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 […]
Elijah Craig Debuts 15-Year-Old
Elijah Craig is welcoming a new family member with the release of a high-ABV – 54% [108 proof] – 15-year-old bourbon to join their family of bourbons. The 54% ABV commemorates the day – May 4 – in 1964 when the USA officially recognized bourbon as a unique product of the country. Elijah Craig 15-Year-Old […]
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Cask Strength Scallywag Wades Ashore
Speyside malts were blended and what has emerged is a Cask Strength Scallywag. The 53.6% alcohol content [107.2 proof] used Macallan, Mortlach and Glenrothes malts [among others] for its creation and the result is a whisky with mocha, orange and vanilla notes. Only 1000 cases of Scallywag will be made available globally beginning June 1, 2015.
Isle Of Arran Releases The White Stag
Members of the White Stag online community associated with the Isle of Arran single malt Scotch whisky have selected their first bottling – an 18-year-old that was bottled last month and will be available this month. Those interested in becoming White Stag members may do so at the link below. The first White Stag bottling will be limited to only 214 bottles and available only to White Stag members for […]
The Glenlivet Unveils Single Malt Triple Threat
The Glenlivet will be releasing three triple-cask matured single malt whiskies as part of its Master Distiller’s Reserve signature collection. The whiskies each use a different oak in the maturation process. The Glenlivet triple-cask single malts in the Masters Distiller’s Reserve collection will be available in travel retail outlets beginning July 1, 2015. Glenlivet’s New Triple-Cask Single Malts: • Master Distiller’s Reserve – Traditional oak casks are used to deliver […]
Carlsberg Adds Seven Craft Beers For 2015
Danish brewing conglomerate, Carlsberg, has added seven craft beers to their roster for 2015 – listed below – joining the more than 500 beers the company controls worldwide, making them the fifth-largest brewing company in the world. Carlsberg’s Crafty Seven for 2015: • Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale – Tank 7 is a strong, yet crisp and refreshing beer that combines American hops with the fermentation aromas and flavors of […]
Netherlands Unveils Whisky By X
You got your standard 12-year-old Scotch whisky, good, but Company X in the Netherlands has imported said Scottish whisky, filtered it with both gold and diamonds and since that is so clearly not enough, they then “body-blended” it – by which, they mean they have poured it over the body of one of two porn stars – Tori Black or Joy van Velsen…
Johnnie Walker Launches Special Philippines Edition Bottle
In honor of the upcoming Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 2015, Johnnie Walker will release a Johnnie Walker Blue Label Special Philippines Edition bottle that will be embossed with a gold map of the Pacific nation archipelago on the label. Only 7,107 – representing the number of Philippines islands – bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label Special Philippines Edition will be available in the Philippines only.
Chivas Offers Three Week Course To Be A Gentleman
If you are not already a gentleman, then Chivas Regal will give you a three-week course in how to be one with its upcoming Chivas Regal Gentlemen’s Lounge. The catch is, you have to be in London – specifically, at the Hyde Bar in the Park Tower Knightsbridge hotel – to take advantage of the experience. Chivas will be offering proper gentlemen the opportunity to try their whisky cocktails, enhanced […]
Whisky And Formula One
Last year, Johnnie Walker was named as the official whisky of the Formula One racing series, and if you watched last weekend’s 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, chances are you couldn’t miss JW’s branding all over the famed Cote d’Azur track. A recent [2014] study indicates that last year’s broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix had a visual exposure to alcohol branding every five seconds during the two-hour broadcast – not […]
New Raasay Distillery Nearing Birth
“New” is not usually a good word in the whisky industry but new distilleries in tradition-rich Scotland don’t come around very often, so excitement is gurgling as the new whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay nears fruition. R&B Distillers is seeking to develop what had been a failed hotel into a whisky-producing distillery beginning operations in 2017. R&B Distillers was formed last year by Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day […]
LOL – It’s Law Of The Land
LOL – the new Law of the Land beer from the UK’s Batemans Brewery – is a ruby red beer which is a nod to the famed Magna Carta, where the brewery’s Lincolnshire county location is home to one of only four surviving copies of the historic document. The 5.5% alcohol content beer mixes sweet English barley with spicy Minstrel hops that are thought to exhibit some of the characteristics […]
Ardbeg Launches Pepetuum
The world had its Whisky Day last week but Ardbeg wants its own day and toward that end, they have launched Ardbeg Pepetuum tocelebrate what the distillery calls Ardbeg Day on May 30, 2015, commemorating the first day the Islay single malt Scotch whisky was first distilled 200 years ago. Ardbeg Pepetuum single malt Scotch whiskly is bottled at 47.4% alcohol content [94.8 proof] with notes of both chocolate and […]
The Brock Malloy Edition Arises From Glenturret
The Brock Malloy Edition – a single malt Scotch whisky from a single cask – is being sold by the Glenturret Distillery. The 28-year-old whisky is bottled at cask strength and comes from Cask 328, which was filled by distillery employees Hugh Brock and Chic Malloy and is said to give off notes of ginger, jasmine, orange and walnut. Only 240 bottles of the Glenturret Brock Malloy Edition single malt […]
Alberta Rye Dark Batch Joins The Summer Fray
A new blended Canadian rye whisky is on the block – Alberta Rye Dark Batch – and it is lining up to be a contender for your whisky of choice when it comes to summertime whisky selections. Alberta Rye Dark Batch is a 91% rye/8% bourbon/1% sherry concoction that will appeal primarily to those of you who have an affinity for sherry-casked single malts. Purported to have distinct honey and […]
Dunder Released [No Sign Of Mifflin]
The BenRiach Distillery has officially released Dunder – a single malt Scotch whisky with a dark rum finish. Dunder – no relation to the corporate Dunder-Mifflin of “The Office” fame, “dunder” is actually the term for sugar cane residue remaining in rum stills after they have been distilled – was bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof] using Jamaican-based dark rum for the finish. Only 1888 bottles of Dunder are […]
Happy World Whisky Day!
We have officially – finally – reached World Whisky Day 2015 and events are going on around the world to celebrate the occasion. To find your local event, refer to the official website [see link below] but if there are no official events in your area, there is rule against organizing your own event and celebrating the fact of whisky’s existence in this world, whether that event be held in […]
Look! What’s That Across The Pond? It’s Super Bock!
Good news if you happen to live in Portugal and also happen to like vodka and rum as well as your beer because Portugal’s largest brewery – Unicer Bebidas [a division of Carlsberg] – has joined the spirit-flavored beer game and launched two varieties of Super Bock, one with vodka and lemon and the other styled after the Portuguese-influenced Brazilian national drink, the rum-infused Caipirinha. Both Super Bock varieties have […]
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