Jamie Foxx Brings BSB Back As Brown Sugar Blend
Actor and musician Jamie Foxx purchased what was then Brown Sugar Bourbon from Washington State-based Heritage Distilling in 2021 and has revamped the recipe and packaging for the bourbon, which is now called Brown Sugar Blend (BSB). Foxx now owns the brand as part of a collaboration with Texas-based spirits incubator Wes Brands. BSB was […]
Templeton Gets Fortitude
Iowa-based Templeton Distillery has released a bourbon called Fortitude – their first non-rye whiskey product since opening six years ago in the town of Templeton, Iowa. Templeton Fortitude is produced with a mash bill of 55% corn, 40% rye and 5% malted barley, matured in first-fill American oak barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]
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Consilium Black Whisky Solid in the Indian Market
Consilium Black Whisky has carved a solid place in the Indian whisky market, producing a unique blend of international whisky material. Each spirit represents the union of at least two whisky bases selected from two countries. The Indian market has welcomed this new concept. The distillery started its journey in 2019 with a plan to reshape the creation process of single malt whisky. It rolled out its first expression. This […]
WC Tries Some Ben Holladay For The Holidays
WhiskyCritic dabbled in some of the holiday offerings recently and one of those was the appropriately named Ben Holladay Missouri Straight Bourbon Whiskey from the Holladay Distillery in Weston, Missouri. The bourbon has already won some awards and WC was eager to give it a try. The bourbon stacks up nicely against some of the other well-known brands in the category [WC will not name names here, everybody who drinks […]
Lagavulin Distillery Rolls Out Special Iain’s Farewell Dram
Lagavulin Distillery, a whisky brand legend, has rolled out the historic special edition Iain’s Farewell Dram. The whisky will honor one of the distillery’s ardent workers. Iain McArthur, Lagavulin warehouse manager is set for retirement this year. His first job was at Port Ellen Distillery, and then he joined Lagavulin where he spent half a century adapting to a variety of tasks. His portfolio included peat cutting and overseeing casks. […]
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Opens Cask Investment Club
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has created a special cask investment club that will allow whisky enthusiasts to invest directly in casks. The project will coincide with the countdown to its 50th anniversary with a whisky cask subscription open to the public. Whisky entrepreneurs and enthusiasts can participate and profit from a secure environment. The announcement came at a time when the ASA is reporting that the cask investment […]
EU Postpones 50% Tariff on US Whiskey Imports
The US whiskey industry is breathing a sigh of relief as US and EU officials struck a deal this week to postpone a 50% tariff that was set to take effect this year. Whiskey distilleries feared that the looming import tax would greatly damage their performance in a key market. The European Union on Tuesday extended a suspension of tariffs on U.S. whiskey until March 31, 2025. The 50% levy […]
Luxury Lifestyle Awards Adds Two Indian Whiskies
The long list of the top one hundred premium whiskies in the world in 2023 has finally been released. This year the Luxury Lifestyle Awards has added two new Indian whiskies to the list. The spirits earned rankings positions in the prestigious Top 100 Premium Wine and Spirits Brands of the World 2023. As a result of their outstanding quality, Radico Khaitan Limited’s two whisky brands were elected to one […]
Element Irish Whiskey Debuts in Nigeria
The debut of Element Irish Whiskey in the Nigerian whisky market has not come as a surprise to whisky enthusiasts. The co-founder of New Era Spirits, Elements parent company, was a former brand ambassador for Jameson Irish whiskey, covering West Africa. Living in Ghana, he looked after the world’s biggest Irish whiskey brand in Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Ivory Coast. Fionn Cox has always believed that Nigeria is an ideal market […]
Brown-Forman Shuffles Jack Daniels Facilities
USA’s Brown-Forman spirits company is shuffling their Jack Daniels facilities – making the 80,000-square-foot Pinnacle warehouse facility, the manufacturing site for Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails, available for super-premium American whiskey production – and moving their ready-to-drink (RTD) products to an undisclosed external manufacturing facility. The Pinnacle warehouse is located on the same Louisville, Kentucky campus as the main Brown-Forman distillery, which is in the midst of a near $100-million expansion […]
Angus Dundee Whisky Distillery Opens in China
Another popular whisky distillery has joined the China bandwagon that has seen whisky giants such as Pernod Ricard, open distilleries, Angus Dundee Distillers is constructing a new whisky distillery and a visitor experience center in Ghan’un, China. Diageo and Camus already hold constructions in China. As part of its expansion plan, Angus Dundee Distillers, which owns Tomintoul and Glencadam malt distilleries in Scotland, is planning to build a new malt […]
Diageo Launches Johnnie Walker Blue Label Xordinaire
Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky distillery has rolled out a limited edition whisky dubbed the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Xordinaire. The new expression was launched exclusively for the travel retail sector and will become a permanent release. The whisky was bottled from only 1 of 10,000 casks of the Johnnie Walker reserved aged stock. Johnnie Walker Master Blender Emma Walker describes Johnnie Walker Blue Label Xordinaire as “an exuberance to be […]
Canadian Whisky Launches Wilderness Series
Whisky distillery, Bareface Canadian Whisky, has released the first expression in its recently launched Wilderness Series. The spirit is dubbed Matsutake 01 and is one of the world’s most unique whiskies made with unusual components. Ingredients include distinctive notes of Matsutake mushrooms, a natural fungi that grows in the Canadian forests and wilderness. “With each new limited release, we strive to shatter category norms and challenge traditions,” said Faustinelli. “I […]
Indian Whisky Dethrones Diageo and Pernod Ricard Brands
Indian whisky brands have outperformed renowned distillery giants Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Indian spirits are changing the global whisky market and forcing established brands to reconsider marketing strategies and whisky components. No one expected the whisky distillery kings, Diageo and Pernod Ricard, to lose the throne. At least not to newcomers like India. This country was once known for its huge whisky imports and consumption of international drinks, is now […]
Bacardi Takes Control Of Teeling
A mere six years after investing in the Dublin-based Irish whiskey-making Teeling Distillery, Bermuda-based Bacardi has taken majority control of the distiller. The percentage of Bacardi’s ownership stake was undisclosed but founders Jack and Stephen Teeling will continue to own a percentage of the business and run day-to-day operations. Bacardi initially invested in The Teeling Whiskey Company in June 2017 and – beginning in January 2024 – Teeling will be […]
Balmoral Castle Releases Special Whisky to Honor King Charles
Balmoral Castle and Estate has released a special edition whisky honoring the 75th birthday of King Charles III. The 45-year-old single cask whisky was distilled at Royal Lochnagar and released in celebration of the King’s birthday. It was tasted by the King this year, before 253 bottles were released on November 14, 2023. On Tuesday, Nov. 14, King Charles III celebrates his 75th birthday with a philanthropic initiative called the […]
Never Say Die Whiskey Comes to the US
After basking in an impressive reception in the UK market, Never Say Die has launched in the US drinks market. In September 2022, the UK-based Kentucky-owned distillery rolled out the straight bourbon into the UK. The whiskey was launched online. According to the distillery, a few thousand cases of the brand’s bottled whiskey are being reimported ahead of its launch online with Seelbach’s in early 2024. It will then begin […]
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