January 2025

A small collection of grand Mortlachs, second part

Mortlach 16 yo 2007/2024 (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox & Solstice, bourbon hogshead, Summer 2024)
Mortlach 26 yo 1997/2023 ‘Adversum’ (52.2%, Vintage Bottlers, 1st fill Château Lafite, cask #187207, 120 bottles)
Mortlach 1992/2022 (44.2…

A trip to China part 1: Laizhou Distillery

Laizhou ‘Blender Inaugural Edition’ (43%, OB, China, single blend, 1,999 bottles, +/-2024)
Laizhou ‘Single Malt Inaugural Edition’ (46%, OB, China, single malt, 2024)
Laizhou 2022 / 2024 (66%, OB, XiangXiu yellow wine, cask sample)
Lai…

Penelope Comes Out With Ultra-Aged Light Whiskey

Penelope Bourbon celebrates a unique chapter in whiskey history with its latest release of American Light Whiskey. This year’s rare release features whiskey distilled at 189 proof in 2006 at the historic Seagram’s site in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which is now the Ross & Squibb Distillery. The whiskey was aged for 17 years in second-fill oak …

Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Fourth Quintessential Malt Still Available

Last month, Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Distillery, under the direction of Master Blender Murphy Quint, released the fourth in its The QuintEssential American Single Malt series: Wine Club, First Meeting. “Rooted in our winery heritage, this release is a tribute to that legacy. While past expressions have included a foundation of either New American Oak or …

Old Forester Brings Back 1910 Extra Old Bourbon

Today, Old Forester announced the return of 1910 Extra Old, a limited-edition whisky derived from an extra-long double-barreling process. This liquid was first released in February 2022 as the third installment of the brand’s acclaimed and limited-expression lineup, the 117 Series. To create this unique expression, Old Forester aged its 1910 whisky in a secondary …

The Oldest Highland Park Ever Is Here. With A Five-Digit Price Tag

Highland Park, one of two distilleries on Scotland’s northerliest islands of the Orkneys, has come out with its oldest single malt to date: 56 years old. Highland Park 56 was created from a never-before-tasted cask, making it not just ultra-aged but also a single cask. Only 170 bottles of Highland Park 56 have been created …

Woody Creek Becomes Official Whiskey Of NHL’s Minnesota Wild

Colorado-based Woody Creek Distillers is becoming the official partner of a National Hockey League (NHL) team and, inexplicably, it is not the Colorado Avalanche – it is the Minnesota Wild. The new partnership with the Minnesota Wild will include exposure through in-arena signage, game sponsorship, virtual broadcast signage, and social media features. Woody Creek Distillers, […]

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