Finnish distillery Kyrö has released a quartet of whiskies – Kyrö Malt, Kyrö Wood Smoke, Kyrö Oloroso and Kyrö Peat Smoke – all made from 100% Finnish rye, that form the distillery’s core whisky range. Kyrö Malt is double-distilled and matured for three years in new American white oak casks, bottled at 47.2% alcohol by […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their peated bourbon – a bourbon made with peated malt – as part of their Experimental Collection. Buffalo Trace Experimental Peated Bourbon uses smoked peated malt, was matured for nearly 10 years in new charred white oak casks before being bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is […]
The GlenAllachie Distillery has released the second batch of their Lum Reek 10-year-old cask strength blended malt whisky – which derives its unique name from the old Scottish toast to a long and healthy life, ‘lang may yer lum reek’, translating to ‘long may your chimney smoke’ – and is offered via MacNair’s boutique. The […]
The Famous Grouse has released Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish – a blended Speyside malt whisky finished in sherry-seasoned casks. Speyside malts were matured in Sherry-seasoned, European oak casks to craft Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish features Speyside malts matured in sherry-seasoned casks from Jerez, Spain for two years and is said to contain notes […]
The House of Suntory-owned Yamazaki, the darling of the whisky world a few years ago before a supply shortage followed by a global pandemic severely curtailed their output, has resurfaced and revealed a limited edition Yamazaki Japanese single malt collection – Tsukuriwake Selection – featuring the four foundations of single malt production, mizunara cask-matured, peated […]
Speyside distillery Benriach is releasing four malt whiskies – Benriach Quarter Cask, Benriach Smoky Quarter Cask, Benriach Triple Distilled Ten and Benriach 22 Year Old Triple Distilled – exclusively for worldwide travel retail venues. Benriach 22 Year Old Triple Distilled is said to contain notes of caramel, cherry, date, mocha, orange peel and red apple […]
London-based bottler Compass Box has released a fruit-forward malt whisky – Orchard House – (46% ABV) as part of their Malt Whisky Collection. Compass Box Orchard House is a blend of whiskies from distilleries known for their fruit-forward flavors which was then aged in a trio of casks – water-rinsed first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, Oloroso sherry-seasoned […]
WhiskyCritic recently had the opportunity to try some Monkey Shoulder blended malt whisky – in both cocktail and neat form – but the results were similar. Monkey Shoulder was introduced to the world 16 years ago as a blend of a trio [as indicated by the number of monkeys on the bottles] of Speyside whiskies […]