Ardbeg Goes Sweet With Dolce
Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has announced they will release Dolce – a whisky matured in sweet Marsala fortified wine casks – as their limited edition whisky for the upcoming 2026 Fèis Ìle. Ardbeg Dolce was matured in the aforementioned Marsala wine casks, then bottled at 47.8% alcohol by volume [95.6 proof] and is said to offer […]
Jameson Collaborates With J Balvin
Jameson Irish Whiskey has collaborated with popular Colombian musical artist J Balvin for a promotional campaign. Jameson continues their musical artist collaboration program [after having previously collaborated with musical artists such as Anderson.Paak] with J Balvin, who has enjoed success with hits such as “La Canción” and has a recently released track called “Pal Agua”. […]
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Maker’s Mark Unleashes The Keeper’s Release
Maker’s Mark Bourbon has released The Keeper’s Release – the latest installment in their Wood Finishing Series, a collection begun in 2019 that showcases bourbons using a unique wood stave-finishing technique. Maker’s Mark The Keepers Release was matured for more than six years in hand-rotated barrels, bottled at 54.6% alcohol by volume [109.2 proof] and is said to impart notes of dark fruit, seasoned wood and tobacco. Maker’s Mark The […]
Kavalan Debuts Lan For The Rest Of The World
Taiwan-based Kavalan Distillery has released Lan, their first whisky created specifically with the rest of the world in mind, as it will be destined for the export market. Kavalan Lán is so named as a nod to Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan where the Kavalan Distillery was born in 2005 and where they released their first single malt in 2008. Kavalan Lán was matured in both ex-bourbon and ex-Port casks, […]
Tobermory Installs 27 Year Old In Hebridean Series
Isle of Mull-based Tobermory Distillery has released a 27-year-old single malt Scotch whisky as the fifth and final installment in their Hebridean Series, the 2021 series in which each bottle of the sherry-casked series features a different aspect of Tobermory’s island home – the 27-year-old highlighting the island’s 13th-century Duart Castle, which overlooks the Sound of Mull. Tobermory Hebridean Series 27-Year-Old was initially matured in ex-bourbon casks, then aged for […]
Ardbeg Travels To Napa Valley For Smoketrails
Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has traveled to California’s famed Napa Valley and released the third edition of their Smoketrails series, partially aged in red wine casks from Napa Valley as an addition to their Travel Series for global travel retail venues. Ardbeg is, of course, known for their peat-heavy whiskies and their Smoketrails Napa Valley is the distillery’s first release combining ex-bourbon barrels with ex-Cabernet Sauvignon red wine casks from California’s […]
Drinksology Kirker Greer Preps For St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the weekend corner – on MOnday, March 17, 2025 – and Belfast, Ireland-based beverage wholesaler Drinksology Kirker Greer is preparing with the launch of a St Patrick’s Day promotional campaign for its stout-finished spirit drink, Born Irish. The Born Irish promotional campaign runs through this weekend and up to St Patrick’s Day and will feature a comedy night in Belfast on March 16, 2025 […]
Glendalough Preps For St. Patrick’s Day In The UK
Irish whiskey brand Glendalough is preparing for the impending arrival of St. Patrick’s Day – on Monday, March 17, 2025 – with a plan to host 35 St Patrick’s Day activations around the UK. Glendalough-sponsored activations are currently scheduled to be held at London’s The George pub, The London Edition hotel, Manchester’s Salmon of Knowledge, and Glasgow’s Sebb’s. In the case of The George, festivities will begin on Friday, March […]
Glengoyne Travels Across The Pond
Glengoyne Distillery has traveled across the pond and released a pair of Scotch whiskies – Glengoyne White Oak and Glengoyne 24-Year-Old – to debut their White Oak range in the USA. Glengoyne means ‘valley of the geese’ – many of whom spend their winters behind the distillery and migrate to North America each summer. Glengoyne White Oak was matured in both American first-fill ex-bourbon and virgin oak casks, bottled at […]
Kavalan Reveals 15 Year Old
Taiwanese distillery Kavalan has released their first-ever single malt whisky with an age statement – the limited edition Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition – which is unveiled as part of the distillery’s Time Exploration series that marks the moment when Kavalan and Taiwan began whisky production on March 11, 2006. Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition was matured in a quartet of casks – consisting of ex-bourbon, Oloroso sherry, Ruby Port and a […]
Chivas Debuts Quartet Of Whiskies For Travel Retail Venues
Chivas Brothers has released a quartet of whiskies – a trio of new Aberlour single malts and an 18-year-old Chivas Regal blend aged in Pauillac wine casks – all destine for global travel retail venues. The new Aberlour range for global travel retail venues consists of a 13-year-old, and a 16-year-old Double Charred Selection and a non-age statement whisky called Suthainn. Aberlour 13-year-old is matured in American oak and Oloroso […]
Glenmorangie Gives Lasanta An Age Promotion
Glenmorangie has given their sherry-finished Lasanta single malt whisky a three-year age promotion, raising its age statement from 12 to 15 years old, after adding three more years to the aging process for the single malt from 2010. Glenmorangie Lasanta 12/15 Years Old was initially matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to impart notes of cinnamon, […]
Glen Grant Reveals Spendy Single Malt
Not having anything to do whatsoever with the impending St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, Speyside’s Glen Grant Distillery has released a 65-year-old single malt whisky as the inaugural release in their Splendours Collection, named after the distillery’s Garden of Splendours and the 65-year-old specifically celebrates the garden’s Himalayan blue poppy. Glen Grant Splendours 65 Years Old is a single malt whisky that was matured in a single French oak butt at […]
Guinness Counts The Days To St. Patrick’s Day
Guinness is in the midst of their “40 Days of Guinness Giveaways” – in which they feature a different prize every day [such as a trip to the new Open Gate Brewery in London] on the way to St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. As St. Patrick’s Day draws closer, Guinness will be making themselves relevant in the USA as the official sponsor of the annual Chicago River dyeing […]
Bushmills Brings Out 46-Year-Old Single Malt In Time For St. Patrick’s Day
If you would like to put your Jameson-swilling brethren to shame on St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2025 – then Bushmills Distillery has the answer for you, releasing their oldest-ever Irish single malt whiskey, the Bushmills 46 Year Old ‘Secrets of the River Bush’. Bushmills 46-Year-Old “Secrets of the River Bush” is so named in honoring the River Bush as it travels over beds of black basalt rock – […]
Jameson Musically Enhances St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Irish whiskey behemoth Jameson has released a pair of musically-related promotional partnerships with musical artist Anderson .Paak and guitarmaker Fender in preparation for the upcoming St Patrick’s Day celebrations on March 17, 2025. The newest bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey is part of Jameson’s Triple Distilled Collection and is a limited edition bottle in partnership with multi-Grammy-winning Anderson .Paak [the duo launched their partnership in July 2024] with a label […]
Chivas Regal Collabs With Ferrari Formula One Driver Charles Leclerc
Blended Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal has collaborated with Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc to make him the Chivas regal global brand ambassador in a multi-year collaboration. Chivas Regal had previously signed on with Leclerc’s Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula One team as an official team partner. Leclerc, who is one of the favorites to contend for the 2025 Formula One world championship, is also a self-taught pianist and composer, […]
Kilchoman Unveils 13-Year-Old Single Malt
Islay-based Kilchoman Distillery has released a limited edition 13-year-old single malt whisky. Kilchoman 13-year-old single malt whisky was matured in a combination of bourbon barrels and octaves, as well as Calvados casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to impart notes of hibiscus, pineapple and, of course, peat smoke. Kilchoman 13-Year-Old is being made available across Europe beginning in March 2025 for $110 per 700ml […]
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