March 2022

Bulleit Introduces Ready to Serve Cocktails

In a move targeting college kids too lazy to mix whiskey and coke themselves… Diageo brand Bulleit has introduced two ready to serve crafted cocktails, an Old Fashioned and a Manhattan. Adam Geissler, Bulleit Brand Ambassador says:It can take ti…

Private Barrel Reboot

What’s up with Wild Turkey’s private barrel program? That’s the question I’ve been fielding lately, and I understand why. There have been notable delays, with some 2020-2021 bottles taking over a year to make it to retailers post selection. As for 2022…

Bulleit Brings Out Canned Cocktails

Bulleit Bourbon has released their initial canned cocktail offerings, both traditional cocktails – a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned. Both Bulleit Crafted Cocktails are canned at 37.5% alcohol by volume [75 proof] and are offered in both 375ml and 750ml bottle sizes. The Bulleit Old Fashioned cocktail is a blend of Kentucky straight Bourbon, aromatic […]

Going BIG on Charity: Buffalo Trace Distillery unveils LARGEST EVER bottles of O.F.C. VINTAGE 1982 BOURBON for upcoming online auction

Buffalo Trace Distillery O.F.C 1982 BourbonToday the 234-year-old Buffalo Trace Distillery is announcing a major milestone with the release of O.F.C. Bourbon Whiskey, distilled in 1982. The ultra-rare whiskey is the Distillery’s only vintage-dated bourbon and will be the first bourbon released in a colossal six-liter sized bottle and sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) on BlockBar.com – the world’s […]

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Looking In On Vendome Copper & Brassworks

By Richard Thomas The bourbon boom was well underway when Deputy Editor Kurt Maitland and I paid a visit to Vendome Copper & Brassworks in mid-2014, but it continued to accelerate year on year in the almost eight years since then. Blanton’s was still reliably on store shelves and the so-called bourbon shortage was on …

The Tamdhu Works, part dva

Tamdhu 18 yo 1999/2018 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask # DL 12201, 337 bottles)Tamdhu 2001/2013 (53.7%, Malts of Scotland, sherry butt, cask #MoS 13050, 685 bottles)Tamdhu 10 yo 2007/2018 (57.8%, Archives, Koval cask, cask …

The Bourbon Blues: Life with Post-Covid Anosmia

When my wife tested positive for Covid in November of 2020, she bounced back from it quickly. So, when we suspected our kids might have it 10 months later, I assumed that any fight would be equally brief. After two eye-watering nostril swabbings, we go…

Happy Hour Live with Shanna Farrell & Susannah Skiver Barton (Episode 932: March 9, 2022)

This week, our Happy Hour Live webcast focused on sustainability in the whisky industry. After all, we want to be able to enjoy a dram with our grandchildren when they’re adults years from now, right? Shanna Farrell’s new book “A Good Spirit” looks at distillers taking sustainability seriously, while Susannah Skiver Barton’s latest article for VinePair covers the growing shortage of new whiskey barrels for craft distillers. You can watch our live webcasts every Friday night at 5:00pm on the WhiskyCast YouTube channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and Twitch. Links: VinePair | “A Good Drink”

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