Bladnoch Makes Waves Again
Lowland-based Bladnoch – Scotland’s southernmost whisky distillery – is making waves again with the release of The Wave II, the second single malt in their Wave Master Distiller’s Collection. Bladnoch Wave II spent time in Amontillado sherry casks, was bottled at 57% alcohol by volume [114 proof] and is said to offer notes of ginger, […]
Remus Honors The Babe
Remus has collaborated with the family of iconic Major League Baseball player Babe Ruth to produce Remus Babe Ruth Reserve – a new limited edition bourbon honoring Ruth. Ruth – aka “The Bambino” or “The Sultan of Swat” – was the league’s longtime record-holder of the most home runs [714] until that record was broken […]
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Bruichladdich Reveals Port Charlotte 18 Years Old
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has released their 2025 edition of the heavily-peated Port Charlotte 18 Years Old. Port Charlotte is named after a village two miles south of Bruichladdich Distillery. Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 18 Years Old was made using 100% Scottish barley, was initially matured in three different types of casks – 53% in first-fill bourbon, 31% in second-fill sherry and 16% in sherry for 11 years – then was followed […]
Isle Of Raasay Adds To Cask Strength Series
Isle of Raasay Distillery has added to their lineup of cask strength single malt whiskies with the release of The Draam as the third cask strength Scotch single malt whisky in the series. Isle of Raasay Single Malt Cask Strength Third Release The Draam was matured using the Isle of Raasay Distillery’s six-cask maturation process, Na Sia, which includes aging peated and unpeated malts [from 2019-2021] separately in first-fill rye […]
Jack Daniel’s Feeling Their Age With Series Release
Jack Daniel’s has debuted their 2025 Aged Series releases – a 10-year-old Batch 4, a 12-year-old Batch 3 and a 14-year-old Tennessee whiskey [the most elderly whiskey released in the last 100 years from Jack Daniel’s]. Jack Daniel’s 14-year-old Tennessee Whiskey consists of a mash bill of 80% corn, 12% malted barley and 8% rye, was bottled at 63.15% alcohol by volume [126.3 proof] and is said to offer notes […]
Green River Evokes Spirits For Promotion Of Their Bourbon
Green River Distilling has debuted their new promotional campaign entitled “Raise Your Spirits” which revives a joke-telling ghost as part of the quality control process. Green River Distilling is based in Owensboro, Kentucky, was founded in 1885 and is listed as the 10th oldest licensed distillery in the state. Nearby family-owned Bardstown Bourbon Company purchased Green River in 2022.
Livingstone Introduces Act II Of Shakespeare Series
London-based independent whisky company Livingstone has debuted the second act in their collection of whiskies inspired by William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Macbeth”. Livingstone’s Macbeth Act II features eight limited edition single malt whiskies with each bottle featuring character drawings by illustrator Sir Quentin Blake. Livingstone’s Macbeth Collection is planned to showcase five acts, representing 42 characters from Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Livingstone’s Macbeth Collection Act II features Lord Macduff’s character on […]
Kavalan Adds To Sherry-Casked Lineup
Taiwanese whisky distillery Kavalan has made an addition to their Solist series of sherry-casked single malt whiskies with a Palo Cortado cask-aged single malt. The Solist series of whiskies from the Taiwan-based whisky producer now features seven sherry cask-aged whiskies: Fino, Oloroso, Amontillado, Manzanilla, Pedro Ximénez, Moscatel and Palo Cortado. Kavalan’s Solist Palo Cortado was bottled at cask strength – somewhere between 50% to 59.9% alcohol by volume [100 proof […]
Applebee’s Revives Tipsy Leprechaun For St. Patrick’s Day
Glendale, California-based national restaurant chain Applebee’s has joined the parade of companies prepping for next month’s St. Patrick’s Day [March 17, 2025] and revived the Tipsy Leprechaun cocktail as part of their Saintly Sips® cocktail lineup. The St. Patrick’s Day Tipsy Leprechaun [$6] is a “top shelf tea” which features Jameson Irish Whiskey, melon liqueur, blue curaçao, premium lemon sour, lemon-lime soda, and a gold sugar rim, served in Applebee’s […]
Muff Brings Irish Whiskey To USA For St. Patrick’s Day
Donegal, Ireland-based Muff Liquor has collaborated with the Dutch-based liqueur-producing behemoth Lucas Bols Company to bring Muff’s Irish whiskey to North America next month for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. The Muff Liquor Company was founded in 2017 and touts a roster of celebrity investors that includes Australian actor Russell Crowe, UK musical artist Ed Sheeran and UK comedian Jimmy Carr. The collab between Lucas Bols USA [Lucas […]
Jameson Preps For St. Patrick’s Day
Irish whiskey behemoth Jameson is prepping for next month’s St. Patrick’s Day [March 17, 2025] celebrations with a plan to “paint the whole month green” while launching their new promotional campaign ‘Must be a Jameson’, to celebrate the annual Irish-inspired worldwide event. The new campaign is set to go live beginning on February 24, 2025 and lasting well past St. Patrick’s Day, going all the way to April 14, 2025. […]
The Macallan Brings Folio 8 Across The Pond
Speyside distillery, The Macallan, has released Folio 8, as the latest entry in their Archival Series launched 10 years ago, and – for the first time – will be made available in the USA. The Macallan Folio 8 is a bit of self-congratulation as it celebrates whisky brand’s advertising campaigns from the 1980s and 1990s and, toward that end, The Macallan Folio 8 features the brand’s 1980s-era ‘The Colossus of […]
Compass Box Debuts 2025 Hedonism
London-based blended Scotch whiskymaker Compass Box has released their second annual limited release of Hedonism, designed by Argentine artist Sofia Bonati, continuing Compass Box’s traditional collaboration with female artists. Compass Box Hedonism 2025 release was created in partnership with Bonati and features Bonati’s version of the nature-inspired Hedonism woman. Compass Box Hedonism 2025 is a blended grain whisky with single grain whisky from the Cameronbridge Distillery, finished for two years […]
Pope’s Bourbon Makes Money For Charity
Two bottles of bourbon from Kentucky-based Willett Distillery signed by Pope Francis last year have raised $30,000 for charity according to auction house Sotheby’s. The primary recipient of the largesse were Paws 4 the Cause, an animal rescue organization based in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington is where the Reverend Jim Sichko, a Roman Catholic priest, is based. Sichko was appointed as a papal missionary of mercy – one of hundreds such […]
Angel’s Envy Celebrates Valentine’s Day
The good news is that Kentucky-based Angel’s Envy distillery collaborated with women-led florists East Olivia to offer a limited-edition Valentine’s Day Floral Gift Set for a mere $55. The bad news is that offer was only good through February 4 – not 14 – 2025. But that should not stop innovative people from creating their own Angel’s Envy-inspired Valentine’s Day floral gift sets [though it might cost more than $55]. […]
Sazerac Aids California Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Sazerac is joining the many corporate firms which have decided to assist in the recovery efforts from the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Sazerac’s assistance will come in the form of a fundraiser offering consumers the chance to buy “Buffalo Trace Distillery’s most sought-after bourbons.” Sazerac says that 100% of the proceeds from the funds raised will go to two nonprofit organizations committed to ongoing relief efforts in […]
Bushmills Adds Quartet Of Whiskies To Private Reserve
Bushmills has released a quartet of Irish whiskies for their limited Private Reserve series, with each of the four new whiskies featuring a triple cask maturation process – each of the new releases in the Private Reserve series were aged in a combination of both bourbon and sherry casks along with a different third cask – the pair of 10-year-old single malts were finished in Amarone and Moscatel casks, while […]
Jameson Triples Down
Jameson is getting a jump on next month’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with the release of Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Edition Irish Whiskey which has spent time maturing in sweet chestnut casks. Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Edition was triple-distilled and blended from a combination of ex-bourbon, Oloroso sherry and hand-selected sweet chestnut casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to offer a wide array of […]
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