Eau Claire Distillery Whisky Named ‘Best in Class’ in Canada

The Ruperts Exceptional Canadian Whisky from Eau Claire Distillery has won a Best in Class award at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, where its Canadian Whisky category won Best in Class. According to David Farran, founder and president of Eau Claire Distillery, the company’s success is a David and Goliath story. “Winning ‘Best […]

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The Ruperts Exceptional Canadian Whisky from Eau Claire Distillery has won a Best in Class award at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, where its Canadian Whisky category won Best in Class.

According to David Farran, founder and president of Eau Claire Distillery, the company’s success is a David and Goliath story.

“Winning ‘Best in Class’ feels like we’ve just toppled a giant, and it’s a testament to the passion and precision of our team,” Farran said.

The award comes after the whisky earned Double Gold in three consecutive years, and Platinum status this year. Rupert’s Exceptional Canadian Whisky has earned Double Gold in three consecutive years and earned Platinum status in this year’s competition.

Eau Claire Distillery Whisky Named ‘Best in Class’ in Canada

Eau Claire Distillery

The distillery also earned Gold for its Batch No. 7 Single Malt Whisky and Silver for its Parlour Gin at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

“We’re so proud of what we’ve achieved, and this award solidifies our place in the world of exceptional whisky,” Farran said.

Founded in 2000, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition is the oldest and largest of its kind. Judges rate approximately 5,000 entries each year.

In wine, sommeliers and vintners talk about terroir. That is the flavors that arise from the regional soil, the climate conditions, and the growing conditions in a given year. Like the wine industry, we revel in the annual variation that an individual year can produce in flavor. Year to year, you will always know it is Eau Claire whisky, but we don’t blend to conformity, we share with our consumers those subtle flavor note variations.

The angel’s share, the evaporation during maturation, tends to be more water than alcohol, enabling us to keep flavor complexities within the liquid. Similarly, our barrels breathe with the wide temperature fluctuations inherent in Southern Alberta’s Chinook winds, allowing flavors to impart from the barrel in hot weather and to oxygenate rapidly on the cooler days.

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Review | Hibiki 40 years old

This new whisky is the oldest ever version of the award-winning Hibiki blend from The House of Suntory. It features whiskies from the company’s three distilleries of Chita, Hakushu and Yamazaki. There are six component whiskies in total – the largest …



This new whisky is the oldest ever version of the award-winning Hibiki blend from The House of Suntory. It features whiskies from the company's three distilleries of Chita, Hakushu and Yamazaki. There are six component whiskies in total - the largest percentages are Yamazaki American Oak from 1983, Hakushu Lightly Peated from 1981 and two Chita single grains from 1979 and 1981. Smaller percentages in the blend include Yamazaki Spanish Oak and Yamazaki Mizunara Oak, both from 1983. 

The Hibiki 40 years old has been created by Shinji Fukuyo, the Chief Blender for The House of Suntory. He joined the company in 1984, shortly after the component whiskies were distilled, and has held his current prestigious position since 2009. Since then he has also created the multi award-winning whiskies of Hibiki Japanese Harmony, Chita and Toki. The Hibiki blend (pronounced he-bee-kee and meaning 'echo' in Japanese) was first introduced in 1989 and created by then-Master Blender Keizo Saji.

The rare whisky is housed in exquisite packaging. This includes the decanter-style 30-sided crystal glass bottle from Kagama Glass and decorated with traditional Japanese maki-e, mother-of-pearl inlay, and gold lacquer. The box is made of 12 different Japanese woods,and has 12 sides representing the 12 months of the year. The four seasons of Japan are depicted in maki-e lacquer. The traditional label was created by renowned Japanese washi artist Eriko Horiki.

Hibiki 40 years old is bottled at 43% ABV and there are just 400 bottles available. They will be sold through luxury and specialist whisky retailers in selected markets globally. A bottle will cost £33,150/ US$35,000.

 

Our Tasting Notes

The colour is deep gold and the nose is superbly elegant and inviting. Delicious aromas of white peach and apricot mingle with baked apple and manuka honey. These sit alongside further aromas of butterscotch and floral orange blossom. Some earthy spices also build - think of gingerbread and clove especially.

On the palate this whisky has a delicate mouth feel and oozes class. Initial notes of dried apricot, vanilla fudge and butterscotch are accentuated by early hints of bitter orange oil, golden syrup and cocoa powder. There are also hints of dark dried fruits such as raisin, plump sultana and some candied orange peel. Luscious ripe white peach and the floral note from the nose come through well, but is more reminiscent of jasmine or honeysuckle now. Elegant dusty and earthy spices add good warmth, depth and complexity - imagine clove, mace and that gingerbread from the nose in particular, plus a hint of cinnamon and cassia bark. There is a later hint of dried grass or hay.

The finish is long and presents an interesting marriage of sweet and savoury. The fruity and sweeter characteristics slowly fade while the elegant warming spices remain throughout. A late suggestion of old cigar box and the gingerbread elevates the finish further and provides a fitting end.

 

What's The Verdict?

This is a stunning whisky from The House of Suntory. Given the price this is clearly not a 'whisky for everyone' but it is a whisky for someone. We were delighted to be given the opportunity to sample it and attend the UK launch in London. The elegance and classiness of the whisky shines through and each sip feels like a privilege and that you are drinking a part of Japanese whisky history. The sweet vs. savoury nature is perfectly balanced and it really shows how good old whisky can be.



Henderson’s high energy, imaginative mind, give life to True Story whiskies

“I was at home one evening, and all of a sudden, it popped into my head, ‘Hey, wow, The Kentucky Castle. Wow! What a place to do a bourbon; have a bourbon affiliated with the Castle! Have the Castle as a destination.’ That’s really where it started with just that crazy-ass idea.”

Henderson’s high energy, imaginative mind, give life to True Story whiskies

True story: A successful whiskey maker and married father of six adult sons sells the mega-brand he created with his family and says he’s retiring. He means it, but his family doesn’t believe him, and for good reason. While building Angel’s Envy, cofounder Wes Henderson would log more miles in airplane seats than some pilots—and then come home to volunteer as a firefighter and a coroner.

Who volunteers to be a coroner? Aren’t animated people more exciting than the dead? Apparently not. Same for retirement: boring. The naturally driven go-getter thought golfing would occupy his time, but his heart told him work was more fulfilling and engaging than leisure. So, he started thinking …

Henderson’s high energy, imaginative mind, give life to True Story whiskies

“I was at home one evening, and all of a sudden, it popped into my head, ‘Hey, wow, The Kentucky Castle. Wow! What a place to do a bourbon; have a bourbon affiliated with the Castle! Have the Castle as a destination.’ That's really where it started with just that crazy-ass idea,” said Wes Henderson.

As Henderson’s wife, Julie will tell you, seeing Wes’s hyperactive mind in action is amusing but potentially costly.

“He came home and told me he bought a castle,” says Julie Henderson, making no effort to hide her wry, “I know this guy.” Side-eyeing him sitting next to her, she continued. “He likes staying busy, likes a challenge. But, yeah, a castle.”

The Kentucky Castle, to be precise.  This odd but uniquely luxe hotel is located in Versailles, a bedroom community of Lexington. (For what it’s worth, Kentuckians don’t pronounce it like the French do, “vehr-sai.” We say it, “vur-sales.”) It’s an actual four-turreted castle with high stone walls surrounding a hotel, restaurant, bar and event space at the center. Its high perch overlooking Versailles Road places it among some of the priciest horse farms in the world: hundreds of thousands of green, fenced acres where legions of petted and powerful thoroughbreds are trained, raced and duplicated.

At this intersection between bourbon country and horse country is where Henderson’s idea rapidly took shape: He’d use the Castle as a homeplace for a whiskey brand, where he’d welcome people to its beautiful grounds for unique whiskey experiences. At two nearby locations, he, his six strapping sons and a considerable staff would work to make, age and bottle his new whiskey.

 “While at Angel’s Envy, I was very cognizant of how bourbon starts the conversation, that it’s the basis for gathering..."

The brand’s name is True Story

How Henderson chose to name his new brand, True Story, is another glimpse into his self-dubbed life as “an ADD poster child.”

On a pre-Covid trip to Houston to lead a whiskey talk at a swanky bar, he was led to a room “that was more like a library … some sofas, big overstuffed chairs. And there was just one overstuffed chair at the front of the room,” he recalled.

He took the isolated seat, read the room and dispensed with the de rigueur Bourbon 101 summary, which whiskey makers trot out to ensure everyone knows at least a little about the all-American spirit.

“And instead … we just had a discussion,” he said. “Talked about anything that came to mind.”

Bourbon, he realized, provided opportunities for every drinker to share stories. True Story, he said, will create spaces where people can pull up a chair, share a pour and connect over conversation.

“While at Angel’s Envy, I was very cognizant of how bourbon starts the conversation, that it’s the basis for gathering,” he says. “I used to say a lot when I’d be signing bottles, ‘I'll sign this, but please open it. Don't let it sit on a shelf somewhere, because there's so many stories inside that bottle that, if you don't open it, those stories will never be told.’” 

Henderson’s high energy, imaginative mind, give life to True Story whiskies

Henderson’s plan makes likely that True Story will be a big story someday. As he did with Angel’s Envy, he’s launched the brand with bourbon and rye whiskies that were sourced, rebarreled, aged again and blended. Each release is marked by its volume, as in “Volume 1, Volume 2,” etc. Volume 1 is a 90-proof Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in white moscatel casks ($59.99). Volume 2 is a 100-proof blend of straight rye whiskies finished in amburana and sherry casks ($69.99). Sourced liquid will be used for at least the next several years until True Story’s own whiskies are fully matured.

Making Henderson’s own liquid and maturing it will require a $92.5 million investment in a distillery, rickhouses and a bottling plant located on two nearby sites. According to his son, Kyle Henderson, at the heart of that operation will be a 36-inch Vendome continuous column still capable of producing 4 million proof gallons (circa 35,000 barrels) of whiskey annually.

“That was Dad’s dream for Angel’s Envy, to work with his son and grandsons. That I have the chance to do this again is great, just great.”

Meanwhile, the Castle will remain a boutique hotel while getting a bourbon-centric makeover for tastings, barrel picks, etc. In addition to suites in the Castle proper, there are private houses on the property that might also serve as lodging. Its current farm-to-table experiences (centered on a produce garden for its kitchen) will be retained, and its kitchen will be expanded to do more large events such as weddings and business meetings.

Full truth be told, much of the work of making True Story whiskey will fall to the six Henderson sons, Andrew, Connor, Christian, Kyle, Spencer and Ian, most of whom worked at Angel’s Envy. The fact that the new brand will be family-centered is deeply significant to Wes Henderson.

“That was Dad’s dream for Angel’s Envy, to work with his son and grandsons,” Henderson said, referring to his father, the late Lincoln Henderson, longtime master distiller at Woodford Reserve before retiring and helping Wes get his start. “That I have the chance to do this again is great, just great.”

Teeling Rising To The Occasion

Dublin-based Irish whiskeymaker Teeling has released the third entry in their Rising Reserve Series of limited edition 21-year-old single malts. The third bottling in the Rising Reserve Series was aged for 18 years in ex-bourbon barrels, finished for three years in ex-ruby Port wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is […]

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Dublin-based Irish whiskeymaker Teeling has released the third entry in their Rising Reserve Series of limited edition 21-year-old single malts.

The third bottling in the Rising Reserve Series was aged for 18 years in ex-bourbon barrels, finished for three years in ex-ruby Port wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of brown sugar, milk chocolate and orchard fruits.

Only 6,000 bottles of Teeling Rising Reserve Series #3 are being made available – initially in Ireland, then later in international markets – for $250 per 700ml bottle.

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Yellowstone Bourbon announces 2024 Bourbon Giftpack

Yellowstone Bourbon announces 2024 Bourbon Giftpack  Exclusively for the holiday season, the special giftpack includes three award-winning Yellowstone Bourbon varieties ST. LOUIS (Oct. 15, 2024) – Yellowstone Bourbon announced it will release the 2024 Bourbon Giftpack this month. The Giftpack showcases three award-winning innovations from the Yellowstone Bourbon family: Yellowstone Select, Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Toasted […]

Yellowstone Bourbon announces 2024 Bourbon Giftpack 

Exclusively for the holiday season, the special giftpack includes three award-winning Yellowstone Bourbon varieties

ST. LOUIS (Oct. 15, 2024) – Yellowstone Bourbon announced it will release the 2024 Bourbon Giftpack this month. The Giftpack showcases three award-winning innovations from the Yellowstone Bourbon family: Yellowstone Select, Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Toasted and Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Rum Cask. 

Packaged in a decorative box and available at local retailers nationwide at a minimum suggested retail price of $49.99, the Yellowstone Giftpack is the first multi-bottle pack by Yellowstone and the first time these Yellowstone expressions have been offered together in 375mL sizes. 

“Our new Yellowstone Giftpack is the perfect holiday gift for fans of premium bourbon and outdoor enthusiasts alike,” said Kelly Panzitta, brand manager for Yellowstone Bourbon. “These three award-winning varieties also offer those new to bourbon the chance to try them in an affordable, approachable way and have some fun creating cocktails with a brand that has a lot of talkability built into its history.” 

Featured Bourbons:

Yellowstone Select

● Awarded Double Gold by the 2024 SIP Awards, Yellowstone Select is the brand’s flagship Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 

● The blend of 4- and 7-year bourbons is bottled at 93 proof (46.5% ABV). 

● It features an aroma of rye spice with soft, leathered cherries, flavors of smoked caramel with hints of vanilla and honey on the palate and a smokey oak brown sugar finish. 

Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Toasted

● With a Double Gold medal from the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Yellowstone Toasted is the first in Yellowstone’s Special Finishes Collection. 

● Made from finishing Yellowstone Select with toasted oak staves, this 100-proof (50% ABV) bourbon brings extra character. 

● Notes of toasted caramel, vanilla, hints and fall spices and cinnamon on the nose are followed by flavors of walnut, toffee, black tea and white pepper with a crisp oak finish featuring cocoa and tobacco.

Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Rum Cask

● Winner of a Platinum award from the 2024 ASCOT Awards, Yellowstone Rum Cask is the second of Yellowstone’s Special Finishes Collection expressions. 

● Finishing Yellowstone Select for nine weeks in rum cask barrels from Havana, Cuba, imparts notes of spice and tropical sweetness for a unique flavor profile. 

● Bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV), Yellowstone Rum Cask features an aroma of gingerbread, poached pear and fresh-cut hay, notes of toasted marshmallow, crème brûlée, toffee and toasted oak on the palate, and a long honey finish with tobacco, clove and cocoa-seasoned oak. 

About Yellowstone Bourbon 

Founded by pioneer distiller Joseph Bernard Dant, Yellowstone Bourbon was named for our country’s very first national park in 1872. In 2011, seventh-generation Master Distiller Steve Beam – a descendant of both the Dant and Beam distilling families – founded Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery and resurrected the Yellowstone brand with the creation of Yellowstone Select Bourbon. Since 2018, Yellowstone Bourbon has partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association and is one of NPCA’s largest annual corporate sponsors, donating nearly $750,000 to preserve national parks. To learn more visit YellowstoneBourbon.comLimestoneBranch.com and follow on Facebook and Instagram.  

About Luxco

Founded in St. Louis in 1958 by the Lux Family, Luxco is a leading producer, supplier, importer and bottler of beverage alcohol products. Our mission is to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of consumers, associates and business partners. Merged with MGP Ingredients, Inc. in 2021 (Nasdaq: MGPI), Luxco operates as MGP’s Brands Division and manages all MGP/Luxco brands. This extensive and award-winning spirits portfolio includes well-known brands from four distilleries: Bardstown, Kentucky-based Lux Row Distillers, home of Ezra Brooks, Rebel, Blood Oath, David Nicholson and Daviess County; Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery, maker of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey and Bowling & Burch Gin; Jalisco, Mexico-based Destiladora Gonzalez Lux, producer of 100% agave tequilas, El Mayor, Exotico and Dos Primos; and Ross & Squibb Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Rossville Union Straight Rye Whiskey are produced. The innovative and high-quality brand portfolio also includes Penelope Bourbon, Everclear Grain Alcohol, Pearl Vodka, Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream, The Quiet Man Irish Whiskey, Green Hat Gin and other well-recognized brands. For more information about the company and its brands, visit luxco.com.

484 – Are Celebrity Whiskeys Finally Good? on Bourbon Community Roundtable #99

Has celebrity whiskey turned a new page? In this edition of Bourbon Community Roundtable we start examining the world of celebrity once […]

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Has celebrity whiskey turned a new page? In this edition of Bourbon Community Roundtable we start examining the world of celebrity once again. Previously disregarded amongst whiskey geeks, we now see the tide shifting where celevrities are beginning to put out some really great stuff. We discuss what makes a brand stick and how celebrities and can’t just splash and dash if they want a long standing product.

Show Notes:

  • 00:00-Introduction to Bourbon Pursuit and Celebrity Whiskeys
  • 12:15-The Rise of Celebrity Whiskeys
  • 21:44-Challenges and Opportunities in Celebrity Whiskey Brands
  • 28:24-Crafting Celebrity Spirits: The Business Models
  • 31:18-Pricing Strategies: Balancing Quality and Accessibility
  • 35:16-The Importance of Authenticity in Celebrity Brands
  • 39:23-Challenges in the Celebrity Spirits Market
  • 42:44-Consumer Perception: The Connection Between Celebrity and Product
  • 46:37-Building a Portfolio: Beyond One Product
  • 50:33-The Future of Celebrity Brands in Bourbon
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Bruichladdich Octomore 15.3 Scotch Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- In 2023, I chose to do a rare batch review for the 14th installment of Bruichladdich’s famously smoky Octomore series. This year, I chose to tackle October 15.1, 15.2 and 15.3 separately, which brings me to the third and final chapter of Octomore 2024: the ultra-peated Octomore 15.3. Bruichladdich has …

By Richard Thomas

Rating: A-

Bruichladdich Octomore 15.3 Single Malt
(Credit: Bruichladdich Distillery)

In 2023, I chose to do a rare batch review for the 14th installment of Bruichladdich’s famously smoky Octomore series. This year, I chose to tackle October 15.1, 15.2 and 15.3 separately, which brings me to the third and final chapter of Octomore 2024: the ultra-peated Octomore 15.3.

Bruichladdich has been doing this series for 15 years now, so raising their own bar for it is not easily achieved, but I think the distillery succeeded with 15.3, at least in one respect. At 307.2 ppm, this is the second most heavily peated whisky that Bruichladdich has ever made. Therefore, if a drinker should happen to get to try it, Octomore 15.3 will most likely by the most peaty whisky they’ve ever tried, and just possibly will ever try. After all, their most heavily peated whisky was made seven years ago.

The single malt was made from barley grown on the Octomore farm on Islay and matured in ex-bourbon casks (more than two-thirds of the proportion) and Spanish Oloroso hogsheads. The whisky was then bottled at a cask strength of 61.3% ABV. Octomore is usually five years old, and 15.3 is not listed as an exception.

The Scotch
My pour had a straw-like coloring, and that look came back around on the nose as well. I added a splash of water, because anything over 60% ABV pretty much requires it. It led with a scent that was like fresh cut straw, but next to it was a still-smoldering burnt patch of ground from a very recent field burn. Notes of cinnamon and sea spray rounded the nose out.

The smoky side of the whisky was present on the nose, but far from the peaty beast one would expect with numbers like this. The palate, however, pushes the smoke very much into the back. This silken-textured whisky leads with malty honey and cinnamon, with a fireplace shovelful of ash coming up only on the back end. That rolls off into the finish, which brought the three aspects–ash, honey, cinnamon–into superb balance, and holds that balance for a long, slow fade to black.

The final act on this whisky is truly wonderful, and something you should let play out fully before taking another sip. It’s also not the utter smokebomb one might expect with its sky high peating levels. The smoke current is certainly a potent one, but far from domineering.

The Price
This bottle is listed at $280.

Speyside’s Tamnavulin Adds Port Cask Single Malt

Speyside’s Tamnavulin Distillery, with a lineup rooted in distinctive double cask maturation, is adding a Port Cask Edition to its core range. Every expression from Tamnavulin undergoes a meticulous ageing process in two distinct casks. The first maturation in American oak ex-Bourbon barrels crafts a rich and layered foundation. The whisky is then masterfully finished …

Speyside’s Tamnavulin Distillery, with a lineup rooted in distinctive double cask maturation, is adding a Port Cask Edition to its core range. Every expression from Tamnavulin undergoes a meticulous ageing process in two distinct casks. The first maturation in American oak ex-Bourbon barrels crafts a rich and layered foundation. The whisky is then masterfully finished in a second cask, which has already led a life nurturing a fine Tawny Port wine. These casks have been carefully selected from Portugal’s celebrated Douro Valley, imparting a rich sweetness to the whisky through the cask over time as the spirit matures. The result is an accessible yet opulent and sophisticated expression that embodies the craftsmanship of Tamnavulin.

Building on the success of its acclaimed Wine Cask Editions, Tamnavulin’s master whisky makers, led by Kirsty Hodge, sought to find a partner to complement and elevate the characteristics of the distillery, leading them to the home of Port.

Tamnavulin Port Cask (ABV 40%) is now available in Tesco and Sainsbury’s and will launching in Asda from 17th October with an RSP of £35.

Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey

I’d like to thank Nearest Green Distillery and their PR team for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

I’d like to thank Nearest Green Distillery and their PR team for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

In the last giveaway, I asked readers what they were looking for in future reviews. And I heard you. You all want more inexpensive whiskey. Who doesn’t?

The producers, that’s who. They really want you to know about the whiskeys that come with a suggested retail price of $5, $6, $7, or even up to $12 per pour! Personally, I don’t like paying that much. But, beggars can’t be choosers when it comes to samples. If they want me to taste expensive whiskey, I’m on board. I mean, who am I to argue about free whiskey? But you all want to learn more about the whiskeys that live at a price point I would personally pay. Now, if you’re like me, Wild Turkey 101 at about a buck-sixty per pour is pretty much the perfect price point.

So yes, I heard you. And it turns out that the folks at Nearest Green Distillery have heard you too. Their most recent release, which will be showing up in stores soon, was created with inclusivity in mind. With a suggested retail price just under $2 per pour, they are hoping to reach an audience they haven’t previously reached—namely, those who don’t want to spend a fortune for a decent whiskey. I’ll let them speak for themselves:

“Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey captures the spirit of my great-great-grandfather, Nearest Green, while still upholding our pillars of excellence and unmatched quality,” said (Master Blender) Victoria Eady Butler. “With this new brand, we’re not just expanding our offerings—we’re expanding the Uncle Nearest family, reaching new consumers who may not consider spending more than $50 on a bottle. Our goal is simple: To make Nearest Green a household name, bringing people together to honor our past while embracing the future of Tennessee Whiskey.”

Sounds good to me. Let’s see how it tastes, shall we?

Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey

Purchase Info: This was provided by the producer at no cost for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $29.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.00

Details: 42% ABV.

Nose: Honey, mint, cotton candy, and a touch of oak.

Mouth: Nutmeg, cinnamon spice, honey, and vanilla.

Finish: Medium in length and warmth. Notes of oak, cinnamon, and caramel.

Thoughts: This is a really nice whiskey. There’s just enough bitterness on the finish to make you want to take another taste. It has more spice than I would have expected from an 84-proof whiskey, but at the same time, it offers a pleasant sweetness to balance the spice. And it works pretty well in an old fashioned if you’re craving one.


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DEWAR’S Double Double 38-Year-Old Whisky

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Introducing DEWAR’S Double Double 38-Year-Old Whisky, the second release in the DEWAR’S Blended Scotch Whisky Collector’s Series. This single malt whisky pays tribute to the Northern Highlands, offering a rare, blended malt luxury whisky. The latest innovation follows DEWAR’s global rebrand, announced through the recent launch of its “Here’s to the Story” platform. This celebrates […]

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Introducing DEWAR’S Double Double 38-Year-Old Whisky, the second release in the DEWAR’S Blended Scotch Whisky Collector’s Series. This single malt whisky pays tribute to the Northern Highlands, offering a rare, blended malt luxury whisky.

The latest innovation follows DEWAR’s global rebrand, announced through the recent launch of its “Here’s to the Story” platform. This celebrates nearly 180 years of pioneering spirit and commitment to inspiring life’s most enriching discoveries.

Developed by Stephanie Macleod, DEWAR’S Double Double 38-Year-Old pays homage to the Northern Highlands of Scotland. It also showcases DEWAR’s unique four-stage aging process.

DEWAR’S Blended Scotch Whisky Adds New Spirit

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The process begins with the careful selection of single malt whiskies from the Highlands and Islay regions. Then aged for at least 38 years. After blending, the whiskies are aged for an additional month in their original casks.

The blend includes a reserved portion of the DEWAR’S Double Double 37-Year-Old, held back and matured one more year. The technique is a brand-led innovation, demonstrating how DEWAR’S is continuing to lead the way in luxury whisky.

The final blend is then matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, previously used to age ROYAL BRACKLA Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Stephanie Macleod, Master Blender for DEWAR’S, said: “Creating Double Double 38-Year-Old allowed us to explore the full potential of our unique four-stage aging process, blending tradition with a forward-thinking approach to Scotch whisky. This blend is meticulously crafted using some of Scotland’s finest Highland and Islay malts, each aged for at least 38 years, and then finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, adding layers of richness and complexity.”

This whisky opens with aromas of aromatic white flowers and citrus, followed by creamy vanilla, toasted cereals, frangipane, and a subtle whiff of smoke. A palate of dried figs and plums is combined with notes of dark chocolate shavings.

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