Sazerac is joining the many corporate firms which have decided to assist in the recovery efforts from the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Sazerac’s assistance will come in the form of a fundraiser offering consumers the chance to buy “Buffalo Trace Distillery’s most sought-after bourbons.” Sazerac says that 100% of the proceeds from […]
A bottle of Buffalo Trace-owned Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Old Family Reserve bourbon garnered a $52,000 sale price at a recent Sotheby’s auction earlier this month in New York – setting a new auction record for the brand. The bottle held a pre-sale estimate between $3,000 and $4,000 but whenever a bottle of Pappy […]
London-based bottler Berry Bros & Rudd has released a single cask single malt from Scotland’s Hebridean Isle of Raasay Distillery, which only recently began production in September 2017. The 2017 Raasay single cask #23 spent three years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel, then was split for six months into two sherry casks – ex-Oloroso and […]
Tobermory has released a 23-year-old single malt whisky finished in an Oloroso sherry cask. The Tobermory 23 Year Old was aged in Oloroso sherry casks at their distillery on the Isle of Mull, bottled at 46.3% alcohol by volume [92.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruitcake, oranges, vanilla and walnuts. The Tobermory […]
Highland distillery Fettercairn has released two new single malt Scotch whiskies – a 16-year-old and 23-year-old – both of which will be exclusively available at travel retail locations. Fettercairn’s new 16-year-old and 23-year-old are being made available for $100 and $250 per bottle, respectively, in Spring 2020.
Glenfiddich has released Glenfiddich Grand Cru – aged in cuvée casks from the Champagne region – with a 23-year age statement. Glenfiddich Grand Cru was aged in both American and European oak casks before moving on to the cuvee casks, then being bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain […]