The Glendronach Reveals 30 And 40 Year Olds
Highland-based The Glendronach has released a pair of new limited-edition annual whiskies – a 30-year-old and a 40-year-old – to add to the distillery’s ultra-premium range. The Glendronach 30-year-old was matured in a trio of sherry casks – Pedro Ximénez, Oloroso and Amontillado – bottled at 46.8% alcohol by volume [93.6 proof] and is said […]
Buffalo Trace Tours Four USA Cities In October
Buffalo Trace Distillery will be bringing a bourbon tasting tour to a quartet of USA cities – St Louis, Kansas City, Jacksonville and Tampa in October 2025. Beginning October 3-6, 2025, the tour will be at the D’Amici Room in St Louis, moving on to the First Creek Farm in Kansas City from October 9-12, […]
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Teeling Adds 13-Year-Old Single Grain
Irish whiskey producer Teeling Distillery has released a 13-year-old Irish single grain whiskey distilled predominantly from maize. Teeling 13-Year-Old Single Grain Irish Whiskey was initially aged for nine years in ex-bourbon barrels before being matured four more years in ex-Bordeaux red wine casks, then bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to contain notes of cherries, honey and vanilla. Teeling 13-Year-Old Single Grain Irish Whiskey is […]
Woodford Reserve Collabs With Williams-Sonoma
Bourbon kingpin Woodford Reserve has announced a collaboration with home retailer Williams-Sonoma to release a range of cocktail mixers. The new Woodford Reserve/Williams-Sonoma range features classic bourbon cocktails such as the Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, and Mint Julep. The Woodford Reserve/Williams-Sonoma Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour and Mint Julep cocktail mixers are being made available for $18.95 per 470ml bottles from the Woodford Reserve distillery in Versailles, Kentucky, Williams- Sonoma stores […]
Town Branch Serves Up Pair Of Bourbons
Kentucky-based Town Branch Distillery has released two new bourbons in honor of the 15th annual Bourbon Heritage Month [September] – Town Branch True Cask Kentucky Straight Bourbon and Town Branch Sherry Cask Finished Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Town Branch True Cask Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a 50/50 blend of a higher-malt mash and Kentucky bourbon mash, bottled at 54% alcohol by volume [108 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]
TBWC Travels Out Of This World For Whisky Blend
UK-based That Boutique-y Whisky Company [TBWC] has released their Out of This World Whisky Blend created from the whiskies of 14 countries including single malt, rye, corn and wheat whiskies from Canada, Denmark, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the USA. TBWC Out of This World blend was bottled at 46.3% alcohol by volume [92.6 proof]. TBWC Out of This World blend […]
Metallica Collabs With Willett To Produce Rye
Musical artists Metallica partnered with Whistlepig in 2018 to launch Blackened – a whiskey pelted with sound waves as a finishing process. Blackened has now collaborated with Kentucky-based distiller, Willett to produce Blackened x Willet Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in Madeira Casks as part of Blackened’s Masters of Whiskey Series. Blackened x Willett touts a rye whiskey aged for six and a half years in white American oak casks […]
Compass Box Picks Fruit-Forward Malt Whisky
London-based bottler Compass Box has released a fruit-forward malt whisky – Orchard House – (46% ABV) as part of their Malt Whisky Collection. Compass Box Orchard House is a blend of whiskies from distilleries known for their fruit-forward flavors which was then aged in a trio of casks – water-rinsed first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, Oloroso sherry-seasoned butts and French oak custom barrels – before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]
Blood Oath Trilogy Presents Second Edition
Luxco-owned Blood Oath Trilogy has released their second assortment of bourbons – Pact 4, Pact 5 and Pact 6 – all of which were blended with selected trios of bourbons. Blood Oath Trilogy Pact 4 is a blend of three bourbons – a 12-year-old, a 10-year-old and a nine-year-old – then finished in toasted barrels for seven months. Blood Oath Trilogy Pact 5 is also a blend of three bourbons […]
Berry Bros & Rudd Offer Nordic Collection
London-based bottlers, Berry Bros & Rudd have released The Nordic Casks – single cask whiskies highlighting the four Nordic regions of Norway’s Myken, Sweden’s High Coast, Finland’s Kyrö and Denmark’s Fary Lochan. The Norwegian entry is a 2017 single malt from the island of Myken, bottled at 61.4% alcohol by volume (122.8 proof) and is said to contain notes of ash, lime and wild garlic on the nose. Only 246 […]
Jim Beam Set To Get Barreled And Boxed
Beam Suntory-owned Jim Beam is about to get Barreled and Boxed – their term for their entrance into the subscription whiskey box business. Jim Beam’s Barreled and Boxed will consist of quarterly direct-to-consumer deliveries of two bottles of bourbon from their James B. Beam Distilling unit – the first arrivals are scheduled for Autumn 2021 – two rare Little Book blended American Whiskies [$270 – with future shipments expected to […]
Jack Daniel’s Introduces 10-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey Next Month
Brown-Forman-owned Jack Daniel’s will be releasing Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey aged in oak barrels for 10 years – the first age-stated whiskey from the distillery in more than 100 years. Jack Daniel’s 10 Years Old Tennessee Whiskey was bottled at 48.5% alcohol by volume [97 proof] and is said to contain notes of butterscotch, oak and raisin. Jack Daniel’s 10 Years Old Tennessee Whiskey is being made […]
The Macallan Serves Up New Whisky Collection
The Macallan has released Volume I, The Laird of Easter Elchies (1659-1715) as the inaugural limited edition whisky in their new Tales of The Macallan collection showcasing The Macallan’s history. Tales of The Macallan Volume I: The Laird of Easter Elchies is a 71-year-old single malt which pays homage to Captain John Grant, who helped create the Easter Elchies Estate in 1700, home of The Macallan – the estate had […]
Roe & Co Reveals Japanese Whisky-Inspired Irish Whiskey
Dublin-based Roe & Co, owned by spirits behemoth, Diageo, has released Sugi – a new Irish whiskey inspired by Japanese whisky and incorporating the porous Japanese sugi wood in the maturation process. Roe & Co Japanese Sugi Irish Whiskey was matured with Japanese sugi wood implants in each cask, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume (92 proof) and is said to impart notes of lychee, matcha tea, orris root, sandalwood […]
Fettercairn Launches Batch No. 0002 For Warehouse Collection
Highland distillery Fettercairn has released the second single malt of their Warehouse Collection – Fettercairn Warehouse 2, Batch No.002. Fettercairn Warehouse 2, Batch No. 0002 was matured in both first-fill ex-American rye barrels and first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, bottled at 48.5% alcohol by volume [97 proof] and is said to contain notes of citrus and tropical fruits. Only 6,000 bottles of Fettercairn Warehouse 2, Batch No. 0002 single malt whisky are […]
Tamdhu Issues Batch Strength 006 Single Malt
Speyside distillery Tamdhu has released Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 006 single malt whisky as part of their Batch Strength series. Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 006 was matured exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 56.8% alcohol by volume [113.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of orange, lemon and vanilla. Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 006 is being made available via the official Tamdhu website and other retailers for $110 […]
Remy Martin Sues Sire Spirits And 50 Cent
Rémy Martin & Company – the world’s second-largest cognac producer/seller behind LVMH Hennessy – has filed a complaint against Sire Spirits, Vetro and VSPA, in New York, creators of Branson Cognac, for infringement on their bottle design. Sire Spirits is owned by 50 Cent – aka Curtis J Jackson III. Remy Martin claims that Sire Spirits has ‘willfully and blatantly designed their bottle to unfairly capitalize on the goodwill and […]
Sexton Tagged As Official Whiskey Of The Walking Dead
Proximo Spirits-owned Sexton Irish whiskey has become the official Irish whiskey of AMC network’s “The Walking Dead” with Sexton and AMC collaborating on episodes of the show’s final season, running through late 2022. The collaboration will feature cocktail experiences, behind-the-scenes content and customized retail offerings. For the cocktail experiences, Sexton has collaborated with Chicago-based Cocktail Courier to produce The Walking Dead Cocktail Kit, which features a recipe for a “Live […]
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