Nick Offerman Thanks Lavagulin
Nick Offerman’s Thanksgiving is not necessarily your Thanksgiving – unless it involves some Lavagulin…
2017
Matthew McConaughey Delivers Wild Turkey[s] For Thanksgiving
Wild Turkey Bourbon spokesman [and actor] Matthew McConaughey helped to deliver more than 4500 Butterball turkeys to the locals around Lawrenceburg, Kentucky just ahead of Thanksgiving…
Jack Daniel’s Releases Red Dog Saloon In The UK
Jack Daniel’s has released a special edition version of its signature whiskey called Jack Daniel’s Red Dog Saloon, only in the UK. Jack Daniel’s Red Dog Saloon celebrates the actual Red Dog Saloon – a bar opened by Jack Daniel in Lynchburg, Tennessee in 1892 – and is bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 […]
Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017 Unveiled
Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017 – the 34th edition of the exclusive Irish whiskey – has been released. Since 1984, a limited number of bottles of Midleton Very Rare have been released every year by the Midleton Distillery – all are matured in American oak barrels and none carry age statements.
Holiday Gift Giving Idea #49 – Peated Malts Gift Pack
The holiday gift-giving season is here and with it come whisky gifting options. One of the best is the Peated Malts of Distinction gift pack, featuring miniaturized whisky versions from The Ardmore, Connemara, Bowmore and Laphroaig. More specifically, The Ardmore Legacy – a lightly peated expression – Connemara, Bowmore No. 1 and Laphroaig. Perhaps best […]
The GlenDronach Releases Peated Port Wood
The GlenDronach Distillery has released their GlenDronach Peated Port Wood whisky – said to be made in the so-called ‘old style’, from malted barley dried with Highland peat. The GlenDronach Peated Port Wood was finished in port pipes from the Douro Valley in Portugal and has been bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. […]
Tiiiiiiiin Roof, Rusted! – At Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
WhiskyCritic took some time out from the busy schedule of providing news of whisky to actually try some whisky – specifically, in the form of a cocktail called “Tin Roof Rusted” at Hollywood’s famed Chateau Marmont. The cocktail – new for 2017 at the Chateau – is, of course, based on a line from the […]
Conan O’Brien And Mila Kunis Share Some Jim Beam
Conan O’Brien takes a break from asking questions to share some Jim Beam with actress – and Jim Beam spokeswoman – Mila Kunis…