Michter’s Sour Mash Revealed
Louisville-based Michter’s Distillery has revealed the 2025 Edition of their Celebration Sour Mash – claiming it to be one of their ‘rarest’ whiskey releases, the Celebration Sour Mash. The 2025 Edition Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash originates from a blend of a whopping seven casks – four Kentucky straight rye barrels and three Kentucky straight bourbon […]
Corona Showcases Huanchaco Furniture For Bars
Corona has collaborated with the northern Peruvian community of Huanchaco to showcase authentic, handcrafted furniture originating from artisans in that community. The Peruvian artisans from Huanchaco are renowned for creating small reed boats – known as caballitos de totora – for more than 3,000 years. The canoe-like boats, constructed from totora reeds – found primarily […]
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Big Mac Attack
If you happen to live in Asia or find yourself visiting the continent any time in the next month or so, consider yourself to be fortunate if you can get your grubby little mitts on The Macallan’s Remix Remixed package. The Macallan produced only 500 bottles of single malt whisky from first fill sherry seasoned oak casks and bottled it at 58.9% alcohol content [118 proof]. The dark colored cask […]
Glenmorangie Visits 1963
1963 was a very good year – and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise – and that’s how Glenmorangie feels about it as well, when they announced the unveiling of 50 bottles of Glenmorangie 1963. Encased in a leather strapped “time capsule” package, the whisky was bottled in 1987 at 23 years of age. Only twenty of the remaining 50 bottles of Glenmorangie 1963 will be made available in the […]
The Sailors Say Brandy, She’s A Fine Girl
Some new brandy just arrived in the world – Armagnac Age de Glace – from the Chateau de Pellehaut estate in the Tenareze Armagnac appellation. The Age de Glace [that’s “Ice Age” to you, Francois] is a blend of young vintages of 100% Folle Blanche grape with a minimum of three years maturing in oak barrels. The unfiltered Age de Glace clocks in at 80 proof [40% alcohol content] and […]
And Now For Something Completely Different…Bulleit In The UK
The name is Bulleit. Bulleit UK. Actually, Bulleit Bourbon had aleady been available in the UK – but only at a reduced 40% [80 proof] alcohol content – that will all change in 2014 when the 45% [90 proof] Bulleit Bourbon becomes available across the pond, to be joined by the Bulleit Rye Bourbon as well [for the first time in the UK and also toting 45% alcohol content]. Bulleit […]
Glenmorangie Puts Taghta Up For A Vote
Scottish single malt whisky creator, Glenmorangie, has a new whisky slated to release in Autumn 2014 – a whisky extra-matured in Manzanilla sherry casks called Taghta – but they need to pick a design label for the new whisky from three designs submitted to them. Glenmorangie is hoping the voting public will help them select which label will go on the new Taghta Whisky when it debuts and are encouraging […]
Whisk[e]y Guide Spells It All Out
You know somebody who either already likes the brown liquor or – you heavily suspect – wants to like it and now all you need is a proper holiday gift to match the enthusiasm. Probably the first step is determining how they spell it – whisky or whiskey? Whisky is generally spelled that way if it comes from Scotland while it is spelled with the additional vowel if it generally […]
Mortlach Emerges From Single Malt Shadows
Mortlach single malt has typically been used as a blending element in other whiskies [you can usually find it nestling within Johnnie Walker bottles] with only a few bottles of the single malt produced on its own for limited distribution. But that will all change in 2014 as the uniquely distilled Mortlach single malt whisky will not only get produced for wider distribution but will also be on the receiving […]
Ballantine’s Gets All World Cuppy And Goes To Brazil
With the draw for the World Cup in Brazil next year to be held on Friday, Ballantine’s decided to jump Sepp Blatter’s pots with their announcement of a special lime-infused Ballantine’s Brasil edition of their Scotch whisky. The new 70-proof [35% alcohol content] Ballantine’s Brasil is made by cask steeping Scotch whisky with lime peels from Brazil and comes with five suggested cocktail concoctions – the Highland Samba [BB and […]
Release The Hounds! And XO Memoire Cognac
With only one month remaining in 2013, French cognac standard-bearer Pierre Lecat has announced that they will be releasing XO Memoire cognac from their stock of elderly eaux de vie. The XO Memoire is said to have aromas ranging from jasmine and honeysuckle all the way to chocolate powder, curry and saffron with candied ginger finishes and a palate consisting of warm velvet harmony [their words, mostly]. When you can […]
Aaron Paul, Meteorites And Bushmills
The Bushmills Irish Whiskey-part of this video is the least relevant – but if you like meteorites, Aaron Paul and good-natured pranks on your friends, then you will enjoy watching this while you drink some Bushmills…
Happy Turkey Day!
Glug Glug! Today is the day when you are allowed to gorge on mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, stuffing, cranberries in some form or another and of course, your holiday required L-tryptophan dosage in the form of turkey – all topped off by your favorite whisky [or second-favorite depending on how many relatives you want to know] and perhaps a stogie. Turkeys will, of course, be unhappy today but here is […]
JD Wants Your Worst – Bring It!
Anybody who has ever received that dreaded gift they never wanted – and that would be just about everybody on the planet – can relate to what Jack Daniel’s whiskey is doing with their website over the next few months. JD is running a contest for people to send in photos of what they consider to be the worst holiday gift they have ever received with 20 grand prize winners […]
Black Bull Makes Cattle Call With Kyloe
The blended Scotch whisky brand, Black Bull, has introduced a new version – Black Bull Kyloe – just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Black Bull Kyloe – named after a type of hardy Scottish cattle – is blended with a high ratio of malt-to-grain in aged bourbon wood with a touch of sherry wood tossed in for good measure. The non-chill-filtrated whisky is bottled at 100 proof [50% […]
Hennessy At Heathrow For The Holidays
If you should happen to find yourself in Heathrow’s Terminal 5 anytime from now until the end of February, you might want to check out the brand spanking new Hennessy store in conjunction with the World Duty Free Group. In addition to the shop showcasing Hennessy’s world-famous cognac – including vintages from the 1920s to the 1970s on a spectacular crystal “orgue” centerpiece in the store – but multi-lingual staff […]
Read Up On Ballantine’s For The Holidays
Ballantine’s has what could be the perfect holiday gift for the whisky-loving person on your list – a gift tin designed to look like books on a library shelf but, in actuality, containing a bottle of Ballantine’s 12-Year-Old. In addition, say you wanted to take your 12-Year-Old for a little walk in the park? No problem, Ballantine’s is also producing a special zip-up gift pack made of malleable nylon material […]
Glenmorangie Ealanta: WhiskyCritic Top Whisky Of The Year For 2013
Any whisky hidden away for 19 years either has a good reason it is hidden or somebody forgot they had hidden it. In the case of Glenmorangie Ealanta whisky, it may have been a little of both but more of the former. Glenmorangie Ealanta was hidden away for those 19 years at the famed Glenmorangie Distillery in Tain, Scotland, and when it emerged, it immediately garnered high praise from nearly […]
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