Macallan 50-Year-Old Sells At Auction
A bottle of Macallan 50-Year-Old sold for $31,875 at the Bonhams auction in Edinburgh, Scotland today. The Macallan 50-Year-Old was stored in a custom Lalique crystal decanter.
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Isle Of Arran Releases 18-Year Old
Isle of Arran Distillery has officially released their 18-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky – the third of a single malt trilogy, following releases of 16-and 17-Year Old single malts. Isle of Arran 18-Year-Old was aged in ex-sherry Hogshead casks and bottled at 46% alcohol content [92 proof]. Only 9000 bottles of Isle of Arran 18-Year-Old […]
Bastille 1789 Takes You On A Strange Adventure
There’s a new French whisky in town, see? It’s called Bastille 1789, see? So you want to know something about it, see? Then you may find that difficult after watching “A Strange Adventure”, see?
Becks Launches Haig Club
English footballer-turned-whisky investor David Beckham has officially launched his single grain Scotch whisky Haig Club…
Second Cu Bocan In Cask Series Released
Tomatin Distillery has released the second of their three Cu Bocan single malt Scotch whiskies using different cask types. The first Cu Bocan release used a sherry cask and the most recent release is Cu Bocan from a virgin oak cask. The lightly peated single malt combined with the virgin oak cask imbues the resulting […]
Tomatin Goes Full Cask Strength
Tomatin has added a cask strength edition to its Highland single malt Scotch whisky lineup. Tomatin Cask Strength Edition was matured in former Bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks before being bottled at 57.5% alcohol content [115 proof] to produce spice and sweet notes. 15,000 bottles of Tomatin Cask Strength Edition have been released worldwide – […]
Steak And Whisky Opens in LA
A new restaurant called, simply, Steak and Whisky, has opened in the beach community of Hermosa Beach near Los Angeles [see link below]. The 50-seat restaurant features a large whisky collection – though primarily focusing on Japanese whiskies – as well as many signature steaks such as porterhouse, rib-eye and Wagyu. Customers can rent whisky […]
Smart Whisky Set To Challenge Consumers
Johnnie Walker has created the first so-called “smart whisky”, a whisky embossed with electronic stickers which will respond to smartphones and allow the manufacturer to send targeted communications [i.e. ads] to the consumer’s smartphone. Diageo, the spirits giant behind Johnnie Walker will debut the new technology on their Johnnie Walker Blue Label whisky.