Whisky Wonderland 2025: A Weekend of Unforgettable Whisky
There are over 40 vendors at Whisky Wonderland 2025, plus exclusive dinners, masterclasses, and outdoor events. Whisky Wonderland 2025: Canada’s Premier Whisky Festival Unveils New Downtown Ottawa Venue and Unmatched Experiences. In 2025, Whisky Wonderland will return to Downtown Ottawa at the Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts from February 20-22. Whisky enthusiasts will gather […]
Bacardi Expands Aultmore Distillery In Glasgow
Bacardi-owned Speyside distillery Aultmore has completed an expansion – adding three new warehouses to their maturation and blending facility in Glasgow. In addition to Aultmore, Bacardi also boasts a portfolio of single malt whiskies including Aberfeldy, Craigellachie, Royal Brackla and The Deveron, as well as blended Scotch brand Dewar’s. The three new state-of-the-art maturing warehouses […]
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South Island Single Malt Scores With Jim
New Zealand-produced South Island Single Malt 21-Year-Old has achieved one of the highest scores in the latest edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. Scoring a 95 out of 100 in the 2014 version of the Whisky Bible, Murray has placed the whisky from the New Zealand Whisky Company in rarefied territory and boasted that it was clean, elegant and beyond words” [except for those “clean” and “elegant” words, of course]. […]
Three Rocks And Two Fingers
Frank liked Jack so naturally Jack made a commercial to exploit Frank. The “Frank” in question is legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, who loved him some Jack Daniels – the “Jack” in question – and that means you now have a commercial for a specially-named version of Jack Daniels called Sinatra Select, baby…
Remy Martin Duo Prepared For Release
A pair of Remy Martin expressions from the Fine Champagne Cognac collection will be released this spring – Prime cellar Selection N16 and Reserve Cellar Selection N28. N16 is said to have strong vanilla notes while N28 is reported to be in possession of candied fruit notes. The denotation for each release signifies the location from Remy Martin’s 29 aging cellars on its property with the N16 being closer to […]
The Name Is Beam, James Beam
James B. Beam – better known as Jim Beam – will be bringing the Signature Craft 12-Year to the UK. The ultra-premium bourbon as a 43% alcohol content [86 proof] with vanilla notes and can be distinguished by James B. Beam’s signature on the bottle. Beam Signature Craft 12-Year will be available immediately in the UK for $40 [24 pounds] per bottle.
Booker’s Bourbon – Straight From Booker’s Barrel To You
Jim Beam is owned by Suntory but Booker’s Bourbon still belongs to Booker – for as long as it lasts. Beam has released 1000 cases of its Booker’s Batch 2014-1 Bourbon – a special limited edition release from barrels specifically set aside by four-decade Jim Beam master distiller Booker Noe, who passed away 10 years ago on this day. The Bourbon is aged nine to 11 years and ranges in […]
Tullibardine Coming To America
Single malt Scotch whisky from the Tullibardine Distillery in Scotland is about to become more prevalent across America with the announcement that 24 states will be the recipients of an expanded distribution of the brand. A wider expansion to the remaining 26 states is expected to come next year. For now, the six Tullibardine whiskies you can expect to begin seeing are Sovereign [$48 per bottle], 225 Sauternes Finish [$65], […]
Beer Week Underway In New York City
If you like beer and you like New York City then this is the best week of the year for you as the Sixth Annual Beer Week gets underway. The sudsy festival of brews is sponsored by the New York City Brewers Guild and the most common occurrence you will see over the course of the week is a Tap Takeover – where, typically, a craft brewery will “take over” […]
Johnnie Walker Walks The Red Carpet Next Week
You may not be lucky enough to find yourself in Hollywood for next week’s 86th Academy Awards [March 2, 2014] but Johnnie Walker will be there in your absence. The chic Governors Ball post-award party where all the evening’s winners initially congregate before flitting off into the night to other parties, will be hosting a special Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky Bar featuring none other than Johnnie Walker Platinum and Johnnie […]
Francis Abecassis ABK6 VSOP One Of World’s Best
Only founded a mere nine years ago, the Francis Abecassis distillery is run by a father-daughter team that consistently puts out award-winning cognac and 2014 is no different as the Francis Abecassis ABK6 VSOP was named as the world’s best cognac in the annual World Drinks Awards competition. The ABK6 VSOP, in particular, was noted for its apple pie, cinnamon, hazelnut, orange and vanilla nose before transporting you to a […]
Hereford Whisky By Next Decade
Chase Distillery produces some of the finest vodka and gin and now it appears they will be making an, albeit late, run at making some whisky. The distillery has been working in conjunction with Hobsons Brewery on a batch of whisky for the past two years that may come to market by early next decade [at least the good stuff]. The distillery currently has a smattering of 5300 liters [1400 […]
Torabhaig Reaches For The Skye
The Torabhaig Distillery has set aside $8.3 million to begin construction of a brand new distillery on the Isle of Skye. The distillery will be at the location of a former farmstead on the island and will be only the second distillery ever placed on the Hebridean island. If everything goes according to schedule, construction on the new Torabhaig Distillery is expected to begin this summer with whisky production beginning […]
Glenfiddich Celebrates 125 Years Of Whisky Creation
The single malt Scotch whisky which came to be known as Glenfiddich and has been the recipient of more awards than any other single malt Scotch whisky was first created by William Grant in a distillery built in the Glen of Fiddich [Scottish for Valley of the Deer] in 1887 and to commemorate the occasion, Glenfiddich has unveiled their 125th Anniversary edition single malt with collectible tin bearing the visage […]
Once Every 15 Years, A New Busch Beer
Let it be bellowed from the highest mountaintops that Whisky Critic will consider the sweetest nectar as well as the lowliest slop…and speaking of the latter, Busch has produced their first new beer in 15 years and people are asking what they have done to deserve this honor. The new beer in question is called, enticingly enough, Busch Signature Copper Lager [take out that Busch part and maybe you could […]
Aberlour Is Coming Your Way
Be prepared, you are about to hear more about Aberlour. The Speyside single malt whisky Aberlour is the top-rated Scotch whisky in France but it is the best-kept secret for most of the rest of the world. That is about to change as the whisky will be the subject of a marketing campaign to bring more visibility to its brand and that means you will be seeing it show up […]
Glenrothes Releases More Speyside Single Malt Nectar
In 1969, many things happened – some of them you may not have remembered – but what will definitely be remembered this year is the release of The Glenrothes Speyside single malt from that year. Only 133 bottles of the single malt were produced from a refilled hogshead single cask. Coming in at 85.8 proof [42.9% alcohol content], the whisky is encased in a lead crystal decanter from Portuguese crystal […]
Smokin’ Gunn Fired Off
Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn is producing a limited edition of its first-ever smoked beer, the 7.4% alcohol content Smokin’ Gunn. The beer is smoked over beech wood, then matured in ex-bourbon casks which is said to produce a vanilla and maple syrup notes. A case [12 bottles] of Smokin’ Gunn will cost you $58 and is available at the official Edinburgh-based Innis & Gunn site.
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