Cotswolds Remains Local With Newest Whisky
Good news if you happen to find yourself in the Birmingham area of the UK as English whiskymaker Cotswolds Distillery has launched a limited edition single cask whisky exclusively for Birmingham Airport. Cotswolds Birmingham whisky was matured in a first-fill reconditioned red wine cask, then bottled at 61.9% alcohol by volume [123.8 proof] and is […]
Hood River Distillers Snaps Up Crater Lake Spirits
Hood River, Oregon-based Hood River Distillers (HRD) has traveled a few miles down the road and purchased Bend, Oregon-based Crater Lake Spirits [Bendistillery] for an undisclosed sum. Hood River bourbon and whiskey brands include Easy Rider Bourbon, Forthwest Whisky, Trail’s End Bourbon and McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey and HRD also owns Portland-based brandy-producing Clear […]
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Yamazaki Introduces 2022 Range
The House of Suntory-owned Yamazaki, the darling of the whisky world a few years ago before a supply shortage followed by a global pandemic severely curtailed their output, has resurfaced and revealed a limited edition Yamazaki Japanese single malt collection – Tsukuriwake Selection – featuring the four foundations of single malt production, mizunara cask-matured, peated malt, puncheon and Spanish oak cask-matured whiskies. The new 2022 Yamazaki Limited Edition Tsukuriwake Selection […]
The GlenAllachie Issues 50th Anniversary Single Malt Series
The GlenAllachie has released Past, Present & Future – a limited edition series of GlenAllachie single malts celebrating the 50-year tenure of whiskymaker Billy Walker. The first release of The GlenAllachie’s Past, Present & Future Series will be The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Past Edition, “a fully sherry matured 16-year-old single malt” bottled at 57.1% alcohol by volume [114.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of banana, dark […]
Compass Box Unveils The Circle Blended Whisky
Compass Box has released The Circle No. 2 – a limited edition blended whisky – as part of their The Circle global bartender competition. Launched in 2018, The Circle competition has a select group of bartenders from around the world compete to create a creative blended whisky with the winner rewarded with their own limited edition Compass Box whisky. Compass Box The Circle No. 2 whisky was created by Mannie […]
Lot No. 40 Dark Oak Introduced In The UK
Specialty Brands and Corby Spirit and Wine have collaborated to release Canadian whisky Lot No 40 Dark Oak in the UK. Lot No. 40 Dark Oak Canadian whisky is made from 100% rye grain, aged in lightly charred barrels, finished in heavily charred American white oak barrels, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to contain notes of . Lot No. 40 Dark Oak is being […]
Benriach Adds Second Malting Season Whisky
Speyside distillery Benriach has released the second edition of their single malt whisky as part of their Malting Season series. Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is made entirely using barley malted at Benriach’s floor maltings – in this case, specifically concerto barley, chosen for its cereal flavor – and was matured in 30 first-fill bourbon casks [all distilled November 2013], bottled at 48.9% alcohol by volume [97.8 proof] and is […]
Loch Lomond Adds Remarkable 46-Year-Old
The Loch Lomond Group has released a 46-year-old single malt whisky as the second entry in their Remarkable Stills Series. Loch Lomond Remarkable Stills 46-year-old was matured in American oak casks for 44 years, then another two years in first-fill Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks before being bottled at 45.3% alcohol by volume [90.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of cinnamon, clove, lime, mango, nutmeg, peach, pear, […]
Gordon & MacPhail Introduces 64-Year-Old Single Malt
UK-based bottlers Gordon & MacPhail have released a 64-year-old single malt as part of their Mr. George Legacy series which honors George Urquhart, an integral member of the Gordon & MacPhail family. The Gordon & MacPhail Mr George Legacy 1957 comes from the Speyside distillery of Glen Grant and was matured entirely in a first-fill sherry butt made of American oak, bottled at 56.1% alcohol by volume [112.2 proof] and […]
Glen Scotia Reveals 46-Year-Old
Campbeltown distillery Glen Scotia has released a 46-year-old single malt whisky – their oldest whisky to date. Glen Scotia 46-year-old expression was initially matured in refill bourbon casks, then re-casked and matured an additional 36 years in first-fill bourbon barrels before being finished for four years in Oloroso sherry butts, bottled at 41.7% alcohol by volume [83.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of tropical fruits. Glen Scotia 46-year-old […]
Bruichladdich Unveils A Few Bottles Of 10-Year-Old
Islay distillery Bruichladdich has released a few bottles of their 2011 Micro Provenance Cask No 0315 whisky. Bruichladdich 2011 Micro Provenance Cask No 0315 is unpeated whisky aged for 10 years in second-fill Syrah barrels, bottled at a whopping 65.2% alcohol by volume [130.4 proof]. Only 282 bottles of Bruichladdich 2011 Micro Provenance Cask No 0315 are being made available for $195 per 700ml bottle.
Glengoyne Adds Chapter Three To Legacy Series
Glengoyne Distillery has released the third and final whisky – Glengoyne Legacy Chapter Three – to complete their Legacy Series that celebrates Sir Arthur John Tedder, a former excise officer at the distillery. Glengoyne Legacy Chapter Three was bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, cinnamon, dark chocolate, pear, pineapple and vanilla. Glengoyne Legacy Chapter Three is being made available for […]
Bonhams Offers Rare Whiskies In Paris Sale Next Week
The Bonhams auction house will be offering their inaugural spirits sale at Bonhams Paris location at 4 Rue de la Paix in Paris on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Bonhams’ 189-lot sale will feature several rare whiskies most “notably from Italian collections….such as rare bottles from [Silvano] Samaroli, one of the last Italian whisky trading companies,…including the now coveted 15-year-old Laphroaig, 1967 ($29,000 – $40,000 estimate).” Other whiskies being offered up […]
Jack Daniel’s Introduces Pair Of Bottled-In-Bond Bottles
Jack Daniel’s has released a pair of bottled-in-bond whiskies – Jack Daniel’s Bonded Tennessee Whiskey and Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash Blended Straight Whiskey – as the inaugural entries in their new Bonded Series, and is intended to celebrate the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, which states that a bonded whiskey must be distilled by a single distiller during a single season, matured in a bonded warehouse for at least […]
Topo Chico Hard Seltzer Goes Hard For Cinco De Mayo
Topo Chico hard seltzer is celebrating the anniversary of the Mexican victory over France in 1862 – otherwise known as Cinco de Mayo. Topo Chico – owned by Molson Coors and Coca-Cola – opens a pop-up Swap Shop truck in New York City’s East Village where people are invited to bring in a Cinco de Mayo-themed item (such as sombreros, maracas, hats, etc.) in exchange for rebates on the Topo […]
Irish Distillers Reveals Midleton 47-Year-Old Very Rare
Irish Distillers has released a 47-year-old Midleton whiskey as the third whiskey in their Very Rare Silent Distillery collection. Irish Distillers’ Midleton Very Rare Chapter Three is a 47-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey matured in a pair of casks – an ex-sherry butt and an ex-bourbon barrel – and is said to contain notes of cherries, coffee and hazelnut. Only 97 bottles of Irish Distillers Midleton Very Rare Chapter […]
Cotswolds Delivers Rum Cask-Matured Whisky
UK-based Cotswolds Distillery has released a limited edition single malt whisky matured in rum-seasoned ex-red wine casks as part of their Hearts & Crafts series. Cotswolds Distillery’s Rum Cask Single Malt Whisky has been aged in rejuvenated French oak ex-red wine casks seasoned with Caribbean rum, bottled at 55.6% alcohol by volume [111.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, brown sugar, orange peel, pears and vanilla. Cotswolds […]
Massive Bottle Of The Macallan The Intrepid To Go On The Block
The world’s largest bottle of Scotch whisky – a massive 311 liter-container of a 32-year-old Macallan single malt called The Intrepid – is set to go up for live online auction on May 25, 2022 at Edinburgh-based auction house Lyon & Turnbull. The Intrepid was officially certified by Guinness World Records in September 2021 and the 311-liter, nearly six-foot-tall bottle contains the equivalent of 444 standard 700ml bottles. The former […]
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