Modelo Catches March Madness
March Madness is here and Modelo is preparing for the annual college basketball craziness in a collaboration with basketball-themed attire with Slam, creating an exclusive capsule collection. The capsule collection includes a new coach jacket, along with additional team branded merchandise from participating partner schools involved in the NCAA’s March Madness. Modelo will also have […]
The Macallan Arrives At Harrod’s This Summer
No need to line up at the airport as Speyside-based distillery The Macallan will now make their whisky available in fancy London department store Harrods this summer – their first-ever UK domestic boutique. The Macallan’s new boutique will occupy the space in Harrods that was formerly occupied by the Baccarat Bar. The Macallan’s newest boutique […]
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Badachro Introduces Pair Of Single Malts
Highland-based Badachro Distillery has introduced a pair of limited edition single malt whiskies – a Madeira cask and Ruby Port finish – to their Bad na h-Achlaise series. The Badachro Bad na h-Achlaise Madeira Cask single malt is said to contain notes of bitter chocolate, red cherries and strawberry sherbet. The Badachro Bad na h-Achlaise Ruby Port Finish Cask Strength is bottled at 57.9% alcohol by volume [115.8 proof] and […]
Whistlepig Offers Piggyback Rye
Vermont-based Whistlepig has released Piggyback 100% Rye, created by the company’s former master distiller, Dave Pickerall, who died in 2018. Whistlepig Piggyback 100% Rye was aged for a mere six years – making it Whistlepig’s youngest offering – before being bottled at 48.28% alcohol by volume [96.56 proof] and is said to contain notes of black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, cocoa, grapefruit and vanilla. Whistlepig Piggyback 100% Rye is being made […]
Finn Thomson Opens Up Collection With The Glenlivet 50-Year-Old
Scotland’s Finn-Thomson Whisky Collection – one of the country’s rarest private cask collections – is slated to be bottled under the Finn Thomson Whisky label – with The Glenlivet 50 Year Old as the inaugural release. The Finn Thomson Whisky collection covers more than 300 years of Scotch whisky. The Glenlivet 50 Year Old 49.8% ABV expression was matured in a first-fill sherry hogshead, bottled at 49.8% alcohol by volume […]
Redbreast Reveals Kentucky Oak Edition
Midleton Distillery has released Redbreast Kentucky Oak Edition – a limited edition Irish whiskey finished in air-dried American white oak casks – as the initial foray in their new US-exclusive American Oak series. The Redbreast Kentucky Oak Edition Irish Whiskey is made from both malted and unmalted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills, matured in American oak bourbon barrels and Spanish Oloroso sherry butts, finished for three to seven […]
White Peak Introduces Single Malt Small Batch
New UK-based White Peak Distillery has released their newest single malt whisky entitled Wire Works Whisky Small Batch. Wire Works Whisky Small Batch is a lightly peated single malt emanating from maturing in ex-bourbon barrels, bottled at 46.2% alcohol by volume [92.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruit, nutmeg and vanilla. Only 4,300 bottles of White Peak Wire Works Whisky Small Batch is being made available via […]
Bladnoch Introduces 30-Year-Old
Newly resurgent Lowland distillery Bladnoch has released a 30-year-old single malt whisky aged in both Oloroso sherry and Moscatel casks. Bladnoch 30-Year-Old was bottled at 45.5% alcohol by volume [91 proof] and is said to contain notes of almond, apricot, black pepper, nutmeg and orange. Only a scant 950 bottles of Bladnoch 30-Year-Old are being made available for $1,120 per 700ml bottles via Bladnoch’s website and actual distillery site. Sales […]
Johnnie Walker Reveals Air-Ink Black Label
Johnnie Walker has collaborated with Air-Ink and released six limited edition Black Label series whiskies featuring an ink made from air pollution in six cities around the world – Mexico City, New Delhi, Warsaw, Bangkok, Istanbul and Madrid. Johnnie Walker Air-Ink Black Label Blended Scotch Whisky featured label artists include: Alek Morawski, [Warsaw]; Okuda San Miguel, [Madrid]; Paola Delfín, [Mexico City]; Shilo Shiv Suleman, [Delhi]; Mr Hure [Istanbul]; and Gongkan, […]
The Macallan Reveals M Collection
The Macallan has released a trio of limited edition single malt whiskies to make up what they are referring to as their M Collection – designed to celebrate their self-identified ‘six pillars’ [natural color, mastery, small spirit stills, estate, oak casks, and sherry seasoning]. The first three whiskies released as part of The Macallan M Collection are The Macallan M 2022 Release, The Macallan M Black 2022 Release, and The […]
Courvoisier Unveils Mizunara Finished Cognac
Courvoisier has released a new cognac – Courvisier Mizunara – finished in Japanese mizunara casks. Courvisier Mizunara Cognac was made using Grand Champagne – a cru from the Cognac region – and aged in French oak barrels before being finished mizunara casks. Only 500 bottles of Courvisier Mizunara are being offered at $2,000 per bottle.
Tasmania’s Lawrenny Introduces Madeira Cask-Finished Whisky
Tasmania’s Lawrenny Estate Distillery has released a single malt whisky entitled Descension, which was finished in Boal Madeira wine casks. Lawrenny Descension was created using Tasmanian barley, water from the upper River Derwent, then was matured in both ex-Port and ex-bourbon casks before being finished in Boal Madeira casks and bottled at 46.6% alcohol by volume [97.2 proof].
The Macallan Releases Tales Of The Macallan To Travel Retail Venues
The Macallan has released the availability of their Tales of The Macallan Volume I single malt whisky to include select global travel retail venues which – depending on the status of your bank account -can either be a good thing or a bad thing. The Macallan’s Tales of The Macallan Volume I, The Laird of Ester Elchies (1659-1715) – its full name – was the first in a series intended […]
The Glenlivet Revisits A Pair Of Whiskies
Speyside distillery The Glenlivet has revisited their 21- and 25-year-old single malt whiskies with new double and triple cask finishes, respectively, to create the Sample Room Collection. The Glenlivet 21 Year Old single malt has been triple finished in first-fill Oloroso sherry, Troncais oak cognac and Colheita Port casks, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and pears. The […]
Filey Bay Reveals Second Peat-Finished Whisky
The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery has released Filey Bay Peated Finish Batch #2 – the second batch of their peat-finished whiskies. Filey Bay Peated Finish Batch #2 was initially matured in an ex-bourbon cask before being finished in peated casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, citrus, peat smoke [naturally] and vanilla. Filey Bay Peated Finish Batch #2 is being […]
Nick Offerman And His Dad Celebrate Father’s Day With Some Lavagulin
Actor Nick Offerman [“Parks and Recreation”] is celebrating Father’s Day this weekend with both his father and some whisky from Islay distillery, Lagavulin. Nick and Ric Offerman venture into the woods for some quality father-and-son time only for Nick to have Ric constantly upstaging him from everything from carving a wooden bear to bird calling [“C’mere bird!”]. Lagavulin has pledged a $50,000 donation to the California Fire Foundation to benefit […]
Jack Daniel’s Finally Cuts To The Chase
After years and years [and perhaps, years] of bartenders constantly hearing the ordering yelp “Jack and Coke” – Jack Daniel’s has finally cut to the chase and collaborated with Coca-Cola to introduce a canned Jack & Coke RTD beverage. Brown-Forman-owned Jack Daniel’s combines Coke with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey to create a 5% alcohol by volume [10 proof] canned beverage that should help relieve some of those bartenders’ pains – […]
Tamdhu Unveils 18-Year-Old
Speyside distiller Tamdhu has released an 18-year-old single malt with one caveat – it will only be available in China. Tamdhu Single Cask Aged 18 Years was matured in a first fill European oak Oloroso sherry cask, bottled at 54.5% alcohol by volume [109 proof] and sis said to contain notes of apple, cinnamon and raisin. Only 600 bottles of Tamdhu Single Cask Aged 18 Years is being made available […]
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