Kingsbarns Bags Caddies’ Dream
Lowland-based Kingsbarns Distillery has released Caddies’ Dream – a single cask whisky – to coincide with this weekend’s Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Kingsbarns Caddies’ Dream is a 10-year-old single malt matured in a shaved, toasted, and re-charred (STR) ex-wine barrique, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] […]
Torabhaig Goes Cask Strength
Isle of Skye-based Torabhaig Distillery has released a cask strength version of their Sound of Sleat single malt whisky – the sixth release in the distillery’s Legacy Series. Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength was created with both Concerto and Laureate barley, peated to 78ppm (parts per million), matured in American oak, using both ex-bourbon […]
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Coors Light Officially Announces The Unofficial Start Of Summer
Coors Light has officially announced the unofficial beginning of summer with a promotional campaign depicting typical summertime activities which can be enjoyed with the addition of some MolsonCoors products. The Coors Light promotion – entitled “The Official Beer of Everything Unofficial” – is focusing on the elusive 21- to 34-year-old market segment. The Coors Light promotion depicts “unofficial” summer activities such as “unofficial air conditioning” (a man cooling off as […]
Royal Salute Gives Salute To Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Royal Salute is celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the release of a limited edition Scotch whisky appropriately dubbed the Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition, with a bottle design inspired by seven of the Queen’s ‘iconic’ brooches from her personal collection. Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition is a blend of aged whiskies from seven ghost distilleries and was finished for two years in tawny Port casks – which was served […]
Laphroaig Reveals 2022 Cairdeas Edition
Laphroaig has released the 2022 edition of their Càirdeas whisky as part of this year’s Islay Fèis Ìle whisky festival. Laphroaig Càirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 was matured in first-fill Maker’s Mark Bourbon casks then aged in Laphroaig’s nearly-200-year-old Warehouse 1, bottled at 52.8% alcohol by volume [105.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of fudge, honey, licorice, nutmeg, peat, smoke, walnut and white pepper. Laphroaig Cáirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 […]
The GlenAllachie Introduces 30-Year-Old Single Malt
Speyside distillery The GlenAllachie has released the second batch of their a 30-year-old cask strength single malt Scotch which was first launched last year. The GlenAllachie 30-year-old Cask Strength Batch 2 Single Malt Scotch Whisky was matured in both Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks along with a pair of charred and toasted American virgin oak casks, bottled at 50.8% alcohol by volume [101.6 proof] and is said to contain […]
Third Time Is The Charm For Whyte & Mackay
Whyte & Mackay has released Whyte & Mackay Triple Matured along with a promotional video featuring the blended Scotch whisky’s distinct triple maturation process. Whyte & Mackay plans to have the promotion run during programming for the 2022 French Open and current Formula One racing season.
Johnnie Walker Walks Up Black Label Sherry Finish
Johnnie Walker has released a new limited edition blended Scotch whisky – Johnnie Walker Black Label Sherry Finish. Johnnie Walker Black Label Sherry Finish is a blend of whiskies from four regions – Highland, Islay, Lowland and Speyside – which was aged for 12 years before being finished in sherry-seasoned barrels from Jerez, Spain, then bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]
Writers’ Tears Debuts Ulysses-Themed Irish Whiskey
Walsh Whiskey Irish whiskey has released a limited edition Writers’ Tears Copper Pot to celebrate the 100th birthday of the publishing of James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses” – which was first published in February 1922. Writers’ Tears Copper Pot is a blend of both single pot still and single malt Irish whiskies, was bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruit and honey. […]
Cotswolds Unveils Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Whisky
The Cotswolds Distillery has released a limited edition whisky to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – The Cotswolds Platinum Jubilee Single Cask Whisky. The Cotswolds Platinum Jubilee Single Cask Whisky was aged in cask #1952 – a specially-selected cask marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascending the throne – matured in a first-fill shaved, toasted and re-charred (STR) ex-red wine cask, bottled at 55.4% alcohol by volume [110.8 […]
Loch Lomond Reveals Golf-Themed Whiskies
The Loch Lomond Group has released two single malts to commemorate The Open golf competition’s 150th anniversary in 2022 – The Open Course Edition 2022 and The Open Special Edition 2022. This year’s Open championship will be held on The Old Course in St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, on July 14-17, 2022. The Loch Lomond Open Special Edition 2022 was created in partnership with golfer Colin Montgomerie, matured in American […]
The Famous Grouse Serves Up Sherry Cask Finish Blend
The Famous Grouse has released Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish – a blended Speyside malt whisky finished in sherry-seasoned casks. Speyside malts were matured in Sherry-seasoned, European oak casks to craft Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish features Speyside malts matured in sherry-seasoned casks from Jerez, Spain for two years and is said to contain notes of almond, chocolate and sweet spices. The Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish whisky is recommended […]
Redbreast Conjures Up Dream Cask Double Edition
Redbreast has released their fifth addition to their Redbreast Dream Cask series – a 30-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey – combining two “dream casks” to create a limited edition 30-year-old Midleton Irish whiskey. Redbreast Dream Cask Double Edition combines two “dream casks” – a first-fill Oloroso sherry butt from 1990 and a first-fill bourbon barrel from 1991, which was then bottled at 56.9% alcohol by volume [113.8 proof] and […]
The Glenlivet Attempts To Break The Stereotype
The Glenlivet attempts to “Break the Stereotype” with a promotional campaign focusing on a more diverse range of “whisky drinker” worldwide than just the expected demographic group. The Glenlivet announced it would support up to 30 participants in the Education & Mentorship Project of Equal Measures, a London-based group that works to increase diversity in the drinks/hospitality industry – and for the “Break the Stereotype” promotion, The Glenlivet worked with […]
Copperworks Unveils Ardbeg-Infused Single Malt
Seattle-based Copperworks Distilling has released Copperworks Peated Cask American Single Malt Whiskey Release 043 finished 331 bottles of a peated cask single malt, finished in an Ardbeg Scotch whisky barrel. Copperworks Peated Cask American Single Malt Whiskey Release 043 was matured for three years in a charred new American oak barrel then finished for a single year in an Ardbeg Scotch whisky cask before being bottled at 50% alcohol by […]
Yamazaki Introduces 2022 Range
The House of Suntory-owned Yamazaki, the darling of the whisky world a few years ago before a supply shortage followed by a global pandemic severely curtailed their output, has resurfaced and revealed a limited edition Yamazaki Japanese single malt collection – Tsukuriwake Selection – featuring the four foundations of single malt production, mizunara cask-matured, peated malt, puncheon and Spanish oak cask-matured whiskies. The new 2022 Yamazaki Limited Edition Tsukuriwake Selection […]
The GlenAllachie Issues 50th Anniversary Single Malt Series
The GlenAllachie has released Past, Present & Future – a limited edition series of GlenAllachie single malts celebrating the 50-year tenure of whiskymaker Billy Walker. The first release of The GlenAllachie’s Past, Present & Future Series will be The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Past Edition, “a fully sherry matured 16-year-old single malt” bottled at 57.1% alcohol by volume [114.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of banana, dark […]
Compass Box Unveils The Circle Blended Whisky
Compass Box has released The Circle No. 2 – a limited edition blended whisky – as part of their The Circle global bartender competition. Launched in 2018, The Circle competition has a select group of bartenders from around the world compete to create a creative blended whisky with the winner rewarded with their own limited edition Compass Box whisky. Compass Box The Circle No. 2 whisky was created by Mannie […]
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