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 […]
The Glenturret has released two limited edition single malts aged 25 and 30 years old as part of their 2022 core collection, which also includes Triple Wood, 7 Years Old Peat Smoked, 10 Years Old Peat Smoked, 12 Years Old and 15 Years Old. The Glenturret 25 Years Old was matured in a trio of […]
Laphroaig has released a pair of cask strength single malt whiskies – Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength and 25 Year Old Cask Strength – as part of their batch 13. Laphroaig 10-Year-Old Cask Strength was matured in ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 57.9% alcohol by volume [115.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]
Suntory has re-formulatedtheir Yamazaki 25-year-old single malt whisky by sharing the aging process among three types of oak casks – American, Spanish and Japanese mizunara – as they have already done with their 12-year-old and 18-year-old Yamazaki whiskies. Suntory Yamazaki 25 Single Malt Whisky has been bottled at 43% alcohol by volume [86 proof] and […]
Just when you thought you were glad to be ridding yourself of the horrors of 2020, the USA greeted the new year of 2021 with the news of their intention of placing a 25% tariff on certain European cognacs. Officially, the USA Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will adjust tariffs on “certain Cognacs, grape brandies […]
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 […]
The blended malt – Timorous Beastie 25 Years Old – has be released by bottler Douglas Laing. Timorous Beastie 25 Years Old has been aged in ex-Bourbon barrels, bottled at 46.8% alcohol by volume [93.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of ginger, honey and marmalade. Only 1,600 bottles of Timorous Beastie 25 Years […]
The GlenDronach has released their Master Vintage 1993 Aged 25 Years – a limited edition from the Highland distillery. The GlenDronach Master Vintage 1993 Aged 25 Years was matured in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks before being bottled at 48.2% alcohol by volume [96.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of cocoa, marzipan […]