Ardbeg And The World Cup
Alas, Ardbeg Day is behind us for another year – but the World Cup is still going strong – and Ardbeg and World Cuyp go together like peat and whisky…
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Make Dad Famous With Some Whisky
Father’s Day is rapidly approaching – technically, only three more whisky-buying days left – and The Famous Grouse is here to save the day for you if you haven’t yet come up with any gift ideas for dear old Dad. TFG has created a microsite where you can put photos of Dad on a label […]
Try Some “Your Name Here” Whisky
Life is good if you live in the UK today. First, you live in the vicinity of most of the world’s best whisky and second, now you can call it your own with Pernod Ricard’s crafty marketing ploy allowing you to imprint your name or a personal message on labels of their famous brands of […]
Laphroaig Select Debuts
First, there was Laphroaig, and all was good. Now, there is Laphroaig Select – and all is still good. The Islay-based single malt Scotch whisky distillery is unveiling Laphroaig Select – a Scotch whisky birthed from maturation in three European Oak casks before a final maturation in an American Oak cask – to produce peaty, […]
Too Late To Go Down Under For All Your Johnnie Walker Blue King George V Needs
If you find yourself to have a hankering for some Johnnie Walker Blue King George V Edition whisky, then you might want to find yourself in Australia or at least get yourself to an online version of Australia’s discount liquor retailers Aldi or Dan Murphy’s – each of whom is selling the Johnnie Walker Blue […]
Spey Royal Choice Soon To Be Available Planetwide
Speyside Distillery is preparing to make its Spey Royal Choice single malt whisky available to parts of the world other than the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace where it is now available. Spey’s royal connection comes from the time 200 years ago when poet Lord Byron presented a barrel of Spey […]
The Glenlivet Kymah Going To Frankfurt
If you happen to find yourself at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, any time soon, you may be in luck as The Glenlivet is releasing a single cask whisky called Kymah that has been aged in a single ex-sherry butt for 16 years and emerges with a 60.1% alcohol content [120.2 proof]. The whisky is […]
The ONE Secures Global Launch
Venturing outside of its British home, blended whisky, The ONE, will become available in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the United Arab Emirates. The ONE is a blended whisky that is the product of several whiskies from the British Isles but not strictly Scottish whiskies. In addition to the markets previously mentioned, The ONE will […]