The Singleton Creates Chalet At London Hotel
The Singleton has collaborated with luxury skiwear brand Goldbergh to create an alpine ski resort-inspired chalet for the winter season at London’s Rosewood Hotel, changing the hotel’s courtyard into a chic mountain hideaway with luxury blankets, cushions and other elements from Goldbergh. The Singleton will feature a unique cocktail menu at The Chalet, including I […]
Old Forester Unveils 117 Series
Old Forester has released 117 Series with Prohibition Era Still Proof as a limited edition release honoring Repeal Day – the day [December 5] Prohibition ended in the USA in 1933. During Prohibition however, Old Forester was one of the few distilleries legally permitted to produce bourbon under the guise of so-called medicinal purposes. Old […]
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Carlow Counting The Days
Helsinki-based Anora Group has released their inaugural Irish whiskey blend – Carlow Counting Days – in Sweden. The reference is to the whiskey being sourced from County Carlow in Ireland. Carlow Counting Days was matured for 1,097 days in ex-bourbon barrels, then A splash of whiskey from Carlow aged for 1,462 days has also been added to the blend, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said […]
Lochlea Debuts Single Malt
Lochlea Distillery has released their first Scotch whisky – Sowing Edition [in a nod to spring as the barley seed sowing season] – in a newly planned annual seasonal series. Lochlea Distillery’s Sowing Edition whisky was matured in first-fill bourbon barrels, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to contain notes of green apple, spice and vanilla. Only 7000 bottles of Lochlea Sowing Edition are being […]
Brown-Forman Goes Up Or Over With Bottled Cocktails
Spirits giant, Brown-Forman, has released Up or Over – their new range of ready-to-pour cocktails made with some of the company’s most popular spirits – the Up or Over range has initially launched with four cocktails: Classic Dry Martini, Whisky Sour, Premium Margarita and Ginger Citrus Old Fashioned. The Whisky Sour was bottled at 15% alcohol by volume [30 proof] and uses Gentleman Jack Tennessee Whiskey as its base while […]
Brown-Forman And Diageo Join List Of Companies Ceasing Russian Operations
Both spirit giants Brown-Forman and Diageo have joined the growing list of companies that will cease operations in Russia in response to the unprovoked Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Brown-Forman – producer of both Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey and Finlandia vodka -and Diageo – producer of Johnnie Walker blended whisky and Ketel One vodka – have curtailed their Russian operations. Additionally, they were later joined by both Pernod Ricard [Jameson […]
John Crabbie Produces 22-Year-Old Orkney Single Malt
Halewood Artisanal Spirits has released the John Crabbie 22 years Old Orkney Single Malt finished in a Palo Cortado sherry cask. John Crabbie 22 Years Old Orkney Single Malt Whisky was aged 21 years in ex-bourbon casks, finished in a Palo Cortado Sherry cask, bottled at 47.5% alcohol by volume [95 proof] and is said to contain notes of chocolate, coffee and raisins. Only 253 bottles of John Crabbie 22 […]
Teeling Introduces WOW – Wonders Of Wood
Dublin-based Teeling has released their first limited edition single pot still Irish whiskey from their Wonders of Wood (WOW) series, which features ‘unique’ types of wood in the maturation process. Teeling Wonders of Wood single pot still whiskey, emerges from a recipe of 50% malted barley and 50% unmalted barley, was matured exclusively in virgin chinkapin American white oak barrels and is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof]. […]
Baileys Offers St. Patrick’s Day Brunch Box
March Madness and St. Patrick’s Day are both inching ever closer and are only days away on Thursday, March 17, 2022 – with that in mind, Baileys Original Irish Cream has prepared a Brunch Box as an appropriate tip-off to celebrations, consisting of the newest St. Patrick’s Day essentials: Baileys, coffee and bagels. Baileys Original Irish Cream [Irish cream and Irish whiskey] has collaborated with New York’s Ess-a-Bagel to produce […]
Kirker Greer Gearing Up For St. Paddy’s Day
Belfast-based Kirker Greer Spirits has released Shamrock Irish whiskey – a blend of six whiskies from the four provinces of Ireland – in preparation for next week’s arrival of St. Patrick’s Day (March 17). Kirker Shamrock is comprised of whiskies from these distilleries: Great Northern Distillery from Leinster; West Cork Distillers from Munster; The Shed Distillery from Connacht; and an unnamed producer in Ulster. The Kirker Shamrock blend was created […]
Estrella Jalisco – Vive Tu Estrella
Mexican beer brand, Estrella Jalisco, is introducing a “Vive Tu Estrella” grant to empower one person to pursue their true life’s passion. The grant is part of Estrella Jalisco’s new “Vive Tu Estrella” advertising campaign, which challenges its community to dare to live their lives authentically. According to a Pew Research study, Hispanics — especially first generation Mexican- Americans — are among the most likely to be employed in the […]
Bulleit Brings Out Canned Cocktails
Bulleit Bourbon has released their initial canned cocktail offerings, both traditional cocktails – a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned. Both Bulleit Crafted Cocktails are canned at 37.5% alcohol by volume [75 proof] and are offered in both 375ml and 750ml bottle sizes. The Bulleit Old Fashioned cocktail is a blend of Kentucky straight Bourbon, aromatic orange bitters and simple syrup while the Bulleit Rye Manhattan is straight rye whiskey with […]
Lark Distillery Introduces Single Malt For Rare Cask Series
Tasmania-based Lark Distillery – in collaboration with Australian wine estate, Seppeltsfield – is celebrating their 30th anniversary by releasing a single malt whisky for their Rare Cask Series. The Lark Distillery Rare Cask Para 92 single malt was finished in rare Seppeltsfield Para Liqueur (fortified wine) casks from 1992, bottled at 46.4% alcohol by volume [92.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of dark chocolate, honey and lapsang souchong. […]
Hennessy Introduces Designer Decanter
Hennessy cognac has released a new decanter designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for one of the rarest bottlings in their collection, Richard Hennessy, named after the founder of the brand. The Richard Hennessy Cognac is made with some of the rarest eaux-de-vie from Hennessy’s reserves, aged between 40 to 50 years and up to 150 years old derived from only 12 French oak barrels allocated every year to make the […]
Martell Employs Janelle Morae To Discover An Unexpected Effect
Martell Cognac continues their collaboration with American musical artist Janelle Monáe with a promotional video entitled “The Unexpected Effect”, directed by filmmaker Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah. The promo highlights the impact of Black culture on American hospitality, and features Martell’s Blue Swift bottling, made of VSOP Cognac and finished in Kentucky Bourbon casks. Additionally, Martell is offering a limited edition cocktail kit which includes a Martell Blue Swift recipe and a copy […]
Companies And Countries Unite To Support Ukraine
Various distilleries and beverage and spirit companies have joined with some countries to support Ukraine in unison after that country’s unprovoked invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. Specifically, Luxembourg-based Amber Beverage Group (ABG) has declared its support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. ABG has donated financial resources to the charity project Stand With Ukraine as well as requesting that the governments of nearby Latvia, Lithuania […]
The Sexton Debuts Walking Dead-Themed Irish Whiskey
Proximo Spirits-owned The Sexton Irish whiskey brand has collaborated with AMC Networks to create a limited edition bottle inspired by popular television show, “The Walking Dead”. The AMC Networks/the Sexton collaboration will feature cocktail experiences, behind-the-scenes content and, as part of the collaboration, The Sexton has unveiled a limited edition bottle featuring a decaying silver label and the head of a ‘walker’ to replace the brand’s skeleton logo. It also […]
Guillermo And Jimmy Kimmel Make A Guinness Toast For St. Patrick’s Day
Guinness employed Guillermo and Jimmy Kimmel to promote their St. Patrick’s Day contest – the Great Reunion Toast Contest – Guillermo may have misunderstood what they wanted…
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