Dewar’s 21-Yeard-Old Gets Mizunara Finish
Dewar’s is giving its 21-year-old whisky a specialized finish and you never guess how far they had to go to get the casks. The whisky is a double-aged spirit and will be given its final moments in Mizunara oak casks. The Bacardi-owned distillery has gone leaps and bounds to acquire these Japanese casks. Notably, Mizunara […]
Emma Cookson Wins – International Wine and Spirit Competition
The 2024 International Wine and Spirit Competition has awarded Emma Cookson as the winner of the category Emerging Talent in Spirits Communication winner. The institution awards workers in the beverage industry and has been watching her performance for years. Notably, Cookson, who won the Icons of Whisky’s Whisky Communicator of the Year award last year, […]
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Johnnie Walker Celebrates The Year Of The Rat
Johnnie Walker has become the latest brand to issue a special whisky celebrating the Year of the Rat in the upcoming Lunar New Year – aka, Chinese New Year – which begins on January 25, 2020. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rat is a small batch blended whisky emanating from distilleries from across Scotland, including some dormant distilleries. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rat is being […]
The Macallan Celebrates Lunar New Year
The Macallan has become the latest whiskymaker to join the fray in celebrating the Lunar New Year – also known as the Chinese New Year – which begins on January 25, 2020 and is designated as the Year of the Rat. The Macallan Lunar New Year gift box contains two bottles of The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old – bottled at 43% alcohol by volume – and adorned with […]
Nikka Halts Production Of Taketsuru Whiskies
Japanese whisky maker Nikka has announced that they will halt production of four whiskies – three of them permanently – in all markets in March 2020. Nikka – which is owned by Asahi Breweries – will delist Taketsuru Pure Malt 17-year-old, 21-year-old and 25-year-old. Taketsuru Pure Malt will also be discontinued but will be replaced by the launch of a new no-age-statement whisky. Nikka’s Taketsuru blended malt whisky lineup was […]
Heineken Pits James Bond Against Daniel Craig
James Bond will return in “No Time To Die” in cinemas in April 2020. Australian Daniel Craig will again be playing the British superspy and Heineken and Craig make light of his daring image with a promotional advertisement for the upcoming film. In the Heineken video entitled “Daniel Craig vs James Bond”, Daniel Craig – the actor – is in a quaint, ocean-side European village attempting to get some rest […]
The Spirit Of Yorkshire Doubles Down On Filey Bay
Remember when The Spirit of Yorkshire debuted Filey Bay – their inaugural single malt whisky – back in October 2019? No? Well, they did – and now they have released their second offering – Filey Bay Second Release [granted, not exactly the most creative name]. Filey Bay Second Release was matured in several bourbon casks and a single sherry cask, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is […]
World Whisky Forum Arrives In Seattle In February
After the first two editions were European-based, the third edition of the World Whisky Forum will arriving on the shores of North America on February 18-20, 2020 at Seattle’s Westland Distillery. With a theme of “Growing Flavor”, the World Whisky Forum will feature four panels discussing whisky’s role in agriculture, the role of innovation and “potential pathways ahead” for North American distillers. This year’s speakers will include Cory Mason, master […]
Piper-Heidsieck Is Oscars’ Official Bubbly
French champagne house Piper-Heidsieck has been tapped by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as the official bubbly of the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 9, 2020. This will be the sixth time that Piper-Heidsieck has been selected as the sole champagne served during the Academy Awards. For the event, Piper-Heidsieck is paying tribute to cinema with a limited edition magnum […]
Limited Edition Blair Athol Released
Highland distillery Blair Athol has released a limited edition single malt Scotch whisky with no age statement. The 2019 Blair Athol Limited Edition Distillery Exclusive has matured in a combination of refill, rejuvenated and American oak ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, nutmeg and vanilla. Only 6,000 bottles of 2019 Blair Athol Limited Edition Distillery Exclusive are being […]
The Dalmore Honors The Year Of The Rat With 28-Year-Old
The Dalmore has honored the new Chinese New Year [The Year of the Rat, which begins on January 25, 2020] – with a 28-Year-Old Scotch single malt whisky. The Dalmore 28-Year-Old has been aged in American white oak ex-bourbon casks and tawny port pipes and bottled at 51.8% alcohol by volume [103.6 proof]. Only 1,300 bottles of The Dalmore 28-Year-Old are being made available for $1,800 per 700ml bottle and […]
Bud Light Debuts Hard Seltzer
Bud Light is introducing their answer to White Claw’s market dominance with their own hard seltzer versions called, imaginatively, Bud Light Seltzer. Bud Light is officially launching their new Bud Light Seltzer on January 13, 2020 but they are already launching the ad campaign which depicts the fictional mayor of the small town of Seltzer, Pennsylvania [the story is fictional, but their is an actual town of Seltzer (population 307) […]
Southern Comfort Receives Instagram Ad Ban In UK
Southern Comfort – a whiskey liqueur owned by Sazerac – was on the receiving end of an Instagram ad ban by the UK’s Alcohol Standards Authority (ASA) which issued the ban after two posts promoted a ‘Shark Bite’ drink served over the week of Halloween and appeared to feature people under the age of 25 [a no-no in UK-land]. The posts in question were by UK-based blogger Francesca Perks and […]
Have Some BenRiach For The Year Of The Rat
Bottlers Berry Bros & Rudd have captured a 2008 BenRiach Speyside single malt whisky to ring in the Chinese New Year – which will begin on January 25 – and is designated as the Year of the Rat. The BenRiach 2008 was bottled at 58.3% alcohol by volume [116.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of citrus, honey and spice. Only 100 bottles of the 2008 BenRiach are being […]
Hennessy Sponsors A Cocktail Class Voyage
Hennessy “ambassador” Maluma presented Le Voyage — an immersive cocktail master class — in Miami during Art Basel [an international art fair]. Hennessy’s Le Voyage is a chance for cognac fans to become true connoisseurs while for Maluma, it is a chance to invite his friends to join him in the art of mixology and to taste some of Hennessy’s most iconic blends.
Harvey Nichols Debuts Burgundy-Casked Whisky For 2020
Luxury British retail department store chain Harvey Nichols has collaborated with The English Whisky Company to produce a limited edition, single cask peated whisky aged in a Burgundy cask. Harvey Nichols Peated Burgundy Cask Single Barrel English Whisky has been peated to 38ppm (phenol parts per million) before being matured for 12 years in a first-fill Pinot Noir cask from Burgundy, then bottled at 51% alcohol by volume [102 proof] […]
Henry Ends Up In L.A. With His Hennessy X.O
Henry Golding [“Crazy Rich Asians”] finishes his Tour de Hennessy in Los Angeles…
Chapter Two – Henry Brings His Hennessy To Singapore
In Chapter Two of “Greatness is an Odyssey”, Henry Golding [“Crazy Rich Asians”] takes his homage to Hennessy to Singapore…
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