Compass Box Appoints New Whisky Making Director
James Saxon has been appointed Whisky Making Director at Compass Box. Saxon joined the company as a whisky maker in January and will replace Glaser, a shareholder who has decided to exit the company in April. Notably, a number of expressions have been developed by Saxon since joining the company. These whiskies include Flaming Heart […]
Cardhu Distillery Celebrates 200 Years With Tribute to Women
Cardhu Distillery in Speyside celebrates its Bicentenary with a 12-year-old whisky matured in ex-wine barrels, coinciding with a free event on International Women’s Day. A live concert backdrop is accompanied by a cocktail masterclass, guided tastings, expert panels, and a cocktail masterclass highlighting the distillery’s rich history and inspiring women. The event celebrates the distillery’s […]
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Character Of Islay Unveils Array Of Single Casks
Uk-based bottler, Character of Islay Whisky Company, has released their Wave & Wind Collection – an array of single casks featuring Islay distilleries such as Ardberg, Bowmore and Laphroaig. The limited edition single cask bottlings are comprised of a 15-year-old Ardbeg ($405), a 15-year-old Laphroaig ($340), a seven-year-old Port Charlotte ($195), a 35-year-old Port Ellen ($5,115), three Bowmore bottlings; a 16-year-old ($340), an 18-year-old ($375), and a 22-year-old ($615) as […]
Rainier Unleashes The Call Of The Rewild
The time has come. The “Barbeerian” has issued his call for all wild Rainiers to assemble…
BenRiach Introduces Seven New Single Malts
Speyside distiller BenRiach is releasing four new single malt whiskies ranging from 10-year-olds to a 30-year-old. The Original Ten is bottled at 43% alcohol by volume (86 proof) while Smoky Ten is bottled at 46% alcohol by volume (92 proof). The 12-year-old bottlings are called The Twelve and The Smoky Twelve, both of which are bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Three other single malts being released are […]
Buffalo Trace Adds Five Whiskies To Antique Collection
Buffalo Trace has added five whiskies to their Antique Collection – all five are limited edition releases bottled from rare stocks. The five whiskies add to the Collection are: A George T Stagg bottled at 65.2% alcohol by volume [130.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of smoked oak and vanilla. A 2020 William Larue Weller wheated Bourbon, bottled at 67.25% alcohol by volume [134.5 proof] and is said […]
Rebel Yell Introduces Cognac-Finished Bourbon
Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon, from Lux Row Distillers, has released their new Rebel Yell Cognac Cask Finish – bourbon finished in cognac casks. Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Cognac Cask Finish began as wheated bourbon aged four years before spending six months finishing in cognac casks, then was bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, ginger and raisins. Only 6000 […]
Crown Royal Enlists Sly And The Family Stone For Live Music Saving Message
Using Sly and the Family Stone as the messenger, Diageo-owned Crown Royal is making a plea to keep independent live music venues [including bars and clubs] from disappearing. Crown Royal partnered with US record labels Dreamville and Republic Records, to employ their singers Ari Lennox and Anthony Ramos, to record a cover of the Sly and the Family Stone classic, “If You Want Me to Stay”. The track is available […]
Teeling Bolsters Renaissance Series With 18-Year-Old
Dublin-based Irish whiskey distiller, Teeling, has added a second single malt to their Renaissance Series celebrating Dublin and Irish whiskey – an 18-year-old single malt. The Teeling 18-Year-Old Renaissance single malt Irish whiskey was matured in ex-Bourbon barrels, finished in ex-Australian Shiraz wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of sour cherry and spice. Only 9,000 bottles of Teeling 18-Year-Old Renaissance […]
Jura Jumps Ahead In The Calendar With Winter Edition Whisky
Jura has moved on from summer – skated past autumn – and dove right into winter with the release of their Jura Winter Edition – the second entry in their Cask Editions range [the Cask Editions whiskies highlight the “connection between the land and the spirit”]. The Jura Winter Edition was matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels, finished in aged Spanish sherry casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume […]
Gordon & MacPhail Releases 47-year-Old Coleburn Whisky
UK-based bottler Gordon & MacPhail will release a 1972 Speyside whisky from Coleburn Distillery – the first of four commemorative whiskies to be released celebrating the bottler’s 125th anniversary. Coleburn Distillery was founded in 1897 and produced whisky until it closed in 1985. The Coleburn 1972 was matured in a re-fill sherry puncheon, bottled at 62.4%% alcohol by volume [124.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of apricots, butterscotch […]
Lakes Introduces Port-Casked Whisky Colheita
Lakes has released a new port-casked single malt whisky as part of their Whiskymaker’s Editions series called Colheita. Lakes’ Whiskymaker’s Editions Colheita is named that due to being made using casks of Colheita Port, an aged tawny Port made exclusively of grapes from a single vintage. Lakes The Whiskymaker’s Editions Colheita Port was bottled at 52% alcohol by volume [104 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, orange […]
Distell Brings Eight Single Malts To The Party
UK-based Distell has introduced eight single malts bottled from Distell’s three Scotch whisky distilleries – Bunnahabhain, Deanston and Tobermory. The new bottlings include three from Tobermory Distillery, featuring a Tobermory 2007 Port Pipe Finish (55.8% alcohol by volume – 111.6 proof), aged in refill hogsheads before a final maturation in Port pipes for four years. In addition, the distillery has two Ledaig bottlings: the Ledaig 1998 Marsala Finish (58.6% alcohol […]
Johnnie Walker Rolls Out Black, Gold And Red Bottles
Johnnie Walker is celebrating their 200th anniversary this year and to commemorate the occasion, they have created limited edition bottles of their Black, Gold and Red Label blended Scotch whiskies. Each bottle was named after the color of its label and upgraded to an opaque wrap for the limited edition designs. Johnnie Walker founder John Walker opened a small grocery store in Kilmarnock, Scotland, 200 years ago, and eventually began […]
Angel’s Envy Produces Mizunara-Casked Bourbon
Angel’s Envy has released Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak Casks – a blend of four-year-old and nine-year-old Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon, finished in Japanese mizunara oak casks for an additional two years – as the first entry in their newly-created Angel’s Envy Founder’s Collection, which will include whiskies commemorating brand anniversaries, special events and milestones. Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak […]
Maker’s Mark Introduces New Limited Edition Bourbon
Maker’s Mark has released their 2020 limited edition bourbon entitled – creatively enough – Maker’s Mark 2020 Limited Release. The 2020 Maker’s Mark Limited Release becomes the second bourbon in MM’s Wood Finishing Series, uses two stave styles – caramel and vanilla – and was bottled at 54.5% alcohol by volume [109 proof]. The first stave is made from virgin French oak and provides the caramel flavor, while the second […]
Great Drams Produces Three Limited Edition Whiskies
Independent bottler Great Drams has released a trio of limited edition single cask single malt whiskies from Blair Athol, Girvan and Knockdhu distilleries. Great Drams’ eight-year-old Knockdhu single cask whisky was matured in a first-fill ruby Port barrique, bottled at 48.2% alcohol by volume [96.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of berry and dark chocolate. Only 183 bottles of Great Drams Knockdhu are being made available for $85 […]
Woodford Reserve Prepares For The Kentucky Derby
Woodford Reserve – a primary sponsor of the upcoming Kentucky Derby – has released a promo for the bourbon, branding it to be a “Spectacle for the Senses”. The Kentucky Derby, originally scheduled annually for the first weekend in May, was postponed to September 5, 2020, due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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