Glen Moray Offers Maple, Eh?
Speyside-based Glen Moray has released a pair of limited edition “spirit drinks” finished in Canadian maple syrup casks – the first to be finished in maple syrup in the brand’s 125-year history. Scotch Whisky Association rules require Glen Moray to label the duo as “spirit drinks” rather than Scotch whisky since maple syrup casks are […]
Crown Royal Gives Newest Whisky The Marquis Touch
Crown Royal blended Canadian whisky has released their Marquis blend, which has been finished in Caribbean rum casks and will be available in select states in the USA. Crown Royal Marquis was finished in Caribbean rum casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to produce notes of brown sugar, dates, […]
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Cocktail Bottles Of Joy
What if you went to your favorite bar and wanted to take your drink home with you – but in a responsible and feasible way? Aside from purchasing an entire bottle of alcohol and mixers – which may or may not be practical, depending upon the circumstances – there is now the, albeit limited, opportunity to take your bottled cocktail drink with you. Some restaurants bars – mostly high-end establishments […]
Creek Becomes River In Oregon
In the wake of the whisky world-altering purchase of Jim Beam by Suntory, everything is small in comparison but Hood River Distillery’s purchase of Clear Creek Distillery brings together McCarthy’s Single Malt of Clear Creek with the popular Pendleton brand owned by Hood River Popular and puts their production all under the same roof. Terms were not disclosed in Hood River Distillery’s purchase of Clear Creek Distillery but we can […]
Iceland Produces Whale Beer For True Vikings
Steoji, an Icelandic brewery, has teamed up with Hvalur, an Icelandic whaling company, to produce a beer containing whale meal – the heated then dried up remnants of dead whales – which they say, once imbibed, makes the beer drinker “true Vikings”. The “true Viking” beer is not that strong – only 5.2% alcohol content – but has no sugar and is said to be low-fat and high protein due […]
Out Of The Irish Mist Comes Whiskey
The newest kid on the honeyed whiskey liqueur block is not a liqueur but a whiskey – Irish Mist Whiskey. The new 80 proof [40% alcohol content] whiskey is a blend of four-year-old whiskies that have been triple-distilled and aged in American oak casks, said to deliver aromas ranging from vanilla to raisin to pear and spice to accompany the honey and toffee palate. Irish Mist Whiskey will be available […]
Some John Barleycorn Whisky With Your Haggis On Burns Night?
If you reside in Scotland, portions of Ireland, UK or New Zealand, chances are you have already planned your Burns Night activities when you will be employing the whisky and haggis ploy as a means to celebrate Scottish poet Robert Burns. If, by chance, you haven’t procured your whisky of choice yet, then the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has you in mind when they announced the release of an 11-year-old […]
Scot Rockers Get Their Own Whisky-A-Go-Go
It used to be just getting a recording deal with a major studio was a big deal but now, apparently, you have to do a bit more to make yourself known in the musical industry and Scottish rockers, Mogwai, have done just that – getting their own whisky. The new RockAct81W Scotch Whisky is a 114.2 proof [57.1% alcohol content] single cask, nine-year-old from the Glenallachie Distillery in Speyside, Scotland. […]
Martell Millesimes Is Asia-Bound
If you play polo or fancy cognac, then Asia is where you want to be right now. Just a few days after the announcement by Pernod that a special batch of blended Scotch whisky will be made available for Asian markets comes news that a special cognac – Martell Millesimes 1971 – will be made available for Asian markets as well. The MM71 was created using three of the rarest […]
Pernod Whips Up The Polo Batch
Polo is recognized as “the sport of kings” and apparently the sport is missing a suitably royal blended Scotch Whisky, so Pernod Ricard took the liberty of mixing up a special batch to enjoy when the ponies are polo-ing about the field – they call it Royal Salute: The Polo Batch – and it’s a 21-year-old blend. Because polo is big in Asia, Royal Salute: The Polo Batch will only […]
Constantine Attracts Big Money
As expected, people threw big money at Constantine and after the flurry of money was over – Constantine went for $631,850 to the highest bidder [and no, we don’t imply the usage of marijuana]. Constantine, as you may recall from WC’s article a little over a week ago, is the name of one of the largest ever crystal decanters containing Macallan whisky. Only four six-liter crystal decanters of this size […]
Aarrrgh – New Blended Scotch Whisky Dunadd
Although the actual Castle Aaarrrggghhh from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” was the much newer [13th century] Doune Castle – it bears a spittin’ image to Dunadd Castle [first century], the castle depicted on the label of Dunadd, the newest blended Scotch Whisky brand emerging from Scotland. Dunadd is named for the medieval site where Scottish kings were likely crowned and the new blended whiskies will be a three-year-old […]
Fill Up With TinCup
Distiller Jess Graber was enjoying success with his master creation, Stranahan’s Whiskey, but then one day he mixed corn, rye and malt with pure Rocky Mountain water and – voila! – TinCup American Whiskey was born. The whiskey is said to carry aromas of citrus, black pepper and ginger snaps along with palate notes of rye spice, cinnamon and caramel. TinCup American Whiskey will be available in Arizona, California, Colorado, […]
Some Widow Jane For Your Soul
Let’s say you find yourself with some Widow Jane Bourbon, what do you do? Why drink it, of course! But what if you have an entire barrel of Widow Jane Bourbon only – alas – without the Bourbon within? You still want the barrel so you simply stash it in the boot area of your Kia Soul which just so happens to come in Bourbon barrel size for 2014. Those […]
Crown Royal Gives Hugs, Blows Kisses With XO
Crown Royal collected 50 of their finest whiskies maturing in cognac casks from France’s Limousin Forest and put them all together to create their newest ultra-premium Canadian blended whisky brand – Crown Royal XO. Said to have scents of vanilla, spice and unnamed dried fruit XO is also reported to have a smooth finish. Crown Royal XO will be sold for $49.99 per 750ml bottle and is available beginning this […]
Whisky Walks On Water
While working on solving the arsenic-poisoned water problem in Bangladesh for her PhD, Scottish scientist Leigh Cassidy turned to a process she was familiar with in her homeland – the art of whisky-making. In this particular case, what interested Cassidy was the “draff” of the matter. Draff are the leftover and discarded barley husks used in making whisky and Cassidy’s idea was that compressed draff might act as a good […]
Dead Beer Comes To UK
The Brits are used to having their beer dark but they are not used to having it dead, nor Mexican, for that matter. But that is exactly what they will get as six new mostly dark Mexican beers will become available in the UK – all with Day of the Dead themes. The six new beers are Death Rides [a pale blond ale with a 5.3% alcohol content level], Immortal […]
Glenmorangie Plies You With Companta
Glenmorangie has announced the arrival of its fifth annual single malt whisky private edition release – Companta. The newly arrived Companta was matured in bold, spicy Grand Cru casks from Clos de Tart as well as sweet, fortified wine from Cotes du Rhone in France. The resulting liquid is Companta – Gaelic for “friendship” – and a whisky which exudes scents of berries, damp forests, fragrant wood smoke and nutty […]
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