Gallo Purchases Four Roses From Kirin
Japan-based owner Kirin has sold Kentucky-based bourbon brand Four Roses to E&J Gallo Winery for up to $775 million, according to an announcement by Kirin. The deal is expected to be finalized later this year and includes a $50 million deviation if Four Roses hits a performance target, according to Kirin, which purchased Four Roses […]
Ardbeg Unveils Cask Strength Ardbeg Ten
Islay-based Ardbeg has released a cask strength version of their Ardbeg Ten single malt whisky, albeit available exclusively to the members of the Ardbeg Committee, the distillery’s fan base. For Ardbeg Ten Cask Strength limited release, Ardbeg has increased the alcohol volume to 61.7% [123.4 proof] for the whisky originating from hand-selected American oak bourbon […]
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Michelob Reviving Miracle For 2026 Winter Olympics
Michelob Ultra – the official sponsor of Team USA – is reviving USA’s 1980 hockey victory over the Soviet Union [dubbed the “Miracle on Ice”] for the upcoming 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. Michelob Ultra has announced “Run Back the Miracle” – an “immersive throwback event” that aims to re-create the “Miracle on Ice” game from the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games in New York where a clearly overmatched youth-laden […]
Maclean Rows Out 34-Year-Old Whisky
The Maclean Foundation – a charitable foundation – has released a Speyside-based 34-year-old Auchroisk whisky, celebrating the world record-setting row across the Pacific Ocean of Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean. The Maclean brothers began their journey in Lima, Peru, and rowed 9,750 miles before arriving at Cairns, Australia, on August 30, 2025 – completing the trip in the new world record time of 139 days [for the fastest human-powered crossing […]
Maker’s Mark Jumps Through Hoops
Maker’s Mark has collaborated with Florida-based Unrivaled – the six-team women’s professional three-on-three basketball league founded in 2023 by WNBA players Napheesa Collins and Breanna Stewart – as the league’s first official spirits partner. The multi-year collaboration will provide Unrivaled ticket holders with Maker’s Mark experiences at various Unrivaled league arenas, including access to select hospitality spaces as well as offerings of specialty cocktails inspired by the league and, of […]
Cobblestone Gets Irished Up For The Holidays
Dublin-based Cobblestone has created Irished Up – the ‘world’s first’ cold brew Irish Coffee in a can – to help navigate the 2025 holiday season. Cobblestone’s ready-to-drink [RTD] Irished Up consists of Colombian coffee and small-batch Irish single malt whiskey [Cobblestone recently purchased a pair of Irish whiskey distilleries] and boasts 12.5% alcohol by volume [25 proof]. Cobblestone Irished Up made a successful debut in Massachusetts and is expected to […]
Hennessy Rounds Up Horses For Year Of The Horse
Hennessy is preparing for the next animal on the Chinese New Year calendar – upcoming arrival of the Year of the Horse in 2026 – with the release of a collection of limited edition Cognacs showcasing equine designs, including Hennessy VSOP, James Hennessy, Hennessy XO and Hennessy Paradis. All Hennessy Chinese New Year 2026 limited edition bottles are expected to feature the horse accentuated by metallic copper tones, mineral pigments […]
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, juniper and, of course, smoke. Benriach 31 Year Old Shades of Smoke Edition One is […]
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 Salute 21 Year Old Harris Reed Edition II is said to contain notes of clementine, […]
Tailored Spirits Gets Experimental Again
Newly-formed Edinburgh-based independent bottler Tailored Spirits has released the second installment of their Experimental Series of limited edition whiskies from Scottish distilleries. Tailored Spirits was founded in 2024 by Adam Harding, Tom Costello, and Carl Johnstone and collaborates with private clients and businesses worldwide in the luxury whisky space. Tailored Spirits Experimental Series newest releases include four whiskies: Experiment 4 [a 15-year-old from Aultmore], Experiment 5 Echo [a 13-year-old single […]
Cotswolds Goes High With Highgrove Evergreen
England-based Cotswolds Distillery has released Highgrove Evergreen – a single malt using Plumage Archer barley sourced from King Charles III’s Highgrove Estate. Cotswolds Distillery Highgrove Evergreen was matured in a combination of ex-bourbon casks and STR (shaved, toasted, re-charred) red wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to exude notes of orchard fruit, honeyed malt, red berries and spice. Additionally, Cotswolds Distillery Highgrove Evergreen […]
Buffalo Trace Sends Antiques Across The Pond
Buffalo Trace Distillery has sent their 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) across the pond to the UK market as Buffalo Trace celebrates the 25th anniversary of the BTAC’s birth in 2000. To commemorate the occasion, Buffalo Trace will host an exclusive consumer tasting at Buffalo Trace Distillery in London’s Covent Garden this month where people will be afforded the opportunity to experience the full Antique Collection in a guided […]
Tomatin Creates Seventh Cu Bocan
Highland-based Tomatin Distillery has released Creation #7 – the seventh version of Cù Bòcan, their annually-created experimental single malt which celebrates their peated whisky production at the distillery. Tomatin Cù Bòcan Creation #7 was matured in both Pineau des Charentes Rouge and American virgin oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to produce notes of cinnamon, custard, heather smoke and rhubarb [not a note […]
Hollywood Distillery Prepares To Deck The Halls
The newly opened Hollywood Distillery in Hollywood – of course – is preparing to help people celebrate the holiday season for the first time ever as a stand-alone distillery operation after opening in early October 2025. The company – led by founders Larry Neuberg, Ferris Wehbe and Jeff Zarrinnam – has actually been in operation since 2016, but this year is the first time the trio has enjoyed a dedicated […]
Sazerac Brings Out The Cognac
Sazerac Company has released a trio of small batch Sazerac de Forge & Fils Cognac – XO, Grande Champagne Vintage 2000 and a 50-year-old Cognac. Sazerac’s Cognac is linked to the legacy of the 1782 domaine founded by Bernard Sazerac de Forge which originally shipped cognac to America and help create the Sazerac cocktail in New Orleans. Sazerac de Forge XO was matured for more than 20 years in French […]
Elijah Craig Releases Scent Of Bourbon
The holiday gift-giving season has arrived and Kentucky-based Elijah Craig is at the forefront with their release of Elijah Craig Char No. 3 – a cologne inspired by Elijah Craig bourbon. Elijah Craig Char No. 3 was created in a collaboration with Paris-based Crafting Beauty, a beauty products and fragrance producer. Elijah Craig Char No. 3 gets its unique fragrance from the charred oak staves used for maturing Elijah Craig’s […]
Buffalo Trace Preps For The Holiday Season
Buffalo Trace Distillery is prepping for the holiday season by opening up their distillery from December 4-31, 2025, for their 27th annual celebration – Holidays at the Trace. The event features festive lights and decorations, new retail holiday-specific releases and experiences at the distillery. Buffalo Trace will also showcase their holiday special Spirited Nights, where the distillery will host a Light Trail Experience – a complimentary, 12-night family-friendly after-hours event […]
Boogie Chillen Bourbon Debuts
Fret no more, Boogie Chillen Bourbon has made its official debut from John Lee Hooker Legacy Spirits and the estate of the legendary blues icon who died in 2001. Boogie Chillen Bourbon, the Strings of Legacy: Kentucky Bourbon Collection features a quartet of eight-year, single-barrel, cask-strength bourbons – each representing a meaningful portion of Hooker’s life as symbolized by a different Gibson guitar on each label – ES-335, Les Paul […]
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