The Macallan and Bentley Rolls Out Unique Whisky Bottle
Bentley and Macallan unveiled a new whisky bottle featuring a 180-degree twist. The Macallan Horizon release is made from glass, wood, aluminum, copper, leather, and whisky. With its unique name, The Macallan Horizon is the first product to emerge from the brand’s collaboration, characterized by Bentley‘s commitment to “craftsmanship, creativity, and innovation.” Macallan Horizon bottles […]
Broken Bones Distillery Sets to Increase Spirits Production
As it works to increase its bottle output by 2027, Slovenian distillery Broken Bones has installed a new mash tun, fermenter, and pot still. Within three years, Broken Bones hopes to produce more than 20,000 bottles of whisky annually using the new equipment. The distillery produces gins and two whiskies, one peated and one unpeated. […]
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Glenmorangie Introduces Sonoma Chardonnay-Finished Whisky
Popular Highland distillery, Glenmorangie, has collaborated with Sonoma-Cutrer winery in Sonoma, California, to produce Glenmorangie Sonoma-Cutrer Reserve, a single malt whisky finished in chardonnay casks. In 2005, Glenmorangie took a 10-year-old single malt and finished it for 15 years in chardonnay casks from Sonoma-Cutrer, the liquid was then bottled at 55.7% alcohol by volume [111.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of citrus, cocoa powder, mandarin, pears and vanilla. […]
Becle Buys Out Proper No. Twelve
Mexican spirits company Becle has purchased the remaining 51% stake in Eire Born Spirits (EBS) – the company founded by mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey – in a deal reported to be worth a total of $600 million. Becle has owned a 49% stake in EBS since May 2020. According to a press release, McGregor will ‘retain an interest’ in the brand and will […]
Bud Light Brings The Cheliamos
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Bud Light brings the four flavors – Original, Extra Lime, Mango and Fuego – of Chelada alive with a television promo… Bud Light Chelada "Cheliamos" :30 from Sarofsky. Beautifully made. on Vimeo.
Loch Lomond Introduces 45-Year-Old
Loch Lomond Distillery has released a 45-year-old single malt whisky as their first of a planned three-part release in their Remarkable Stills Series, celebrating the distillery’s straight neck pot stills [those stills provide for a greater separation of flavors]. Loch Lomond 45 Years Old single malt whisky was initially matured in American oak casks, finished for 12 months in a first-fill Oloroso sherry cask, bottled at 42.2% alcohol by volume […]
Stella Artois Debuts Aluminum Bottles
Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Stella Artois intends to introduce aluminum bottles – with some of the proceeds going toward the James Beard Foundation’s Open For Good program [which helps restaurants struggling to stay open during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic]. The new bottle is bright green with a distinct red Stella Artois logo – giving it a resemblance to both Heineken’s aluminum and glass bottles – which feature the color green along with […]
Jameson Rolls Out Second Beer Barrel-Finished Whiskey
Jameson has released Jameson Crested Irish whiskey which has been finished in Devil’s Ladder Belgian Tripel beer barrels – their second effort in beer barrel-finished whiskey after last year’s Jameson Crested effort was finished in stout barrels. Jameson Crested Finished in Devil’s Ladder Belgian Tripel Barrels was matured for four months and is claimed to have resulted in notes of brown sugar, cloves and vanilla. Only 6,000 bottles of Jameson […]
Buffalo Trace Summons Baijiu-Style Spirit
Kentucky-based bourbon-maker Buffalo Trace has summoned up a baijiu-style spirit as part of their Experimental Collection. Baijiu spirit is similar to bourbon, but uses sorghum and peas instead as their fermented grains. The Buffalo Trace baijiu-stule spirit was made using the traditional baijiu ingredients of sorghum and peas, then was aged for 11 years in three separate American oak casks – uncharred, charred and toasted white oak – before being […]
Oxford Artisan Introduces Inaugural Rye
Organic grain-to-glass whiskymaker Oxford Artisan Distillery has released their initial offering – the imaginatively-named Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1. Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1 was made using a grain ratio of 90% maslin (a mix of 70% rye and 20% wheat from populations grown together in the same field) and 10% heritage malted barley, matured in virgin American oak casks for more than three years, bottled at 46.3% alcohol by […]
Glasgow Offers Coopers’ Cask Scotch
Glasgow Distillery has released their Coopers’ Cask Scotch whisky as an exclusive – the first from the distillery. The Glasgow Distillery Coopers’ Cask takes unpeated spirit from an ex-Port cask filled by the Glasgow Distillery in 2015, then further matures it in a cask of half heavily charred virgin oak staves from USA-based Kelvin Cooperage and half ex-Glasgow 1770 Single Malt cask staves from The Glasgow Distillery. The Glasgow Distillery […]
Lakes Distillery Reveals Red Wine Casked Entry In Their Whiskymaker’s Reserve Series
Lakes Distillery has released the fourth whisky in their limited edition Whiskymaker’s Reserve series – matured in both red wine and sherry casks. The Lakes Distillery Sherry and Red Wine Whiskymaker’s Reserve Series single malt whisky was matured in both Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks [using Spanish, American and French oak] along with red wine barrels, bottled at 52% alcohol by volume [104 proof] and producing notes said to […]
Stella Artois Gives You Solstice Lager
Stella Artois Solstice Lager is triple filtered and it is claimed to have a citrus taste and crisp finish while you are carrying it around…
Talisker Issues 43-Year-Old Atlantic Challenge
Talisker – based on the Isle of Skye – has issued the lengthy-named 43-Year-Old Xpedition – The Atlantic Challenge limited edition single malt Scotch whisky celebrating the year when the distillery’s MacAskill brothers rowed from the Isle of Eigg to the Isle of Skye and established the Talisker Distillery. The 43-Year-Old Talisker Xpedition – The Atlantic Challenge was drawn from 10 casks, bottled at 49.7% alcohol by volume [99.4 proof] […]
X Marks The Spot For Glenmorangie
X marks the spot for Highland distillery, Glenmorangie, as they seek to entice a wider demographic with a more mixable, sweeter single malt whisky. X by Glenmorangie was aged in bourbon casks and finished in new charred oak casks, bottled with 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of chocolate fudge, pear and vanilla. X by Glenmorangie was developed after consulting with an array of […]
Ardbeg To Reveal Scorch Scotch
Islay distillery Ardbeg is set to release their Scorch Scotch whisky on the final Saturday – June 5, 2021 – of the online Fèis Ìle Festival of Music and Malt. Ardbeg’s Scorch has been matured in heavily charred ex-bourbon American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of black licorice, patchouli and – naturally – soot and smoke. Although Ardbeg Scorch […]
Ardnamurchan Distillery Bringing A Pair Of Single Malts To The USA
To celebrate the temporary lifting of tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky, Highland-based Ardnamurchan Distillery will be bringing a pair of single malt whiskies to the USA after successfully launching their first single malt [pictured] in September 2020. For their American debut, Ardnamurchan will be releasing two US-exclusive single malt whiskies – the first release will be 5,000 bottles of Ad/04.21.03 single malt Scotch, along with 269 bottles of Single […]
Glen Scotia Celebrates Campbeltown Malts Festival With 10-Year-Old
Glen Scotia is celebrating the 2021 Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival with the release of a limited edition 10-year-old whisky. The Glen Scotia 2021 Campbeltown Malts Festival Limited Edition was created from a series of unpeated distillations from 2009 to 2011, matured in first-fill bourbon barrels, finished in first-fill Bordeaux red wine casks for five months before finally being bottled at 56.1% alcohol by volume [112.2 proof] and is said […]
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