Miller Walken The Walk In Promotional Campaign
Miller Lite is “Walken” the walk and talkin’ the talk as they employ iconic actor Christopher Walken to implore people to get off their phones and start talking to people in their newest promotional campaign entitled “Legendary Moments Start with a Lite.” The leadoff video in the promotional campaign is titled “Ditch the Apps” and […]
Sazerac Putts For Par In Golf Suit
Sazerac – owner of Fireball brand whiskey liqueur – has partially won a trademark lawsuit filed in the European Union against the Saudi Arabia-owned LIV Golf tour that had alleged LIV Golf’s trademark application for ‘Fireballs GC’ could be confused with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky brand, for which it holds the trademark ‘Fireball’. Fireballs GC is […]
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Glenfiddich Becomes Barrel Buddies With Somerset Cider Brandy
Glenfiddich has teamed with the Somerset Cider Brandy company in a deal which will allow Glenfiddich to use Somerset’s barrels to mature their whisky over the course of the next year. Specifically, Somerset will supply 18 cider brandy barrels to Glenfiddich – enough to produce 1800 gallons of whisky [good for 18,000 bottles of whisky] – to age their single malt Scotch whisky.
Ardbeg Space Whisky Goes Up In Smoke
Ardbeg sent a sample of whisky into orbit on the International Space Station to determine the effect of micro-gravity on both the aroma and taste of whisky and after returning to Earth, the results are now in – and it is not good – unless you like smoke. Like, a lot of smoke. Ardbeg found that both the aroma and taste of their so-called “space whisky” was altered, not in […]
Laphroaig Unveils Anniversary Single Malt Whisky
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of their Islay distillery, Laphroaig has released a 16-year-old single malt Scotch whisky. The Laphroaig 16-Year-Old Anniversary Edition, bottled at 48.4% alcohol content [96.8 proof], is said to begin with citrus and vanilla notes before transitioning into pepper and fruit tastes and finishing with sea salt and peat tastes. The Laphroaig 16-Year-Old Anniversary Edition is only available in travel retail locations for […]
Dewar’s Releases Last Of Scotland’s Great Malts – The Deveron
Dewar’s has released the final of five single malts in their Scotland’s Last Great Malts collection with the release of The Deveron – a single malt Scotch whisky from the Macduff distillery near Aberdeen – and named after the nearby River Deveron. The Deveron is the fifth and last release of this collection and will be available in 10-year-old, 12-year-old and 18-year-old expressions and is said to have both fruit […]
Andes Beer Has Casting Call
An Argentine-based casting agency placed a fake casting call in an ad for Andes beer in a supposed effort to give the everyday Joes of Mendoza, Argentina, a chance with the ladies at the various bars and dance clubs…
Fireball Whiskey Cheesecake Shots
Labor Day weekend is merely hours away – it might already be here for you for all we know – and holiday weekends are when the Fireball whiskey amateurs usually emerge from the woodwork. Fireball is not premium whiskey, of course, but if you are going to be inundated with promotional material about it, why not make it something you might actually, possibly enjoy – like, say, Fireball Cheesecake shots? […]
Pre-World War II Mortlach 75-Year-Old Emerges
Mortlach revealed a 75-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky Speyside region’s Mortlach Distillery used a first fill sherry cask to begin its single malt Scotch whisky’s life back in 1939 and 75 years later, what has emerged is liquid gold that was bottled at 44.4% alcohol content [88.8 proof]. Only 100 bottles of Mortlach 75-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky have been produced and will sell for $30,600 per bottle.
Speyside Goes Dark With Beinn Dubh Whisky
Speyside Distillery has introduced their Beinn Dubh single malt Scotch whisky – a unique ruby-black-colored whisky named after the Celtic expression for “black mountain”. The whisky gets its signature color after having aged in toasted port casks from the Douro Valley in Portugal and is said to give off notes of both fruit and chocolate before finishing off in both bitter and sweet tastes. Speyside Distillery’s Beinn Dubh is bottled […]
Jack Daniel’s Releases Single Barrel Proof Whiskey
Jack Daniel’s has released a cask-strength barrel proof whiskey with Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof whiskey. While Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Whiskey is a new, stronger offering, it keeps the signature vanilla and oak notes common in many Jack Daniel’s products. Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Whiskey ranges from 62.5% to 70% alcohol content [125 to 140 proof] and is available for $65 per 750-ml bottle.
Edinburgh Finally Gets A Distillery
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the world’s foremost producer of fine whisky – recent Japanese products notwithstanding – but it has no distillery to call its own…until now…with the planned 2016 opening of the $3 million Holyrood Distillery in the city. David Robertson, a former master blender at the Macallan Distillery, is the driving force behind the Holyrood Distillery, which has a planned initial production of 250,000 bottles of […]
anCnoc Gets Peaty With Peatlands
anCnoc has brought out a peatier version of its Highland single malt Scotch whisky with the introduction of Peatlands – a whisky aged more than a decade in American oak ex-bourbon barrels. Peatlands uses spring water from the Knock Hill area near anCnoc’s Knockdhu distillery and carries a phenol count of nine parts per million. Peatlands, however, is a limited edition [6,600 bottles] whisky that will only be distributed in […]
Whiskey Cologne Now Available
Whiskey has its own aroma when it emerges from the bottle – but that is not likely to be the same aroma emanating from the newest whiskey-oriented product to hit the market – Whiskey Cologne. Coming from the Portland General Store [of Portland, Maine], this essence of whiskey also contains sea kelp extract, aloe vera juice, blue-green algae, tea tree oil and willow tree bark in addition to a splash […]
Royal Brackla Introduces Three Single Malts
Royal Brackla Distillery [owned by John Dewar and Sons] has introduced three single malt Scotch whiskies – a 12-Year-Old, a 16-Year-Old and a 21-Year-Old – all bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. All three are finished in first-fill sherry casks and produce notes of fruit and walnut. All three age statements of Royal Brackla single malt scotch whiskies will be available in nine international markets – Canada, France, Germany, […]
NBC Joins Fox In Hopping On Bourbon TV Drama Bandwagon
Days after Fox announced they were developing an as-yet-untitled television drama series project based on the Kentucky bourbon industry, NBC jumped on the bourbon bandwagon with their own television drama series, but they did Fox one better and gave theirs a title – “The Bourbon Kings”. While Fox’s potential – a pilot episode has yet to be shot and the concept has yet to be greenlit – series will be […]
Popcorn Sutton Debuts New Non-JD-Looking Label
Popcorn Sutton white whiskey used to be contained in a bottle with a label that looked an awfully lot like another popular Tennessee whiskey named Jack Daniel’s – and that’s what the Jack Daniel’s owners thought too – so they sued them back in 2013. The result? Popcorn Sutton debuted their new bottle and label this week and it does not look anything like the Jack Daniel’s bottle and label. […]
Fox Sipping Kentucky Bourbon Drama
Fox television is reportedly considering producing a scripted television drama series based on the Kentucky bourbon industry. The plot of the potential, as-yet-untitled series would revolve around the patriarch of a signature Kentucky bourbon maker who has a public meltdown – forcing his children/heirs to both deal with each other as well as his sordid past. The pilot episode would not be expected to air until 2016.
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