Suntory Prepares For Summer On The Rocks
Suntory Global Spirits-owned On The Rocks cocktails are preparing for the arrival of summer with their “Make it a Cocktail” promotional campaign. On the Rocks ready-to-drink cocktails cover all the spirits ground with an Old Fashioned with Knob Creek bourbon, a Manhattan with Basil Hayden and margaritas in several flavors [including two new ones – […]
Glen Scotia Joins Festival Fray
Glen Scotia has decided to join the festival fray this spring/summer season with a ‘mini’ version of the Campbeltown Malts Festival – the Glen Scotia Mini Malts Festival – which will take place at the recently opened Luss Distillery near Glasgow on May 16-17, 2026. The Campbeltown Malts Festival is currently scheduled to be held […]
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Gordon & MacPhail to Shift Focus to Inhouse Distilleries
More than a century has passed since Gordon & MacPhail started purchasing mature and reusing it to create their own unique whisky. As the years rolled on so did the company that fills casks from over 100 different distilleries. This has allowed consumers to experience new flavors from those of the original distilleries. However, after 128 years of bottling from purchased matures, the company has decided to shift focus and […]
Method And Madness Introduces Garryana Oak Edition
Midleton, County Cork-based Irish whiskey makers Method and Madness have released a new Irish whiskey finished in Quercus Garryana white oak casks. Method and Madness Garryana Oak Edition Irish whiskey has been triple distilled from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley [originally matured in ex-bourbon American oak casks] and finished between four and 12 months in casks made from virgin Quercus Garryana, a species of white oak native to […]
Single Malt Welsh Whisky Gets Protective Status
Imitations are widespread and in every industry, there are copycats ready to saturate markets with cheap knockoffs. The whisky industry is no exception. On July 24, 2023, another British company was given full protection of the copyright law. Single Malt Welsh Whisky was successfully registered under the UK Geographical Indication (UKGI) scheme today The move affords it protection for its name, authenticity, and characteristics. The new scheme was created after […]
Halcyon Spirits Rolls Out Macallan 30 Year Old
They are Scotland’s newest whisky bottlers and might have just scored the biggest deal yet. Halcyon Spirits has just launched a single cask Macallan 30 Year Old. According to the distillery based in Aberdeenshire, the new brand comes from brothers Daniel and Craig Milne, who also co-founded the global auction platform Whisky Hammer and the whisky e-retailer Still Spirit. As everyone is hoping onto the environment-saving train, the new whisky […]
Vendor Finds Rarest Whisky in Father’s Possesion
Six bottles of rare whisky that were discovered in North Yorkshire will be up for bid at Tennants Auctioneers’ Fine Wine and Whisky Sale on September 1. Reports are that a vendor from Skipton found the bottles amongst his late father’s possessions. The rare collection includes One bottle of Bowmore 18 Year Old Pure Scotch Malt Whisky, Sherriff’s Bottling A bottle of Laphroaig Pure Islay Malt, Over 12 Years Old, […]
Ezra Brooks Adds Pair Of Products – Rye And Liqueur
Luxco-owned Ezra Brooks has added a pair of products to their line-up – a rye whiskey and a bourbon cream liqueur. Ezra Brooks 99 Straight Rye Whiskey contains a 51% rye mash bill, is bottled at 49.5% alcohol by volume [99 proof] and is said to offer notes of chocolate, leather and vanilla. Ezra Brooks Bourbon Cream is a blend of ‘natural’ cream and Kentucky Straight Bourbon, bottled at 16.5% […]
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery Turns 100 Years
The first malt whisky distillery in Japan, the Yamazaki distillery, was founded in 1923 by Torii Shinjirō. This year the company that has filled the world with whiskey, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Tourists will have another reason to visit the distillery and see its rich history displayed in over 700,000 whiskies in its library. Visitors are free to visit with or without having an appointment and can participate […]
Resurrecting the Rosebank Whisky
Rosebank whisky is alive again. After 30 years of shelf absences, the distillery rolled out its first cask. The famous whisky brand was founded in 1798 in Camelon on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow. However, in 1993, the owners, United Distillers, decided to close the distillery. The problem laid with the optimization requirements for an upgrade of the distillery based on Europen-compliant laws. […]
Johnnie Walker Talks Women’s World Cup
Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker has employed actress Hannah Waddingham [‘Ted Lasso’] to promote the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup and encourage people to watch women’s sports this summer. Waddingham stars in a promotional video for Johnnie Walker ahead of the Women’s World Cup, which begins tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand and runs through August 20, 2023.
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 […]
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