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 […]
Whisky Exchange Rolls Out Lost in Time Collection
The Lost in Time collection by The Whisky Exchange features eight single malts from Speyside distilleries. In cooperation with Chivas Brothers, the range offers a glimpse into the whisky making history of a bygone era. Almost every expression in the collection is aged between 20 and 33 years and comes from a single cask. Among […]
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The GlenAllachie Reveals 15-Year-Old
Speyside distillery The GlenAllachie has released a 15 Year Old single malt whisky. The GlenAllachie 15-Year-Old has been matured in both Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of banana, butterscotch and dark chocolate. The GlenAllachie 15-Year-Old is being made available for $75 per bottle worldwide.
Glen Garioch Introduces Cask 91 – But There’s A Catch…
Glen Garioch has released Cask 91 single malt whisky but you have to really, really want it in order to get some. No, we mean really want it – because it will only be available at the airport in Aberdeen, Scotland. Glen Garioch Cask 91 has been aged in first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels and is said to contain notes of eucalyptus, peanuts and vanilla. Only 188 bottles of Glen Garioch Cask […]
Pernod Ricard Purchases Castle Brands
French spirits giant – and the world’s second-largest distiller – Pernod Ricard has purchased New York-based Castle Brands for a reported $223 million. Castle Brands is the owner of both Jefferson’s Bourbon and Knappogue Castle Irish whiskey, amongst others. The purchase adds to Pernod Ricard’s recent bourbon/whiskey acquisitions, which include Texas-based Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company, Kentucky distillery Rabbit Hole, South African spirits distillery, Inverroche and West Virginia-based Smooth Ambler. […]
Uncle Nearest Set To Open New Distillery
Uncle Nearest will open Phase One of their Nearest Green Distillery on September 14, 2019 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the former site of the Sand Creek Farms. Subsequent phases of the new distillery will open over the next few years. Nearest Green Distillery is named after the first known African-American master distiller, Nearest Green. Phase One of the Nearest Green Distillery includes a retail store, a bottling house and the […]
Whisky Illuminati Schools You On Speyside Single Malts With Solaria Series
The Whisky Illuminati have released their Solaria Series – five Speyside single malts designed to showcase how the liquid evolves in oak over the course of four years. Subsequent releases are currently scheduled to occur in 2021 and 2023. The Solaria Series consists of: · Solaria Series distilled at Royal Brackla Distillery (68.0% alcohol by volume/136 proof, 150 bottles) · Solaria Series distilled at Aultmore Distillery (67.5% ABV/135 proof, 120 […]
Jameson Reveals A Pair Of Caskmates
Jameson has released a pair of new limited edition Irish whiskies for their Caskmates series – Caskmates Bale Breaker Limited Edition and Jameson Caskmates Revolution Brewing Limited Edition. Both are bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and were created in collaboration with Yakima, Washington’s Bale Breaker Brewing and Chicago’s Revolution Brewing. Jameson Caskmates Revolution Brewing Limited Edition and Jameson Caskmates Bale Breaker Limited Edition are being made available […]
Michelob ULTRA Is Par For The Course
The USA’s fastest growing beer brand – and currently the #3 best-selling beer – Michelob ULTRA, shows you how to properly play golf and drink beer at the same time. After all, it’s Michelob ULTRA, so everybody wins, right?
Glasgow Brings Out Peated 1770 Whisky
The Glasgow Distillery Company has released a new peated version of their 1770 single malt whisky called 1770 Peated Release No. 1. Glasgow 1770 Peated Release No. 1 was aged in first-fill ex-sherry casks and finished in virgin oak casks before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, macadamia nuts and smoky orange. Glasgow 1770 Peated Release No. 1 is […]
Johnnie Walker Gives Us GoT Fire And Ice Whiskies
Johnnie Walker has released a pair of limited edition “Game of Thrones”-themed whiskies entitled A Song of Ice and A Song of Fire. With a nod toward House Stark, A Song of Ice features single malts from Clynelish Distillery in the Highlands, is bottled at 40.2% alcohol by volume [80.4 proof]. Meanwhile, A Song of Fire showcases the peated malts of the Caol Ila Distillery in Islay, is bottled at […]
Highland Park Unveils The Valfather
Highland Park has released their Valfather single malt Scotch whisky – honoring the Norse god Odin, as well as his home, Valhalla – the third and final whisky in their Viking Legend Series [joining Valkyrie and Valknut]. Highland Park Valfather was matured in refill casks, bottled at 47% alcohol by volume [94 proof] and is heavily peated, therefore, in addition to peat smoke, it is said to contain notes of […]
Bimber Introduces Their First Single Malt Whisky
London-based distillery Bimber has introduced their first single malt whisky called, appropriately enough, The First. Bimber The First is the culmination of aging in five Available from 13 September, The First whisky has been aged in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks, then bottled at 54.2% alcohol by volume [108.4 proof]. Only 1000 bottles of Bimber The First are being made available – 800 of those destined for the UK only – […]
Brora Reveals 40-Year-Old For 200-Year-Old Party
Highland distillery Brora has released a special 40-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky – one of their most elderly spirits – to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary. Brora 40-Year-Old has emerged from American oak hogshead casks and comes from the so-called “age of peat” when whiskies were heavily peated and were being “primarily in blends.” Only 1,819 bottles of Brora 40-Year-Old are being made available for $5,440 per bottle.
The Last Drop Brings 56-Year-Old Out To Play
The Last Drop Distillers has released a 56 Year Old Blended Scotch composed of more than 60% single malt and also containing whisky distilled in 1964. The Last Drop 56 Year Old has spent time aging in both sherry casks and ex- Bourbon barrels – the latter for more than 30 years – and is said to contain notes of “Islay” smoke and “Speyside sweetness”. The Last Drop Distillers 56 […]
Heaven Hill Purchases Black Velvet
Many of your poor decisions made in college [or, who knows, high school] may have been fueled by an overindulgence in Black Velvet and an era comes to an end as BV owner – Canada-based Constellation Brands – has sold BV to Kentucky-based Heaven Hill for the proverbial undisclosed amount. The transaction also includes a division of Canadian whisky brands MacNaughton and McMasters. Constellation said net sales from Black Velvet […]
Bowmore Unleashes The Dragon
Islay distillery Bowmore has released their 36 Year Old Dragon Edition – the first of a series of single malts showcasing Chinese mythology. Bowmore 36 Year Old Dragon Edition was matured in sherry casks [the same casks used for their 2006 release of 30 Year Old Sea Dragon] and bottled at 51.8% alcohol by volume [103.6 proof]. Only 888 bottles Bowmore 36 Year Old Dragon Edition are being made available […]
Cu Bocan Sells Shochu-Casked Whisky By The Seashore
Highland distillery Cu Bocan is releasing a trio of new single malt whiskies – Signature, Creation #1 and Creation #2 – Creation #2 has spent time maturing in a shochu cask [shochu is a Japanese rice/barley/sweet potato alcohol]. Cu Bocan Signature is a single malt matured in Bourbon, Oloroso sherry and North American virgin oak casks. Cù Bòcan Creation #1 has been aged in Black Isle Brewery Imperial Stout and […]
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