A few whiskies from France

Laferté ‘Tourbé’ (41%, OB, France, blended malt, +/-2024)
Artésia ‘Classique’ (45%, OB, +/-2025)
Northmaen 3 yo ‘Thor Boyo’ (42%, OB, +/-2023)
Naguelann 2022/2025 ‘Start’ (51.02%, OB for Malt in France)
Moon Harbour ‘Dock 2’ (45.8%…

Knob Creek launches new Cask Strength release

The Kentucky-based James B. Beam Distilling Co. has announced the launch of a new limited-edition, cask-strength Knob Creek Bourbon release. Knob Creek 12 Year Old Cask Strength (60.6% ABV) is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, matured in American white oak barrels, hand-selected from just 10 distinct lots in Knob Creek’s Clermont, Kentucky, rickhouses. The latest […]

Knob Creek Takes 12 Year Old Bourbon And Makes It Cask Strength

Although it does not seem that long ago since Knob Creek 12 Year Old became a regular release item one might actually see taking space up on liquor store shelves, Jim Beam is not finished with the expression just yet. They have announced the release of Knob Creek 12 Year Old Cask Strength, with this …

Buffalo Trace Unveils Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary Edition

Buffalo Trace Distillery has released the Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary Edition, the first time the Elmer T. Lee brand has ever had an uncut, unfiltered expression of Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon. Elmer T. Lee’s was hired on at Buffalo Trace Distillery began in 1949, then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. …

The GlenAllachie Unveils Whisky Aged, In Part, In Exotic New Mongolian Oak

The GlenAllachie Distillery introduced the fourth chapter in its celebrated Sinteis Series at the end of last week: a 2015 Mongolian Virgin Oak, Pedro Ximénez & Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured Single Malt Scotch Whisky. This 10-year-old limited edition marks the first Scotch whisky matured in elusive Mongolian virgin oak to be bottled for global release, …

MGP Launches New Brand, Named For Distillery Itself

By Richard Thomas Based on the former Seagram’s plant in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, MGP has become the center of its own American Whiskey empire. MGP continues to be the principal supplier of aged stock whiskey in the US and used by many sourced brands, but they have also acquired some of their best customers (such as …

The Glenlivet launches new Provence inspired single malt

The Speyside-based Glenlivet Distillery, has announced the launch of a new limited-edition release inspired by Provence, a region celebrated for its sun-soaked landscapes, vibrant flavours and relaxed way of life. The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Provence Edition (40% ABV) is a single malt Scotch whisky, initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in a […]

MGP Debuts Chapter One Bourbon

Indiana-based MGP has released MGP Chapter One: Out of the Shadows – their inaugural bourbon exclusively under the MGP moniker [MGP usually crafts spirits as a third-party for other brands] MGP Chapter One: Out of the Shadows is a 10-year-old straight bourbon using a high-rye mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted […]

Rare 1979 Port Ellen whisky cask heads to auction with €1m opening bid

Fine Spirits Auction, France’s leading online spirits auctioneer, has announced that a rare cask of Port Ellen whisky, distilled in 1979, will go under the hammer with bidding opening at €1 million. Port Ellen 1979 – Cask of Distinction – No. 1145 (51.4% ABV), which previously sold at auction in 2022 for £875,000, is a […]

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