Aberargie Debuts Single Malt Scotch
Aberargie Distillery has released their inaugural single malt Scotch – a barley-to-bottle single malt. Aberargie’s single malt Scotch has a mash bill of 52% Golden Promise heritage barley and 48% Laureate barley, was matured in both first-fill ex-bourbon and first-fill ex-sherry casks, bottled at 48.2% alcohol by volume [96.4 proof] and is said to contain […]
Highland Park Saddles Up For Year Of The Horse
Highland Park has saddled up to celebrate the Lunar New Year – the Year of the Horse – with limited edition Lunar New Year-themed boxes created by the studio Butterfly Cannon. Highland Park 12-, 15- and 18-year-old single malt whiskies will don the new Year of the Horse packaging that also features a nod to […]
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Bushmills Gets Woody
Irish whiskey behemoth brand, Bushmills, has released a pair of single malt Irish whiskies – a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old – to begin their World Wood Series. The Bushmills World Wood Series 15-year-old single malt was matured in both ex-bourbon first- and second-fill American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of caramel, hazelnut and vanilla. The Bushmills World Wood Series […]
Virginia Distillery Company Expands Courage & Conviction Line
Virginia Distillery Company has added a new expression to its Courage & Conviction line of whiskeys. The company recently announced the launch of its Double Cask Reserve. The new whiskey boasts a natural blending of spirits that were matured for at least five years in two different cask sets. The first expression was aged in first-fill bourbon casks while the other was carefully matured in STR European red wine Cuvée […]
Indri Single Malt Whisky Is 2023 Best World Whisky Winner
India’s Piccadily Distillery’s Indri was crowned the best whisky in the world at the Whiskies of the World Award. The Indri Diwali Collector’s Edition 2023 has been awarded the Best in Show, Double Gold. Piccadily Distillery has clinched another important award among alcoholic beverages. The Indian whisky maker received one of the most coveted premiums in the world. At the Whiskies of the World Awards 2023 held in San Francisco […]
Whisky Community Founds Cask Whisky Association
The Cask Whisky Association was founded by a large group of entities related to the Scotch whisky. The association comprises two boards of directors formed by distilleries, cask distributors, whisky sales businesses, associations, enthusiasts, and critics. For years one of the most significant issues affecting the whisky industry has been cask regulations. Many consumers and customers have fallen prey to fraudulent schemes that involve cask sales and investment. In June […]
Barrell Craft Spirits Rolls Out The Blended Barrell Bourbon
Kentucky blending house Barrell Craft Spirits has rolled out the Barrell Bourbon blends – a pair of blended bourbons with different cask finishes – for their new Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish series which will feature two blends each year. Barrell Craft Spirits Amburana Bourbon is a blend of select Indiana and Kentucky-made bourbons with a quartet of Indiana bourbons aged for five, six, seven, and 10 years combined with a […]
Suntory Distillery Rolls Out Hibiki Whisky
Japanese whisky distillery House of Suntory launched two new Hibiki whiskies as it celebrates its centenary. As part of its special collection, the distillery has been creating sports in homage to 100 years of fine whisky. Suntory announces the release of its Hibiki 21-Year-Old and Hibiki Japanese Harmony in a limited edition bottle design. These spirits mark the distillery’s anniversary of a century since Shinjiro Torii founded it in 1923. […]
Heineken Makes Social Swap
Heineken pulled a fast one on poor, unsuspecting football fans when they employed former England international football players-turned-pundits, Jill Scott and Gary Neville, to switch their social media accounts as part of a Heineken® gender bias social experiment entitled, “The Social Swap” with, unfortunately, predictable responses as Scott’s account featuring comments by Neville was on the receiving end of abuse more often than vice versa when fans thought it was […]
Finland’s Kyro Unveils Quartet Of Whiskies
Finnish distillery Kyrö has released a quartet of whiskies – Kyrö Malt, Kyrö Wood Smoke, Kyrö Oloroso and Kyrö Peat Smoke – all made from 100% Finnish rye, that form the distillery’s core whisky range. Kyrö Malt is double-distilled and matured for three years in new American white oak casks, bottled at 47.2% alcohol by volume [94.4 proof] and is being made available for $60 per bottle. Kyrö Wood Smoke […]
Scotch Whisky Brand Gordon & MacPhail Launches 74 Year Old
Scotch whisky brand Gordon & MacPhail rolled out another expression to its portfolio. The 74-year-old single malt whisky became the newest addition from Glenlivet Distillery to its Private Collection. According to the distillery, the new spirit initiated the aging process in a refill Sherry butt on New Year’s Day 1949. The whisky matured to date and was bottled this year, 74 years later. The expression is one of the oldest […]
Bruichladdich Brings Out Octomore 14
Bruichladdich Distillery has released Octomore 14 – their annual trio of heavily-peated single malts – consisting of the Octomore 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 – which have been released since 2008. All three Bruichladdich Octomore single malts are matured for five years, bottled ‘close to cask strength’ and are always heavily peated [to a whopping 309 PPM, making them the most heavily peated whiskies in the world]. Bruichladdich Octomore 14.1 originates […]
Compass Box Revives Metropolis For Extinct Blends Quartet Series
UK-based whisky bottler/producer Compass Box has released Metropolis, the third of an expected four entries in their limited edition Extinct Blends Quartet series, which celebrates blends that have been ‘lost to history’. Compass Box Metropolis initially spent time in sherry casks, was bottled at 49% alcohol by volume [98 proof] and is said to offer notes of dried fruit, hot metal and smoke. Metropolis joins the previously released Ultramarine and […]
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