The Famous Grouse has launched their Bourbon Cask – the first in what is to be a new series of so-called ‘everyday premium’ blended whiskies. The Famous Grouse Bourbon Cask has been matured in America Oak and first fill bourbon casks and is said to contain notes of both caramel and vanilla. Alas, The Famous […]
Molson Coors has purchased Aspall – the UK’s top-selling premium cider – for an undisclosed price [but rumored to value Aspall at $55 million]. The UK is the world’s largest market for cider – accounting for 45% of sales – and Chevallier family-owned Aspall was the largest of the cidermakers in the UK. More than […]
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 […]
Jack Daniel’s is crossing the pond with their campaign for the UK – entitled, Find Your Taste of Tennessee – and as part of the campaign, Jack Daniel’s consumers who purchase a Jack Daniel’s cocktail will receive a ‘Greetings from Tennessee’ postcard and scratch for the chance to win one of three trips to the […]
Puni – Italy’s first single malt whisky – will be making its official debut in the UK in 2017 with their three-year-old Alba and Nova whiskies. Puni was born in 2010 in the Italian town of Glurns in the Vinschgau valley – a German-speaking area of the Italian Alps – and the distillery has two […]
The 100-proof [50% alcohol by volume] version of Southern Comfort will be traveling across the pond to the UK to join their more traditional introduction of a 70 proof [35% alcohol by volume]. The well-known whiskey liqueur originating from New Orleans, Louisiana, has always been a global favorite as an ingredient in cocktails and mixed […]
Now that Mother’s Day is in the rear-view mirror, Father’s Day is just around the corner – or it seems like it is, anyway – and Haig Club has you covered in the gift-idea-for-dear-old-Dad department – but, alas, only if you live in the UK, where Haig Club has partnered with UK department store Selfridges […]
Jack Daniel’s has decided to test the cider waters in the home of scrumpiness – the UK – as they prepare a worldwide launch of their Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Cider. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Cider will be made available to UK consumers first – think of it as a gigantic test market – before the company […]