Kilchoman Debuts Quartet Of Single Malts For 20th Anniversary
Islay-based distillery Kilchoman Distillery has released a quartet of small batch single malt whiskies to celebrate their 20th anniversary, calling them the 20th Anniversary Cask Series, consisting of four small batch bottlings, with five casks of each. Only 1,120 bottles of the first of the quartet, a 14-year-old matured in an ex-bourbon cask aged single […]
Diageo Tabbed As Sponsor For FIFA World Cup
Spirits behemoth Diageo has been named the official spirits supporter of next year’s Fifa World Cup to be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA. For the tournament, London-based Diageo is expected to be promoting Scotch whisky brands Buchanan’s and Johnnie Walker – as well as a sle of other spirits brands in their portfolio. […]
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Woodford Reserve Now Has Pinot Noir Finish
Touted as the first American whiskey [Bourbon] to be aged in pinot noir barrels from California, Woodford Reserve has released Woodford Reserve Sonoma Cutrer Pinot Noir Finish. Why use pinot noir barrels from the northern California-based vineyard of Sonoma-Cutrer? Both Woodford Reserve and Sonoma-Cutrer are part of the gigantic Brown-Forman spirits/wine corporation. Woodford Reserve Sonoma-Cutrer Pinot Noir Finish is available beginning this month for $100 per bottle.
MLS Subs Out Budweiser For Heineken Beginning In 2015
Major League Soccer has dropped Budweiser and upgraded to Heineken as the Official Beer of the MLS. The Dutch brewery giant will have its brand on all MLS content and will be the official presenter of the MLS Rivalry Week for the growing, popular league. Heineken’s new sponsorship deal with the MLS will begin in January 2015.
Remy Martin Is The New Orange
Notabled cognac house Remy Martin has teamed with French liqueur brand Cointreau to produce Cointreau Noir, a new orange liqueur/cognac collaboration. Cointreau Noir is the consists of the traditional Cointreau orange liqueur recipe bolstered by Remy Martin cognac as well as almond and walnut essences. Cointreau Noir is available for $50 per 750ml bottle.
Tincup American Whiskey Available In The UK
After spending two years in the USA, Tincup whiskey is coming to the UK. The 42% alcohol content [84 proof] whiskey is a blend of corn, rye and malted barley [but with high rye content – 32%] aged in barrels in Indiana, but not Colorado – which is where it is bottled – and comes with a signature metal cup hat in a design honoring Colorado gold miners who typically […]
Buffalo Trace Begins Gift Giving Holiday Season
Not waiting around until November, Buffalo Trace Bourbon gets the jump on the gift-giving season by introducing its Bourbon-and-Mint Julep gift set. The set includes one standard size bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon along with a mint julep metal cup and a cookbook filled with recipes to concoct and deplete your gift bourbon. The Buffalo Trace Mint Julep Gift Set is available for $45.
Martell Embarks On Premier Voyage
In honor of the brand’s 300th anniversary in 2015, Martell will release a limited edition Martell Premier Voyage cognac. The new blend dips into Martell’s private cellar stash for 18 eaux-de-vie and hurled them for aging in barrel made from a 300-year-old oak tree. The bottle will be packaged by a work of art created by French conceptual artist Bernar Venet. Only 300 bottles of Martell Premier Voyage will be […]
Berry Bros. & Rudd Bring Out Exceptional Casks
Berry Bros. & Rudd have brought out three whisky bottlings to add to their Exceptional Casks Collection – whiskies emanating from now-defunct distilleries, having a distinguishing flavor characteristic or maturing in a particular cask. For this release of whiskies, the three bottlings consist of…. • 472 bottles of a rare 50-Year-Old ‘North British’, single grain whisky taken from two remaining sister casks on their 50th birthday [December 18th 2012]. Bottled […]
Girvan Patent Still Whisky On Deck
The fourth expression of Girvan Patent Still single grain Scotch whisky is set to be released next month. The whisky was matured in first-fill American white oak casks, bottled at a muscular 51.7% alcohol content [103.4 proof] and features vanilla notes. Girvan Patent Still single grain Scotch whisky will be available in the UK in November 2014 and the rest of the world in 2015 at a cost of $120 […]
Laphroaig Brodir Port Wood Debuts In Europe
A new Islay single malt Scotch whisky – Laphroaig Brodir Port Wood – will premiere in Europe this month. Laphroaig Brodir [“brother” in Norse] Port Wood is intended to celebrate Scotland’s connection with Nordic heritage and had an initial maturation in ex-Bourbon casks followed by a second maturation in European oak casks that had previously held Ruby Port. Laphroaig Brodir Port Wood was bottled at 48% alcohol content and will […]
Vintage Reserve Unveiled By The Glenrothes
Speyside distillery The Glenrothes has released their Vintage Reserve single malt Scotch whisky. The Glenrothes also revealed that Vintage Reserve is composed of a variety of vintages – 10 in all – from 1989 to 2007. That helps in giving Vintage Reserve notes of fruit, citrus and honey. The Glenrothes will release its Vintage Reserve – for $40 per bottle – in Taiwan in November 2014, followed up by a […]
Tongerlo Blond Takes Gold At 2014 World Beer Awards
Belgian beer Tongerlo Blond took home the booty as the World’s Best Beer at the 2014 World Beer Awards. From Haacht Brewery, Tongerlo beat out 700 other brews from 30 countries. The rest of the winners were…. World’s Best Lager: Samuel Adams, Double Bock World’s Best Wheat Beer: Brasil Kirin, Eisenbahn Weizenbock World’s Best Dark Beer: Malheur, 12 World’s Best Speciality Beer: Samuel Adams, Roggen Wolf World’s Best Pale Beer: […]
A Timorous Beastie Emerges From Scotland
Timorous Beastie – a new Highland blended malt Scotch whisky – has emerged from Scotland this week. The whisky is a non-chill-filtered “vatted malt” that is a blend of whiskies from Glen Garioch, Dalmore and Glengoyne distilleries. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol content [93.6 proof], Timorous Beastie will be available for $60 per bottle.
The Taghta Available To Cask Masters
Scottish distillery Glenmorangie launched their crowd-sourced single malt Scotch whisky program last March and the result was a whisky called The Taghta [“The Chosen One” in Scottish Gaelic] and there is a chance to get one of the 12,000 bottles created. The single malt whisky was bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] but it is only available to those who register to be “Cask Masters” at Glenmorangie’s official site […]
Machrie Moor Takes The Fifth
The fifth single malt whisky has arrived in the Machrie Moor peated whisky collection. Dubbed “The Peated Arran Malt” the 46% alcohol content [92 proof] single malt also has a limited edition cask strength version bottled at a whopping 58.4% alcohol content [116.8 proof]. The Machrie Moor Peated Arran Malt has notes of vanilla, pineapple and citrus while the cask strength version adds extra peatiness to those notes. Only 12,000 […]
Jeff Makes It Across The Pond
Jefferson’s small batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon whisky has finally made it across the pond and will make its debut in the UK this month. Jefferson’s, along with Jefferson’s Reserve, bourbon, in particular, is created by combining the ingredients of eight to 12 barrels of bourbon of varying ages. Jefferson’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky will retail for $60 and $90 for Jefferson’s Reserve.
Vintage 2000 Released By anCnoc
Vintage 2000 – a Highland single malt Scotch whisky – has been released by anCnoc. The whisky has been aged in Spanish oak former sherry butts as well as American oak ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled at a non-chill-filtered and uncolored 46% alcohol content [92 proof] and is said to have Asian spice notes. Only 1000 bottles of anCnoc Vintage 2000 will be available globally at $90 per bottle.
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