will be released beginning on March 16, 2015.
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