Benriach Reveals Shades Of Smoke
Speyside-based Benriach Distillery has released Shades of Smoke – a 31-year-old limited edition single malt – and the inaugural installment in their new Shades of Smoke collection. Benriach 31 Year Old Shades of Smoke Edition One was bottled at 48.1% alcohol by volume [96.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, chocolate, hibiscus, […]
Royal Salute Gets Fashionable
Royal Salute gets fashionable with the release of Royal Salute 21 Year Old Harris Reed Edition II – a limited edition whisky blend collaboration with fashion designer Harris Reed. Royal Salute 21 Year Old Harris Reed Edition II is a blend of whiskies from Braeval, Longmorn and Strathclyde distilleries with an emphasis on Longmorn. Royal […]
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The Glenlivet Gives Some Whisky Learnin’
The Glenlivet has rolled out the red carpet smelling of fine whisky since last year with its “Dram & Discover” series of events providing a “learning experience” for that includes some speechifying on the four pillars of The Glenlivet lifestyle [that would be food, style, technology and travel] as well as some tasty tastes of some 15-, 18- and 21-Year-Old whiskies. The carpet is extended to only a few [less […]
Ballantine’s Busts Out New Bottle
Just in time for the holidays, Ballantine’s Scotch Whisky broke out a new bottle design for its Finest label. Although still rectangular in general shape, the bottle gives the appearance of being sleek, boasts a new chevron-shaped label and has ditched the handles on larger versions in favor of finger grips [seems as though that element works either way from WC’s perspective but handles were thought to be old-fashioned and […]
Buffalo Trace Sets Out Wares For Antique Shoppers
Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the whisky-o-phile in your midst? What a coincidence! Buffalo Trace was thinking the exact same thing when they announced the release of their 2013 Antique Collection. The Antique collection consists of five bottles each of Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old [distilled in 1993], uncut, unfiltered George T. Stagg [128.2 proof – 64.1% alcohol content – and distilled in 1997], Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old [mellow spice, vanilla […]
The Dalmore 25 Is Going To Cost You Some Dinero
Dalmore Distillery already has plenty of 12, 15 and 18-year-olds around the place but now they have decided it was time for some adult whisky and have introduced their Dalmore 25 – a 25-year-old whisky they will be launching this week. Only 3000 bottles of The Dalmore 25 [84 proof, 42% alcohol content] are scheduled to be produced every year. The Dalmore 25 is matured in white oak barrels, transferred […]
Halloween WhiskyPops
It’s Halloween next week and while the kiddies are dressed up as something scary [vampire, zombie or virtually any Kardashian] the adults are generally left out of the candy cartel – unless you are a parent and vigilantly collect the Mom/Dad Tax on the candy favorite of your choice [around our house, that would be Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – come to papa you frisky little globs of peanut butter […]
Somebody’s Got Pappy!
There is drama afoot in Kentucky as the well-known Buffalo Trace Distillery called their local police department last week and it wasn’t to invite them over for the annual Halloween party – it was to report the abduction of Pappy Van Winkle. More notably, somebody had absconded with 195 bottles [or 65 cases’ worth] of the company’s rarest bourbon – Pappy Van Winkle 20-Year-Old. Police have so far only indicated […]
No World Cup? Irish Make More Whisky Instead
With their 2014 World Cup hopes ended, the Irish have turned to doing what they do best – make whiskey. In this case, it will be Irish whiskey makers Walsh Whiskey Distillery [producers of The Irishman and Writers Tears whiskey brands] joining up with Italian company Illva Saronno [producers of Amaretto Di Saronno liqueur] to build a new distillery in Carlow, Ireland that will be able to produce 400,000 cases […]
Johnnie’s Got A Brand New Bottle
Johnnie Walker is a timeless classic whisky – and that is the problem. Or, at least, it is the problem as Johnnie’s parent company Diageo sees it, because timeless classic whiskies generally are not viewed favorably by those in the 25-35 age ranges. They’re no Fireball, you see. So, in an effort to make Johnny more hip to the times – and sell more whisky – JW’s Red Label is […]
Chivas Regal Dresses Up Its Whisky
It is mid-October and as everybody knows, that is clearly the time when the smart whisky-loving man begins to compile his Christmas gift list for his buddies [who will undoubtedly share their whisky gift booty, of course] and since it’s never too early to begin that compilation, Chivas Regal introduces its special gift tin honoring London’s high end tailoring center, Savile Row, for its 12-Year-Old whisky. Depending on where you […]
Dial M For Macallen…And Money
Everybody knows Macallen is some of the best single malt whisky out there but now it becomes even better, not because of some new distilling technology but because of the special crystal decanter it will be housed in. Well, it will cost more anyway. A limited edition of the luxury decanters will be made for Macallen by French crystal maker, Lalique. Only 1750 Lalique Macallen decanters will be produced to […]
Primator And Deschutes Take The World Bling
The 2013 World Beer Awards are official and, officially, Primator Weizenbier has been crowned as the World’s Best Beer for 2013. The wheat beer from Czechoslovakia beat out more than 600 beers from more than 30 countries to claim the title. In somewhat of a consolation award, the world’s best label goes to The Dissident from Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, and its depiction of three crows on a telephone […]
Paddy Joins The Party
Joining just about every other whiskey producer in the world, Paddy Irish Whiskey has unveiled its new flavored whiskies entitled Bee Sting and Devil’s Apple [at least in the USA – each country will get its own variant on the name]. The honey-infused Bee Sting and spice appled-up Devil’s Apple will be marketed towards the 21-29 demographic with the marketing campaign “Sleep When You’re 30”. Both Bee Sting and Devil’s […]
Girvan Stays Single Still
You may have to go to the UK to get it – but it may be worth the trip for the Girvan Patent Still Single Grain 25-year-old Scotch Whisky. The GPSSG uses the original distillation methodology of the Girvan Patent Still built in 1963 by whisky pioneer Charles Gordon [great grandson of Glenfiddich Distillery builder William Grant]. That technology deems a continuous distillation process is necessary for single cereal grains. […]
The Tasmanian Devil, You Say!
Until recently, you haven’t been able to get Overeem single malt in sherry cask, port cask or any other kind of cask from Tasmania unless you actually lived Down Under. But, now, if you live in the UK and are lucky – very lucky – you might be able to get your hands wrapped around the neck of one of the few bottles that Old Hobart Distillery will begin shipping […]
Knob Creek Gets All Maple-y
Flavored whiskies are all the rage with the kids these days and Knob Creek Bourbon – not wanting to be left out in the cold without any loot from the fad – has joined the fray with Knob Creek Smoked Maple. The new flavorful addition is in honor of deceased [2004] founder Booker Noe who, according to his son and current master distiller, Fred Noe, enjoyed smoking meats and extracting […]
Fuller’s Time Machine Takes You Back To 1966
If you were to pick out a year to go back to on your personal time machine, 1966 would not be a bad year to select – it was the year “Star Trek”’s first episode was on television, the mini-skirt was popular [for you male ooglers] and the Lamborghini Miura made its debut [with gasoline costing only 32 cents per gallon, mind you]. So, it perhaps comes as not much […]
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