Remus Honors The Babe
Remus has collaborated with the family of iconic Major League Baseball player Babe Ruth to produce Remus Babe Ruth Reserve – a new limited edition bourbon honoring Ruth. Ruth – aka “The Bambino” or “The Sultan of Swat” – was the league’s longtime record-holder of the most home runs [714] until that record was broken […]
Laphroaig Reveals 38-Year-Old
Islay-based Laphroaig Distillery has released a 38-year-old single malt as the second whisky in their Archive Collection, which celebrates Laphroaig’s history. Laphroaig 38 Years Old was initially matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks followed by a period of time in a second-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead before being finished in an Oloroso sherry-seasoned European oak butt, […]
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Ko’olau Distillery – Old Pali Road Whiskey – Review
Ko’olau Distillery resides on the windward side of the island of O’ahu in Hawai’i, far from the madding crowds of Honolulu and Waikiki but near the pleasantries of Kaneohe and Kailua [where a United States Marine Corp base is located on Mokapu Peninsula]. The distillery is a mere baby in distillery years – only recently founded in 2018 by former Marines – and is located in Kailua and uses the […]
Glenmorangie House Preps For Valentine’s Day Weekend With Signet
If you are planning on being in Scotland during next month’s Valentine’s Day weekend, then Glenmorangie House may be of interest as they are hosting a Valentine’s Day weekend, offering guests an experience with the Highland distillery’s high-roasted chocolate malt whiskies – Signet and Signet Reserve. The Glenmorangie House will host the experience on Valentine’s Day weekend from Friday, February 14, 2025 to Sunday, February 16, 2025, featuring Signet – […]
Beckham Discovers Long Lost American Brother In Stella Artois Super Bowl Ad
In a Super Bowl advertisement, English football legend David Beckham shares a European-style lager Stella Artois with his parents, who inform him that he has a “long lost brother” in the USA. Beckham, who previously touted The Haig Club whisky, is Stella Artois’s global ambassador. In “The Big News,” Beckham learns from his parents that there is another David in America. “You called him other David?” Beckham asks incredulously and […]
Buffalo Trace Reveals Second Prohibition Collection
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their second annual Prohibition Collection, a limited edition set which includes commemorates five whiskies – Mirror Brook, Very Oldest Procurable (VOP), Anderson’s Belle, Old Fashioned Mountain Corn and Silver Wedding Rye Whiskey – legally produced and sold at the George T Stagg Distillery during Prohibition [1920-33]. During the Prohibition Era, the USA government banned the production, sale and transportation of alcohol under the 18th Amendment […]
Woody Creek Becomes Official Whiskey Of NHL’s Minnesota Wild
Colorado-based Woody Creek Distillers is becoming the official partner of a National Hockey League (NHL) team and, inexplicably, it is not the Colorado Avalanche – it is the Minnesota Wild. The new partnership with the Minnesota Wild will include exposure through in-arena signage, game sponsorship, virtual broadcast signage, and social media features. Woody Creek Distillers, which produces bourbon, rye whiskey, gin and vodka, is based in Basalt, Colorado – approximately […]
The Glenlivet Reveals 40 Year Old
The Glenlivet has released The Glenlivet 40 Years Old – a new 40-year-old Scotch whisky – just after celebrating the distillery’s 200th anniversary. The Glenlivet 40 Years Old was finished in a blend of seasoned Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, bottled at 46.9% alcohol by volume [93.8 proof] and is said to offer notes of apple, cherry, cinnamon, dark chocolate and licorice. The Glenlivet 40 Years Old is being […]
Stranahan’s Unveils Founder’s Release American Single Malt
Colorado-based American single malt producer Stranahan’s has released a new whiskey – Stranahan’s Founder’s Release – in celebration of the designation and recognition of American single malt as an official category by the federal government’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) on January 19, 2025. Stranahan’s Founder’s Release is a a 12-year-old whiskey initially matured in charred oak barrels, finished in former bourbon and blonde ale casks, bottled […]
Lochlea Celebrates Sixth Anniversary With Whisky Release
Lowlands Lochlea Distillery has released a limited edition whisky – Lochlea 6 Year Old – to celebrate, appropriately enough, their sixth anniversary. Lochlea 6 Year Old blends liquid from six casks – three bourbon barrels and three Oloroso sherry casks – from the distillery’s inaugural year of 2018, was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume and is said to offer notes of berries, caramel, dates, ginger and vanilla. Lochlea 6 […]
Sexton Reveals 11-Year-Old For Travel Retail Venues
Irish whiskey brand, The Sexton, has released their initial offering for worldwide travel retail venues – an 11-year-old single malt Irish whiskey aged in Oloroso sherry-soaked French oak barrels originating from Jerez, Spain. The Sexton 11 Year Old Single Malt was derived from 100% Irish malted barley, triple-distilled in copper pot stills, matured in Spanish Oloroso sherry-soaked barrels, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to […]
The Glenmorangie Company Preps Ardbeg House For 2025 Opening
The Glenmorangie Company is preparing for the opening – currently scheduled for Autumn 2025 – of their new Ardbeg House hotel, near Port Ellen, a few miles from the Ardbeg Distillery on the island of Islay in Scotland. Formerly named Glenmorangie House, the Glenmorangie Company’s Ardbeg House is being described as a world-class whisky and hospitality experience, with the newly refurbished hotel having been designed to celebrate the spirit of […]
Santa Fe Spirits Rebrand Line of Whiskies
New Mexico-based American single malt producer Santa Fe Spirits has re-branded some of their whiskies – replacing their line of Colkegan single malts with a new look and name – The Original Santa Fe Whiskey – in an effort to elevate sense of terroir and regionality. Santa Fe Spirits was founded in 2010 by Colin Keegan, then subsequently purchased by Stockwell Reserve, a cooperative of craft distilleries, in April 2024. […]
Jim Beam Tackles Seven Stages Of Defeat
Jim Beam is preparing themselves to be the bourbon or whiskey shoulders upon which American football fans can cry on when their teams lose in the National Football League playoffs [Minnesota Vikings fans are already candidates] by offering condolences via a “7 Stages of Defeat” video, starring actor Keegan-Michael Key [a devoted Detroit Lions fan] focusing on what fans experience when their beloved team loses – shock, denial, anger, bargaining, […]
Woodford Reserve Doubles Down With Double Double Oaked
For the first time since it was originally unveiled in 2015 as part of their Distillery Series, Woodford Reserve has released their Double Double Oaked Bourbon across the USA for the first time. Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked is a fully-mature Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon that has been finished for an additional two years in a second, heavily toasted, lightly charred, new oak barrel, bottled at 45.2% alcohol by […]
Isle Of Tiree Debuts Initial Single Malt Whisky
The newly invigorated Isle of Tiree Distillery – located in the Inner Hebrides portion of Scotland’s Hebrides island group – has released their inaugural single malt whisky after being founded in 2012 by traditional folk musicians Alain Campbell and Ian Smith and is one of Scotland’s smallest whisky distilleries. Isle of Tiree First Release was bottled at 47% alcohol by volume [94 proof] and is said to offer notes of […]
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door Adds Sixth Whiskey To Bootleg Series
Coming on the heels of the release of “A Complete Unknown” – a feature film starring Timothee Chalamet about the rise of 1960s-era folk singer, Bob Dylan – comes an addition to the Bootleg Series from Dylan’s Heaven’s Door whiskey company. Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume VI is the sixth release in the Bootleg series and blends straight wheated bourbons aged 12, 13, and 14 years, bottles the combined liquid […]
Kavalan Reveals 2025 Gift Sets
Taiwan-based whisky producer, Kavalan, has announced the release of their 2025 limited edition gift sets. The 2025 Kavalan gift sets collection features three of the distillery’s single malts – the Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask, Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength and Concertmaster Vinho Barrique Cask Finish – with each set’s packaging inspired by the theme of ‘blossom’, symbolizing prosperity, happiness, and beauty. Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask was aged in a […]
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