“New year, new spirits” seems to be the 2024 motto of online spirits retailer The Whisky Exchange.  The company unveiled a limited edition 23-year-old Yellow Spot Irish whiskey. The whisky, named Yellow Spot 1999, was aged for 23 years in ex-Bourbon barrels before moving to an ex-Malaga cask for its second maturation. The dual maturation process added roundness and notes of sultanas, vanilla, and oak. The edition is limited to […]

Whisky EDU will debut an inaugural show of an Annual Whisky and Cigar Festival During Super Bowl Week> The show will take place in Las Vegas and is dubbed The Art of Whiskey and will launch on Thursday, February 8, 2024. This will be the first of an annual festival. During Super Bowl week each year, The Art of Whiskey Whisky and Cigar Festival will offer distinguished whiskies, cigars, masterclasses, […]

Premium whisky usually brings the concept of luxury and a high price tag to mind. Not so with Glenmorangie Infinita, a premium whisky that is lauded on its own merits. The expression is revered for its tastes, age, and the fitness that evolves its blending.  This is a unique spirit, only one in its class and with no known competition. Consumers looking to celebrate this year will likely gravitate towards […]

A whisky library is a unique, personal collection of distinguished expressions that the spirit collector deems special enough to hold onto. some whiskies are classified by age, others by taste, and some just by brand or popularity. Nonetheless, each whisky is a king in its own realm. These two expressions may just be worth your catalog. Showcased together, they convert any library into a whisky palace, where times and lings […]

The world’s rarest whisky, The Emerald Isle, has edged past The Macallan to become the most expensive single malt whisky in the world. The expression was auctioned by The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. which started the year in a record-breaking mode. The distillery sold the spirit to American collector Mike Daley. According to a press release, Daley bought the bottle of The Emerald Isle for US2.8 million surpassing the Macallan summer record […]

There is a new whisky app that has been called the ‘ultimate digital whisky companion’ that connects whisky enthusiasts to tons of available rare whiskies. Known as Bevvy, a UK-based mobile app that lets users discover and profile whisky, has raised US$1.5 million to finance its marketing projects and provide services to more countries.. With this new app, users will have access to a catalog of more than 200,000 whisky […]

Nikka Whisky From ­The Barrel has been crowned again as the bestselling world whisky based on bar votes.  The Japanese Brand was followed by Beam Suntory’s Suntory Toki and Yamazaki, which is making the list for the first time. Both top-selling expressions are Japanese-owned. According to a report published by Drink International, Nikka and Suntory have dominated this category for decades, and there’s no sign that will change. ­The top […]

A cruise line and a distillery are set to revive an ancient tradition of sending a cask of whisky on a sea voyage. A nine-year-old barrel of Adnams single malt starts a 103-day world cruise this weekend. The company is bent on reviving one of the oldest methods used to mature whisky. The Southwold Distillery partnered with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to age whisky through the movement of the ocean. […]

Independent Turkish bottler KA Icecek is expanding its whisky portfolio with the recent release of a new limited edition whisky series. The series, The Project W, consists of no-age-statement whiskies bottled from distilleries around Scotland.  KA Icecek has also added new staffing to procure the expressions. As the first independent bottling project in Turkey, Project W is focused on quality rather than cask age. The debut expression of the series will […]

The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) has expanded its portfolio for whisky distilleries with the recent acquisition of Single Cask Nation. A US-based independent bottler, the distillery becomes the second company operated by ASC which also owns the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS). SMWS is a membership whisky investment club. The distillery produces limited edition whiskies and other spirits and distributes them online and locally in eight key markets worldwide. These […]

Despite harsh economic times for the global landscape, Scotch whisky exports to Singapore soared to new heights in 2023. All reports from both governmental and private sector sources indicate that there is a new destination for Scotch whisky. The reports show double-digit growth in whisky imports by the country putting it in line for an exponential 2024. According to the Census Bureau, Scotch whisky exports to Singapore grew by 31% […]

The Wooler-based distillery and Anglo-Saxon museum, Ad Gefrin has appointed a new managing director in a planned expansion bid. The distillery which was launched less than a year ago, is bent on improving its whisky tourism and growing its whisky distribution. The appointment will allow two other directors to focus on new areas. Dr Chris Ferguson and Ben Murphy will focus on their areas of expertise, the museum experience and […]