Peaky Blinders Debuts Bourbon
Banijay Entertainment – the global distributor of the Peaky Blinders series [about Irishmen smuggling Irish whiskey into the USA] has joined the parade of entertainment world individuals and entities with the release of their own limited edition bourbon in a collaboration with USA-based Barrel Global. Peaky Blinders Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is distilled at the […]
That Boutique-y Whisky Company Has Five New Whiskies
UK-based independent bottler That Boutique-y Whisky Company (TBWC) has launched five limited edition whiskies ranging in age from nine years to a 33-year-old single grain from the Dumbarton Distillery. The nine-year-old single malt originates from Glen Elgin Distillery, was matured in a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask and offers notes of apple, raisins and toffee. Only […]
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Jim Beam Cream Liqueur Arrives In Time For Holidays
Jim Beam Bourbon Cream – a bourbon-based cream liqueur – has arrived in time for the holidays. Jim Beam Bourbon Cream combines cream liqueur with Beam’s flagship Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey, is bottled at 15% alcohol by volume [30 proof] and is recommended as a lively addition to coffee or hot chocolate. Jim Beam Bourbon Cream is being made available in the USA $20 per 750ml bottle. To coincide with […]
Johnnie Walker And Konstantinos Argiros Tout Blue Label
Johnnie Walker has collaborated with Greek musician/singer Konstantinos Argiros to tout JW’s Blue Label blended Scotch whisky.
Six New Single Cask Whiskies Revealed By Wemyss
Wemyss Malts has released six single cask Scotch whiskies – ranging in age from 16 years to 30 years – with the 30-year-old bottling being from Highland distillery, Blair Athol. Each Wemyss Malt has been bestowed with unique names and the 30-year-old Blair Athol is referred to as Jam on Toast and was matured in a sherry hogshead, bottled at 50.6% alcohol by volume [101.2 proof] and only 226 bottles […]
Woodford Reserve Adds Five-Malt Stouted Mash To Master’s Collection
Holiday gift-giving season keeps getting more interesting as Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve released their limited edition Five-Malt Stouted Mash – the 17th addition to their Master’s Collection. Woodford Reserve Bourbon Five-Malt Stouted Mash was bottled at 45.2% alcohol by volume [90.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of chocolate, hazelnut and orange zest. Woodford Reserve Five-Malt Stouted Mash is being made available for US$130 per 750ml bottle.
Glen Moray Finishes 2008 With Manzanilla
Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a 2008 single malt whisky finished in ex-manzanilla sherry casks as part of their Warehouse 1 Collection – Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish is the fourth whisky in the collection. Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish was bottled at 54.6% alcohol by volume [109.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of green apples, pears and freshly cut grass. Glen Moray Warehouse 1 2008 Manzanilla […]
English Rugby Gets An Official Whisky And It Is Samuel Gulliver
The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has anointed Samuel Gulliver & Company as the organization’s official whisky of England Rugby. Samuel Gulliver & Co has signed a long-term international licensing agreement with the RFU to release a range of rugby-themed English single malts – the first-ever such arrangement for the RFU. The inaugural bottling in the new collection is England’s No.6, a six-year-old single malt whisky – originating from St. […]
Gael Garcia Bernal Gains Legal Victory Over Diageo/Johnnie Walker
Actor Gael Garcia Bernal was victorious in a legal tussle against Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker after the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that Diageo must compensate García Bernal for the unauthorized use of his image in a 2013 Johnnie Walker campaign that used García Bernal’s image as well as those of his family without consent. According to Bernal, those images appeared at least 22 times. The Mexican high court reached a decision […]
Johnnie Walker Show The Ones Who Keep Walking
Johnnie Walker has released a short film called “The Ones Who Keep Walking” showcasing the stories of Africa-based artists who helped create their “Keep Walking” promotional campaign. Some of the artists featured in Johnnie Walker’s “The Ones Who Keep Walking” include musician CKay, from Nigeria; rapper Sampa the Great, from Zambia; and dancer and artist Kamo Mphela, from South Africa.
The GlenLivet Seizes The Holiday Gift-Giving Season
Speyside whisky producer, The Glenlivet, has launched their 2021 holiday promotional campaign – “Seize The Season. Seize The Glenlivet” – as well as a sweepstakes. The Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Whisky is offering holiday concierge services via their sweepstakes running through December 14, 2021. In the Glenlivet Holiday Concierge sweepstakes, two grand prize winners will submit their “naughty-or-nice” lists and have those gift lists purchased and delivered [up to $5,000 […]
Johnnie Walker Finishes Off Masters Series
Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker blended whisky has released Master’s of Flavour – the 48-year-aged third and final entry of their Masters series. Johnnie Walker Master’s of Flavour was composed of whiskies from ghost distilleries such as Glyn Albyn, Port Dundas, Brora [recently revived] and Glenury Royal – all of which have been aged for at least 48 years – then bottled at 41.8% alcohol by volume [83.6 proof] and is said […]
Lost Irish Whiskey Found By Casa Lumbre
Lost Irish blended Irish whiskey has been found by Mexican spirits group Casa Lumbre and finished in a whopping seven casks from around the world. Casa Lumbre Lost Irish blended Irish whiskey is a blend of the three styles of Irish whiskey – grain, malt and pot still – which was then finished in seven casks from worldwide sources: South African brandy casks, Japanese mizunara oak, Sherry casks, bourbon casks, […]
Mariah Carey’s Black Irish Banned From The EU
American singer Mariah Carey will not be able to sell her cream liqueur Black Irish under that name in the European Union (EU) after losing a trademark battle to Dublin-based Darker Still Spirits Company, who began work on their Black Irish whiskey-and-stout-spirit drink in 2018, purchased the UK and EU trademark in January 2020 and officially released the product in June 2020. However, although Carey and her company registered the […]
Glasgow Reveals Trio Of 1770 Whiskies
The Glasgow Distillery Company has released a trio of limited edition cask-finished versions of their 1770 Single Malt Scotch Whisky – all individually numbered – and include an unpeated Ruby Port Cask Finish, the triple distilled Tokaji Cask Finish and the peated Sauternes Cask Finish. Only 467 bottles of the Ruby Port Cask Finish – which was bottled at 56.2% alcohol by volume [112.4 proof] and is said to contain […]
Teeling Unveils 30-Year-Old Single Malt
Dublin-based Irish whiskey producer Teeling has released a 30-year-old single malt as part of their Vintage Reserve Collection series. Teeling 30-Year-Old limited edition single malt whiskey was matured in bourbon casks then spent an extra nine years in Sauternes wine casks before being bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruit, oak and smoke. Only 4,000 bottles of Teeling 30-Year-Old limited edition […]
Batman Gets His Own Inishtree Single Malt
Batman has his own Scotch whisky called Inishtree – a 25-year-old limited edition single malt from former Speyside distillery, Imperial [which closed in 2013]. The whisky was produced through Park Row, the London-based venue bankrolled by Warner Bros, DC Comics and Wonderland Restaurants which features drinking and restaurant venues themed around the characters of the DC comic book universe. The name – Inishtree – is the fictional home of Batman’s […]
Naked Malt Announces Worldwide Competition
Naked Malt – the whisky artist formerly known as Naked Grouse – has announced their Live Naked Experience worldwide online competition, offering a staycation for the winner. Naked Malt’s ‘Live Naked Experience’ invites participants to complete an online quiz designed to reveal their ideal trip – the composer of the winning entry will receive a staycation in their country of residence to enjoy with three guests of their choosing – […]
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