Islay-based Smokehead has released a 15-year-old single malt whisky – making it Smokehead’s oldest single malt available [after their Extra Black 18-year-old was previously discontinued]. Smokehead 15-year-old single malt whisky was bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to contain notes of citrus, vanilla and, of course, peat smoke. Smokehead 15-year-old […]
Islay-based distillery Kilchoman Distillery has released a quartet of small batch single malt whiskies to celebrate their 20th anniversary, calling them the 20th Anniversary Cask Series, consisting of four small batch bottlings, with five casks of each. Only 1,120 bottles of the first of the quartet, a 14-year-old matured in an ex-bourbon cask aged single […]
Oban Distillery has released a limited edition 15-year-old cask strength single malt whisky finished in sherry casks designed exclusively to be sent across the pond to the USA. Oban 15-Year-Old Cask Strength Sherry Cask Finish was originally matured in European oak butts and American oak hogshead barrels before being finished for four years in Oloroso […]
Islay-based Port Askaig has revealed a trio of new limited releases – a non-age statement cask-strength single malt and two age-statement expressions, 15- and 25-year-olds. Port Askaig Cask Strength Single Malt #02-2024 was bottled at 59.1% alcohol by volume [118.2 proof] and is said to impart notes of espresso coffee, dark chocolate, lemon and Islay […]
Taiwanese distillery Kavalan has released their first-ever single malt whisky with an age statement – the limited edition Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition – which is unveiled as part of the distillery’s Time Exploration series that marks the moment when Kavalan and Taiwan began whisky production on March 11, 2006. Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition was matured […]
Speyside distillery, The Glenrothes, has debuted a 15-year-old single malt whisky to add to their core range, joining the existing 18- and 25-year-old whiskies. The Glenrothes 15-Year-Old was matured exclusively in European oak sherry-seasoned casks, bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and is said to offer notes of dark chocolate, ginger, orange marmalade, […]
Highland distillery Tomatin has released a trio of blended Scotch whiskies under their Antiquary label, which was purchased by Tomatin in 1996. The whiskies consist of The Antiquary 15 Year Old, The Antiquary 21 Year Old and The Antiquary 30 Year Old – all made using a blend of Highland and Speyside malts with Lowland […]
Irish whiskey behemoth brand, Bushmills, has released a pair of single malt Irish whiskies – a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old – to begin their World Wood Series. The Bushmills World Wood Series 15-year-old single malt was matured in both ex-bourbon first- and second-fill American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and […]