The GlenAllachie Unveils 35-Year-Old
Speyside-based The GlenAllachie Distillery has released The GlenAllachie 1990 35-year-old Cask Strength – a single malt whisky aged in a quartet of cask types. The GlenAllachie 1990 was matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry as well as virgin American oak casks, it was primarily matured in a virgin Japanese Mizunara oak cask before being […]
Loch Lomond Unveils Original Series
Highland-based Loch Lomond distillery has released The Original Series – a trio of single malt whiskies using a combination of straight neck stills and traditional swan neck stills amongst a variety range of cask finishes. The Loch Lomond The Original Series trio consists of Loch Lomond The Original Triple Oak, Loch Lomond Oloroso Sherry Cask […]
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Kavalan Taiwanese Whisky Is 2023 Top Shaker
It has been a year of novelty in the whisky industry with several top shakers and movers ruffling the worldwide whisky rankings as we know them. One of those upsetters is Kavalan, a single malt whisky distilled in Taiwan. The whisky has received over 770 golden awards including several this year. Tokyo Whisky and Spirits Competition At this year’s competition of the TWSC, Kavalan was awarded the “Best of the Best […]
NBA MVP Dunks Own Whisky Brand
Two-time NBA MVP and ACC golf champion has launched his own whisky brand. Stephen Curry, a Golden State Warrior superstar, has become the most recent American to launch a private whisky. That may be the easier part of the story. In May, Curry broadcasted the launch of Gentleman’s Cut Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a fine-aged bourbon, and has been seen promoting it at every chance that pops up. This includes […]
2023 International Whisky Competition Winners
The 2023 International Whisky Competition was held in Bardstown, KY. The competition selected the top 15 best whiskies in the world. Here are the data of the winner and the top four runners-up. The Gordon and McPhail Distillery had two victories, first and third place respectively. On the other hand, the Taiwanese distillery Lavalan landed both second and fourth place. A competition dominated by Scotland and Taiwan. #1 and Winner […]
Is $655,000 too Much for a Bottle of Whisky?
If you had money, would you purchase a bottle of Scotch whisky for $655,000? If yes, you will have the opportunity to do so at the upcoming ‘One of One’ rare whisky auction. The function is being sponsored by the Distiller’s Charity, Sotheby’s Auction House, and the Earl of Hopetoun. The auction is set to raise funds for the Youth Action Fund, an organization with an emphasis on aiding less […]
Mafia-Themed Scotch Whisky Banned in the UK
Not everyone has seen a Tommy Gun, a popular mafia-thematic sub-machine gun. The weapon, classified as the Thompson submachine gun, has become the spotlight of news media after the UK alcohol governing body, The Portman Group, ordered retailers to remove a Polish whisky brand from their shelves. The regulatory body has ordered stores to stop placing orders for the Sicilian mafia-themed whisky, known as ‘Cosa Nostra’. The whisky is produced […]
Milk and Honey Puts Israel on Whisky Map
This is not Scotland and surely not Speyside. This is Tel-Aviv, one of the Middle Eastern nations, known for war and not whisky. Yet, this tiny nation does have a few whisky distilleries. One of them, Milk and Honey, won the award for the Best Single Malt Whisky in the World, by The World Drinks Awards. In April 2023, one of Milk and Honey’s whiskies, Element Sherry Cask, was selected from […]
Redbreast Supplements Dream Cask Series With 27-Year-Old
Redbreast has supplemented their Dream Cask Series with Port to Port Edition – a 27-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey produced at Midleton Distillery in Cork. Redbreast Dream Cask Port to Port Edition combines a pair of whiskies aged separately in bourbon and ruby Port casks for 27 and 28 years respectively, before being joined in whiskey matrimony for a three-month maturation period in two tawny Port casks, bottled at […]
The Magic of Speyside Whiskies
Speyside is much more than a riverside village of the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland. The region is renowned for its spirits and tastes and produces the best whiskies worldwide. It has become synonymous with single malt Scotch whiskies. Speyside is also home to the world’s two best-selling single malt whiskies, The Glenlivet and Glenfiddich. The Glenlivet distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in […]
Bankhall Unveils First Single Malt
Halewood Artisanal Spirits-owned Bankhall Distillery was established in 2019 and has produced their first English single malt whisky from their distillery in Blackpool in the UK. Bankhall Distillery Single Malt Whisky is a three-year-old single barrel whisky matured in charred new American oak casks, bottled at cask strength of 57.7%, alcohol by volume [115.4 proof] and is said to offer notes of cinnamon, marzipan, orange marmalade and, of course, the […]
Stauning Whisky Enters International Markets
Stauning Whisky, the oldest Danish distillery, has appointed SipWell as its exclusive travel retail sales and brand building partner across multiple international markets. Sipwell will distribute the brand’s whisky to its network of travel retail stores and partner sites around the world. The agreement goes into effect immediately and will include global hubs such as airports, tourist centers, etc. Andrew Torrance, who signed the agreement on behalf of SipWell brands […]
Buffalo Trace Reveals Peated Bourbon
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their peated bourbon – a bourbon made with peated malt – as part of their Experimental Collection. Buffalo Trace Experimental Peated Bourbon uses smoked peated malt, was matured for nearly 10 years in new charred white oak casks before being bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is said to offer notes of leather, mahogany and brown butter, cacao beans, smoke and toffee. […]
Duncan Taylor Goes Royal with Coronation Special
They have always been a family business and maybe there is nothing royal about these humble distillers of Scottish whisky, rums, and gin. So, why would they become so special, that they awarded a special Coronation whisky to the queen? On July 5, 2023, Duncan Taylor presented a special ‘coronation edition’ whisky to HM Queen Camilla during her first royal engagement in Scotland. The edition was specially tailored from their […]
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