The Glendronach Releases 56-Year-Old
Highland-based The Glendronach Distillery has released a 56-year-old single malt whisky – their oldest release ever – to celebrate the distillery’s 200th anniversary. The Glendronach Aged 56 Years has been matured in a trio of Oloroso sherry butts from Jerez along with another trio of Spanish oak hogsheads from Pedro Ximenez, bottled at 44.9% alcohol […]
Four Roses Smelling Start Of Spring
After their recent purchase from Kirin, Gallo-owned Kentucky Bourbon Four Roses is smelling the roses for the start of spring with a newly invigorated promotional campaign entitled Meet Me With Four Roses. The promotional campaign’s title is based on the bourbon’s origin story which has bourbon founder Paul Jones Jr. wooing a Southern belle, who […]
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Buy Your Beer In Los Angeles
If you happen to like beer and live in the USA, then Los Angeles is the best place to buy your preferred adult beverage, according to international beer surveyors, GoEuro. The 2015 Beer Price Index survey finds that Los Angeles is the best USA city to purchase beer if price is your deciding factor – with an average 11.2 ounce [the normal European measure, just short of the 12-ouncer familiar […]
Chivas Regal Gives You Something Extra
Chivas Regal has launched a new whisky in their blended Scotch whisky line called Chivas Regal Extra – which is one of their premium blends that also features a rare malt matured in a sherry cask. Chivas Regal Extra, however, will only be available in travel retail locations in seven Asian airports in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Newcastle Assures You That You Are Not An Idiot
Yes, you may think that you are, indeed, an idiot – but Newcastle takes issue with that and assures you, sir, that you are not…
Aspen Food And Wine Classic Takes Wine-Taster Around The World
Collin Szewczyk of the Aspen Daily News attended the Aspen Food and Wine Classic and came back with a full report on the quality of the food and wine. The majority of his body never left Colorado, but his tongue traveled to a variety of locales. Like many travelers, my first stop was at something I know and love in the Woody Creek Distillery. An empty stomach can be a […]
Food And Wine Classic Launches Its Own App
It’s become the rule du jour in today’s modern age for any organization or business to have its own social media presence. God a small business repairing bikes? Give it its own Facebook account (even though judging from the site’s original purpose, that makes no sense). Own a chain of cafe shops? They gotta be on Tumblr. Heck, we’re at the point where McDonalds is probably on Tinder. I haven’t […]
Why Is It Called Woodchuck Cider?
Woodchuck Cider is called “Woodchuck Cider” why again? Because…
Food & Wine Classic Gives Exposure to local Aspen Restaurants
According to Aspen Daily News Online, the Food & Wine Classic’s local restaurant showcase program has expanded over the course of the past five years and is a hit with festival attendees. Its local restaurant showcase program started with a single spot in the tent which rotated during the course of the 3-day event. This year’s showcase saw an increase to five positions in the tent which hosted a total […]
Jim Beam Rolls Out Whisky-Infused Bourbon
Because two spirits are better than one, Jim Beam has introduced Jim Beam Kentucky Dram – a Kentucky bourbon infused with peated Highland Scotch whisky. The result is a liquid with 40% alcohol content [80 proof] said to have oak and vanilla notes. Jim Beam Kentucky Dram will only be available in travel retail outlets beginning in July 2015.
Cider Meets Irish Whiskey In New Tullamore D.E.W.
Cider is wildly popular, whiskey is wildly popular – so it was only a matter of time before the two were introduced to each other – and in this case, the meeting has come about in Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask Irish whiskey. Slated to be made only between September and November each year – matching the Irish apple harvest period – Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask used ex-bourbon oak casks to […]
Chris Pratt Use Fireball For Acting Lessons
Actor Chris Pratt recently took a break from a GQ modeling session to down some Fireball whiskey and dole out some acting advice in the process…
2015 Women’s World Cup WhiskyCritic Drinking Game
The 2015 Women’s World Cup is officially underway and now all you need to go along with the expanded tournament is a Bud Light Lime….no, just joking….an official WhiskyCritic drinking game. Whether or not you mean to savor or slug your whisky [we are not judging you and your whisky-drinking preferences], you still need a plan and WhiskyCritic is here to provide you with a guideline for how to go […]
Deutsch Family Finds Redemption
New York-based Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits has officially bought Redemption Whiskey – which is distilled in Indiana and bottled in Kentucky. Deutsch, previously primarily a wine brand owner – whose most notable brand in yellow tail from Australia – purchases a Redemption portfolio which consists of Redemption Straight Rye Whiskey, Redemption High Rye Bourbon, Redemption Bourbon, Riverboat Rye, White Whiskey and Limited Edition Barrel Selections. Redemption Straight Rye Whiskey, […]
Brown-Forman And Teeling Make Moves As Irish Whiskey Explosion Underway
Not waiting around for the market to soften, both Brown-Forman and Teeling have made moves involving actual and potential Irish whiskey distilleries in Ireland. Brown-Forman – whose bourbon/whiskey brands include Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve – have formally purchased Slane Castle Whiskey Limited with the intent of opening a distillery near Dublin. Meanwhile, Teeling has beaten them to it and already opened their Dublin distillery in the Liberties District this […]
GlenDronach Brings Out Eight-Year-Old The Hielan
Scottish distillery GlenDronach has brought out an eight-year-old Highland single malt Scotch whisky dubbed The Hielan [Scottish version of “Highland”]. Matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, the whisky is said to have notes of butterscotch, raisins and spice. GlenDronach’s The Hielan single malt Scotch whisky is bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof].
Bordeaux Casks Hit The Green Spot
For the first time ever, Green Pot Single Pot still Irish Whiskey will be finished in Bordeaux casks. Originally aged in three different casks – consisting of former Oloroso sherry, former bourbon and new bourbon – Green Pot is finished out in the former Bordeaux wine casks for a period ranging between one and two years. The result is a whiskey that is bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] […]
Ardmore Has Two More
Ardmore has released two more whiskies specifically for the travel retail market – The Ardmore Tradition and The Ardmore Triple Wood. The Ardmore Tradition is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky matured in American oak casks and then also aged in 19th-century quarter casks to produce a peated whisky with spice and vanilla notes. The Ardmore Tradition is bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. The Ardmore Triple Wood is […]
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