Jack Daniel’s Punches It Up With Strawberry And Watermelon
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey has added some extra punch to their Bolder lineup of Country Cocktails range with two new flavors – Strawberry Punch and Watermelon Punch. Jack Daniel’s Strawberry Punch and Watermelon Punch are bottled at 8% alcohol by volume [16 proof] and are being made available in both 695ml and 455ml cans. The […]
Aberlour Launches High Volume A’Bunadh Single Malt
Aberlour has released A’Bunadh – a limited edition high-ABV single malt whisky slotted to enter their sherry cask collection. Aberlour A’Bunadh Sherry Cask Collection Edition One was finished in a pair of first-fill sherry casks – Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez – before being bottled at natural cask strength of 56.2% alcohol by volume [112.4 proof] […]
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Whiskymaker’s RESERVE NO.4 Is World’s Best Single Malt
The taste has been discovered, and another whisky rises to the hall of single malt fame. Reserve No. 4, has been awarded this year’s title of the World’s Best Single Malt. On March 24, 2023, the world’s whisky community united in London and celebrated the 2022 Whisky Magazine Awards. As is customary, they announced the World Whiskies Awards and the Icons of Whisky global winners. The Whisky Magazine Awards selects the […]
National Flag Made of Whisky Barrels
What will they think of next! There is a new national flag in the USA and it has nothing to do with a change of color. The flag measures 12 feet by 7 feet is was debuted on June 14 by Jeptha Creed. The giant flag was unveiled at its Shelbyville campus, in honor of the veterans who signed the barrels. This gives new meaning to honored signatures. On June […]
Old Pulteney Expands Travel Retail Line With 13 Years Old Whisky
The Scottish whisky giant has added a new flavor to its collection of travel retail whisky. In May this year, the company launched the Old Pulteney 13 Years Old at the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. Old Pulteney already offers other flavors in its travel retail line, which includes Old Pulteney 10 Years Old and 16 Years Old. The new […]
Loch Lomond Finishes Off Remarkable Stills Series
Loch Lomond has released Loch Lomond 47 Years Old – the final single malt whisky in their Remarkable Stills series featuring high-age single malts. Loch Lomond 47 Years Old is unpeated, bottled at 44.3% alcohol by volume [88.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of apple, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange, toffee and vanilla. Only 200 bottles of Loch Lomond 47 Years Old are being made available for a whopping […]
Glenmorangie Visits Cadboll Estate A Third Time
Popular Highland distillery Glenmorangie has released the third batch of its Cadboll Estate limited edition Scotch single malt whisky. Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate is made from liquid created from two separate barley harvests, matured 15 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels [with a small portion finished in ex-Amontillado Sherry casks], bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of almond, clove, coconut, gingerbread, hazelnut, […]
InchDairnie Unveils Inaugural Rye Whisky
Scotland-based distillery InchDairnie has released RyeLaw – purported to be the only Scottish malted rye whisky currently available on the market. InchDairnie RyeLaw was double distilled in pot stills in 2017, matured in charred new oak casks, made with locally grown 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley and was bottled at 46.3% alcohol by volume [92.6 proof]. Only 200 casks of InchDairnie RyeLaw are being made available worldwide with […]
Ballantine’s Releases 40-Year-Old Series
Ballantine’s Scotch whisky has released a new array of 40-year-old whiskies called The Masterclass Collection to celebrate the brand’s master blenders. The Masterclass Collection will consist of a series of five annual releases of Ballantine’s 40 Year Old whisky, with only 108 bottles of the first whisky blend in the series – The Remembering – being produced in celebration of Ballantine’s master blenders Jack Goudy and Sandy Hyslop. Ballantine’s The […]
Wemyss Debuts Blended Scotch Nectar Grove
Scotland-based Wemyss Malts has released a small batch blended Scotch whisky, finished in ex-Madeira wine casks, called Nectar Grove. Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove is a blend of single malts filled into hand-selected ex-Madeira wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of apricots, ginger, nectarines, oranges, peaches, saffron and vanilla. Only 3,000 bottles of Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove are being made available […]
Bimber Reveals Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch #4
London-based distillery Bimber has released a small batch single malt – Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch 4. Bimber Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch 4 has been matured in first-fill American oak ex-bourbon casks for six years – in Bimber’s second year of production – and was bottled at 51.2% alcohol by volume [102.4 proof]. Only 7,000 bottles of Bimber Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch No. 4 are being made available for $85 per […]
The Singleton Reveals 40-Year-Old
Diageo-owned The Singleton has released a limited edition 40-year-old single malt as the third and final addition to their Epicurean Odyssey series, which explores an ‘epicurean journey of flavour’ and ‘sensorial maximalism’. Other releases in the series were 38-year-old and 39-year-old whiskies. The Singleton 40-Year-Old was bottled at 45.9% alcohol by volume [91.8 proof] and is said to offer notes of dark chocolate and rich plums. Only 1,716 bottles of […]
Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes Dies
Sir Ivan Menezes, the long-serving CEO of spirits behemoth Diageo – the world’s largest spirits company – has died at the age of 63 after a short illness. Menezes had been in the hospital being treated for several undisclosed medical conditions including a stomach ulcer. Since 2013, Menezes had been the chief executive of Diageo, producer of brands including Guinness beer and Johnnie Walker blended whisky. Diageo’s market value nearly […]
Jura Adds Pale Ale Cask To Cask Series
In a collaboration with Covid-19 pandemic-affected local breweries, Jura has added Jura Pale Ale Cask Edition – a single malt whisky matured in pale ale casks – to their Cask Edition Series. Jura worked with the local breweries that were under lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 to produce Jura Pale Ale Cask Edition, which was then bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to offer notes […]
Midleton Debuts Quartet Of Single Cask Whiskies
Irish Distillers-produced Midleton has released four single cask whiskies – 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon; 25-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; 21-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; and 24-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon – for their Very Rare Collection and which will be available in specific travel retail venues around Europe. Midleton Very Rare’s 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon has been bottled at 49.6% alcohol by volume (99.2 proof) and is being made available in the Amsterdam Airport in the […]
Betty Buzz Flies To Wrexham
Tonic and mixer brand Betty Buzz has flown across the pond and “officially” been named as an official sponsor of the popular Welsh-based Wrexham Association Football Club (AFC) for the 2023-24 season. Wrexham was a team in the UK’s National League that gained worldwide notoriety after being purchased by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and being the focus of “Welcome to Wrexham”, a documentary on Hulu [Disney Plus in […]
Fettercairn Finishes Off Warehouse Collection
Highland distillery Fettercairn has released the fifth and final whisky in their Warehouse Collection, which aimed to feature experimental limited edition whiskies created at the distillery. Fettercairn Warehouse 14 was initially matured in first-fill and second-fill ex-bourbon barrels before being finished in finished in three different beer barrels – stout, dark ale, and pale ale – and bottled at 51.2% [102.4 proof] alcohol by volume. Fettercairn’s new Warehouse 14 whisky […]
Ardbeg Releases Heavy Vapours
Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a limited edition single malt – Heavy Vapours – to celebrate the 2023 Fèis Ìle music and malt festival. Ardbeg is known for their normally peat-y whiskies, however, Ardbeg Heavy Vapours has been distilled without a purifier – the device on a still responsible for maintaining the brand’s balance between extreme peat and floral fruitiness – and, as a result, is said to offer notes […]
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