Bushmills has released a quartet of Irish whiskies for their limited Private Reserve series, with each of the four new whiskies featuring a triple cask maturation process – each of the new releases in the Private Reserve series were aged in a combination of both bourbon and sherry casks along with a different third cask […]
It is the holiday season and that means it is time to have some notable bourbon and whiskies undergo a rigorous taste test to – you know, make sure they would be appropriate gifts. Somebody has to do this and Whisky Critic has volunteered themselves to undergo this arduous task. For the 2022 version of […]
The Glenturret – which claims to be Scotland’s oldest working distillery – has released four new whiskies: Triple Wood, 10-year-old Peat Smoked, a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old [along with two limited edition whiskies, a 25-year-old and 30-year-old]. The Glenturret Triple Wood was aged in three casks: American, Sherry and Bourbon, bottled at 43% alcohol by […]
Highland bottler Douglas Laing has unleashed a new Timorous Beastie – a 12-Year-Old Cask Strength. The Timorous Beastie 12-Year-Old Cask Strength has been bottled at 54.4% alcohol by volume [108.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of honey, lemon and nutmeg. Only 3,000 bottles of Timorous Beastie 12-Year-Old Cask Strength are being made available […]
John Crabbie has released their 12-Year-Old Island Single Malt. John Crabbie 12-Year-Old Island Single Malt has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and despite being lightly peated is said to contain notes of green tea, honey and orange. John Crabbie 12-Year-Old Island Single Malt is being made available in China, South Africa […]
Speyside distillery Tamdhu has released a 12-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky. Tamdhu 12-Year-Old has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] after being matured for 12 years in first-fill and re-fill American and European Oloroso sherry casks from Jerez, Spain. Tamdhu 12-Year-Old is said to contain notes of banana and cinnamon. Tamdhu 12-Year-Old […]
Fettercairn single malt whisky has received a new life in the form of a re-launch and four new expressions – ranging in age from 12 to 50 years old. All four Fettercairn whiskies began maturing in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels – although both the 12 and 28-year olds spent the entire time in the […]
Glen Moray has released three Speyside single malt whiskies – a 12 year old, a 15 year old and an 18 year old -with the 12 and 18 year olds having been matured in American oak casks while the 15 year old has aged in both sherry and American oak casks. Both the Glen Moray […]