Ardbeg Unleashes Smokiverse
Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has released Smokiverse – their 2025 Fèis Ìle special whisky bottling for “Ardbeg Day” – an annual celebration held on the last Saturday of Islay’s Festival of Music and Malt, Fèis Ìle – which will take place this year from May 23-31, 2025. The Ardbeg 2025 limited edition single malt Smokiverse, emanates […]
Tobermory Distillery Unveils 10-Year-Old Ledaig
Isle of Mull-based Tobermory Distillery has released Ledaig Hebridean Moon – their first cask-strength Ledaig 10-year-old peated single malt – inspired by the Isle of Mull’s ancient moon-tracking Baliscate Stones and the first aged whisky release emanating from the distillery’s newest 11-year-old stills. Tobermory Distillery’s Ledaig Hebridean Moon was matured for more than a decade […]
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Auchentoshan Promised Virgin Oak
Auchentoshan – Scotland’s only triple-distilled single malt Scotch whisky – has unveiled a limited edition called Auchentoshan Virgin Oak, which has been aged in North American virgin oak casks that have never been touched by another liquid spirit. While tradition maintains that Scotch whisky be aged in casks that formerly held bourbon or sherry – Auchentoshan has put its triple distilled spirits in the virgin North American oak casks to […]
Cutty Cargo Tour Begins
Cutty Sark Whisky begins their “Cutty Cargo” world tour this week – a show celebrating the local talent of the city it is in and all encasedin a mobile, gigantic version of the shipping crates used to smuggle Cutty Sark whisky back in the day. The first show begins in London [where it features Jessie Ware and Miss Polly Rae] on September 12, 2013 and travels to New York, Barcelona […]
Davidoff Unveils Its Collection Of Nicaraguans
Davidoff has been around the Nicaraguan block a few times and they know what they are talking about when it comes to fine Nicaraguan cigars and now they would like to offer what they view as the best of their Nicaraguan cigars with the Davidoff Nicaragua Collection. The DNC consists of 100% Puro Nicaraguan blend tobacco wrapped in 10-year-old Habano seed Nicaragua Rosado wrappers in three styles – Toro, Tobusto […]
Amigos Look Different This Week
Usually when you drink enough tequila, your eyes begin inventing things for you to see. Since Amigos is only a mere tequila-flavored beer, it may take longer – but that’s not stopping brewer owner Ardagh from getting a jump on what you see by changing the label of the popular beer by making it look more authentic with Aztec influences. Amigos is already one of the fastest-growing flavored beers on […]
Hello Kitty Gets Drunk
Just in case you may have thought that you had seen it all, in comes this bit of international news confirming that you haven’t. Sanrio Corporation – the company behind the pervasive Hello Kitty fad – has finally made their serious bid for the male adult market with Hello Kitty beer [their previous alcohol foray was wine – entirely for women]. The beers are made by Beck’s and come in […]
Whisky Tastes Better In New York In November
Got a spare $1400 lying around that you’re not using right now? Well then, you might be interested in heading over to New York City – specifically, the Flatiron Room cocktail lounge – where you can attend a special whisky tasting extraordinaire. What makes this whisky tasting more special than the one in Omaha or Cleveland? Glad you asked. This particular event will allow you to be in the presence […]
Japanese Whiskey As Rare As An Original Movie Idea In The USA These Days
Do you live in the USA and want some 30-year-old Hibiki whiskey from Japanese distiller, Suntory? Good luck. Unless you live in Japan, are extraordinarily wealthy or have some other very good reason why you have access to Japanese whiskies, it’s more than likely you will not be enjoying the smooth and sweet taste of a Japanese whiskey. Only two distillers – Suntory and Nikka – export to the USA […]
Here’s 5 & 20 Rye In Your Eye
Whiskies are coming both left and right out of the woodwork these days and one of the newest whiskies to emerge will be the rye whiskey from new whiskey distiller Five & Twenty Spirits in upstate New York [specifically, Westfield]. Five and Twenty is planning both a release of an unaged corn whiskey and a 16-month-aged rye whiskey that will be emerging from its new charred American oak barrels in […]
New Whisky For Young Affluent Russians Tired Of Vodka
Russian vodka used to be the gold standard for high end spirits but many Russians now view vodka as an old-school drink – and not in the good, retro-cool way. So, with the emerging popularity of all things whisky-related, it perhaps comes as no surprise that there is a new gold standard – The Gild whisky – which has been released for the Russian market. Although The Gild is aimed […]
The Powers That Be
Irish whisky Powers has released a new single pot still expression called Powers Signature Release. The new release – the second single pot still release from Powers since 2011 – has been matured in American bourbon barrels along with some whisky matured in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks to produce its signature black pepper, honey and vanilla notes. Powers also debuted a new recipe for its Powers Gold whisky – upping […]
Everybody’s Best Friend Is Whisky/Whiskey
The new numbers are out from the number crunchers and they are essentially saying the same thing as they have been saying for the last couple years – whiskey/whisky has become everybody’s best liquor friend these days, replacing the vodka boom of last decade. All the largest distillers have reported whopping increases in their whisky/whiskey sales with flavored whiskies reporting the largest increases while Irish whiskies, led by Jameson, are […]
Distillery Gives Birth To Glengassaugh 30-Year-Old
The Portsoy Distillery in Scotland produced its first whisky since being taken over by BenRiach Distillery in March – a 30-year-old Glengassaugh single malt – that promises a first wave full of fruit [peach, mango, banana are most often mentioned] followed by a finishing wave of toffee, ginger and oak spiciness. The new 30-year-old Glenngassaugh single malt brings 89.6 proof [44.8% alcohol] to the table and will be released to […]
Guinness Outs The Red Harvest Stout
Summer is not over but Guinness is getting a jump on autumn with the upcoming release of their Red Harvest Stout seasonal beer. The non-pumpkin flavored beer features a deep red hue and is said to fondle caramel and toffee aromas before emerging in a barley, sweet malty taste. The each four-pack of the 14.9-ounce cans [4.1% alcohol each] comes with a story of the Celtic tradition of the Samhain […]
Lobster Meets Maple Whisky Halfway
Labor Day Weekend is rapidly approaching – it may already have arrived for some of you – and that means you may be put under pressure to come up with some quirky recipe that deviates from the norm of BBQ burgers, hot dogs, potato salad and whatnot [it’s that whatnot that always gets you]. If you have access to Cabin Fever Maple Whisky and your pockets are deep enough to […]
2 Gingers Adds Nine States
If you live in the upper Midwest portion of the United States of America, then you probably already had access to 2 Gingers whiskey – but only if you lived in the right cities in the 10 states where it was available before June. But now nine more states were added to the 2 Gingers distribution list – thanks to the new whiskey label being owned by Beam – and […]
Jameson Goes On Holiday
Jameson is already a well-known Irish whiskey brand but it is about to be even more well-known in at least eight cities around the world after the company unveiled their City Editions this month that feature labels for eight worldwide cities – Amsterdam, Bangkok, Dublin, London, Moscow, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. These limited edition Jameson City Editions will highlight each city in a postage stamp-like format with Amsterdam’s becoming the […]
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