Whistlepig Unveils 30-Year-Old
Vermont-based distillery WhistlePig has released the BigShǝBàng – a 30-year-old single malt whiskey. Whistlepig The BigShǝBàng was matured for 30 years in American oak before a brief one month stint of finishing in Vin Santo casks [Vin Santo is an Italian dessert wine], bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is said to […]
Chivas Regal Gets Poetic About Ferrari Formula One
Chivas Regal gets poetic in a promotional short film showcasing the “unsung heroes” of Scuderia Ferrari HP’s Formula One team’s pit crew that was premiered at last week’s 2025 Italian Grand Prix in Monza. The film’s words were written by spoken work artist George the Poet. Ferrari’s Formula 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and seven-time F1 […]
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Stella Artois Debuts Aluminum Bottles
Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Stella Artois intends to introduce aluminum bottles – with some of the proceeds going toward the James Beard Foundation’s Open For Good program [which helps restaurants struggling to stay open during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic]. The new bottle is bright green with a distinct red Stella Artois logo – giving it a resemblance to both Heineken’s aluminum and glass bottles – which feature the color green along with […]
Jameson Rolls Out Second Beer Barrel-Finished Whiskey
Jameson has released Jameson Crested Irish whiskey which has been finished in Devil’s Ladder Belgian Tripel beer barrels – their second effort in beer barrel-finished whiskey after last year’s Jameson Crested effort was finished in stout barrels. Jameson Crested Finished in Devil’s Ladder Belgian Tripel Barrels was matured for four months and is claimed to have resulted in notes of brown sugar, cloves and vanilla. Only 6,000 bottles of Jameson […]
Buffalo Trace Summons Baijiu-Style Spirit
Kentucky-based bourbon-maker Buffalo Trace has summoned up a baijiu-style spirit as part of their Experimental Collection. Baijiu spirit is similar to bourbon, but uses sorghum and peas instead as their fermented grains. The Buffalo Trace baijiu-stule spirit was made using the traditional baijiu ingredients of sorghum and peas, then was aged for 11 years in three separate American oak casks – uncharred, charred and toasted white oak – before being […]
Oxford Artisan Introduces Inaugural Rye
Organic grain-to-glass whiskymaker Oxford Artisan Distillery has released their initial offering – the imaginatively-named Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1. Oxford Rye Whisky Batch #1 was made using a grain ratio of 90% maslin (a mix of 70% rye and 20% wheat from populations grown together in the same field) and 10% heritage malted barley, matured in virgin American oak casks for more than three years, bottled at 46.3% alcohol by […]
Glasgow Offers Coopers’ Cask Scotch
Glasgow Distillery has released their Coopers’ Cask Scotch whisky as an exclusive – the first from the distillery. The Glasgow Distillery Coopers’ Cask takes unpeated spirit from an ex-Port cask filled by the Glasgow Distillery in 2015, then further matures it in a cask of half heavily charred virgin oak staves from USA-based Kelvin Cooperage and half ex-Glasgow 1770 Single Malt cask staves from The Glasgow Distillery. The Glasgow Distillery […]
Lakes Distillery Reveals Red Wine Casked Entry In Their Whiskymaker’s Reserve Series
Lakes Distillery has released the fourth whisky in their limited edition Whiskymaker’s Reserve series – matured in both red wine and sherry casks. The Lakes Distillery Sherry and Red Wine Whiskymaker’s Reserve Series single malt whisky was matured in both Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks [using Spanish, American and French oak] along with red wine barrels, bottled at 52% alcohol by volume [104 proof] and producing notes said to […]
Stella Artois Gives You Solstice Lager
Stella Artois Solstice Lager is triple filtered and it is claimed to have a citrus taste and crisp finish while you are carrying it around…
Talisker Issues 43-Year-Old Atlantic Challenge
Talisker – based on the Isle of Skye – has issued the lengthy-named 43-Year-Old Xpedition – The Atlantic Challenge limited edition single malt Scotch whisky celebrating the year when the distillery’s MacAskill brothers rowed from the Isle of Eigg to the Isle of Skye and established the Talisker Distillery. The 43-Year-Old Talisker Xpedition – The Atlantic Challenge was drawn from 10 casks, bottled at 49.7% alcohol by volume [99.4 proof] […]
X Marks The Spot For Glenmorangie
X marks the spot for Highland distillery, Glenmorangie, as they seek to entice a wider demographic with a more mixable, sweeter single malt whisky. X by Glenmorangie was aged in bourbon casks and finished in new charred oak casks, bottled with 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of chocolate fudge, pear and vanilla. X by Glenmorangie was developed after consulting with an array of […]
Ardbeg To Reveal Scorch Scotch
Islay distillery Ardbeg is set to release their Scorch Scotch whisky on the final Saturday – June 5, 2021 – of the online Fèis Ìle Festival of Music and Malt. Ardbeg’s Scorch has been matured in heavily charred ex-bourbon American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of black licorice, patchouli and – naturally – soot and smoke. Although Ardbeg Scorch […]
Ardnamurchan Distillery Bringing A Pair Of Single Malts To The USA
To celebrate the temporary lifting of tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky, Highland-based Ardnamurchan Distillery will be bringing a pair of single malt whiskies to the USA after successfully launching their first single malt [pictured] in September 2020. For their American debut, Ardnamurchan will be releasing two US-exclusive single malt whiskies – the first release will be 5,000 bottles of Ad/04.21.03 single malt Scotch, along with 269 bottles of Single […]
Glen Scotia Celebrates Campbeltown Malts Festival With 10-Year-Old
Glen Scotia is celebrating the 2021 Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival with the release of a limited edition 10-year-old whisky. The Glen Scotia 2021 Campbeltown Malts Festival Limited Edition was created from a series of unpeated distillations from 2009 to 2011, matured in first-fill bourbon barrels, finished in first-fill Bordeaux red wine casks for five months before finally being bottled at 56.1% alcohol by volume [112.2 proof] and is said […]
Budweiser Prepares For Eventual End Of Covid-19 Days
National Beer Day was this week but with COVID-19 restrictions in place, there was not much in the way of celebrations – unless it was a celebration that you got your vaccine. But Budweiser would like to remind people that the “good times” – apologies to JJ – are surely just around the corner as more and more Americans are receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations every day.
Brora Introduces Trio Of Triptych Single Malts
Former Highland distillery Brora has released a trio of single malts called the Brora Tryptych Collection. But how can that be, you ask, when the distillery ceased operating in 1983? Well, because spirits giant Diageo purchased the distillery and embarked on a three-year restoration project – and the Brora Tryptych Collection will be the first single malts to bear fruit from that project. The Brora Tryptych trio are the creations […]
WC Tunes Up And Tastes Three Chord Bourbon
You may remember Neil Giraldo from such hit songs as “Love is a Battlefield”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and “Hell is for Children”…wait a minute, you are now saying…those are Pat Benatar hit songs! And they are from the 1980s! And they do not have anything to do with bourbon! Well, to paraphrase Captain Tenneal from “MXC” – “wrong!” They have something to do with bourbon. Specifically, Giraldo […]
Dewar’s Becomes Official Blended Scotch Whisky Of The U.S. Open
Dewar’s will become the official blended Scotch whisky of the US Open Championship golf tournament – beginning with this year’s 121st version of the U.S. Open Championship, which is currently scheduled to be held from June 14-20, 2021 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California. In honor of the honor, Dewar’s will be releasing a limited edition 19-year-old blended Scotch whisky. The Dewar’s limited edition 19-year-old blended Scotch […]
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