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The Dalmore Adds To Cask Curation Series

The Dalmore has released The Red Wine Cask Edition as the third entry in their Cask Curation Series. The Dalmore Red Wine Cask Edition is a collaboration with Château Mont-Redon of Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Rhone wine region in France. Château Mont-Redon’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape red wines are typically blends of Grenache Noir (57%), with Syrah (33%), Mourvèdre […]

Jack Daniels Brings Blackberry Across The Pond

Jack Daniel's New Bottle

Jack Daniel’s is bringing their blackberry-flavored Tennessee whiskey across the pond to the UK. Jack Daniel’s blackberry launched in the USA last month. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Blackberry is made with Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, with a mash bill of 80% corn, 12% malted barley, and 8% rye and is then infused with […]

The Macallan Offers Glassware Charms

Speyside-based The Macallan has trotted out a trio of collectable glassware charms – a horse, peacock and salmon – in a promotional campaign in the USA entitled ‘A Month of Timeless Taste’, that will run until October 18, 2025. Those who order a drink at a participating bar will have an opportunity to snag one […]

Kingsbarns Bags Caddies’ Dream

Lowland-based Kingsbarns Distillery has released Caddies’ Dream – a single cask whisky – to coincide with this weekend’s Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Kingsbarns Caddies’ Dream is a 10-year-old single malt matured in a shaved, toasted, and re-charred (STR) ex-wine barrique, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] […]

Torabhaig Goes Cask Strength

Isle of Skye-based Torabhaig Distillery has released a cask strength version of their Sound of Sleat single malt whisky – the sixth release in the distillery’s Legacy Series. Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength was created with both Concerto and Laureate barley, peated to 78ppm (parts per million), matured in American oak, using both ex-bourbon […]

Compass Box Offers Brulee

Whisky maker Compass Box has released Brûlée Royale Blended Malt Scotch Whisky – a limited release inspired by the 17th-century origins of the French dessert crème brûlée – a custard-based pudding topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. Chef François Massialot first created the recipe for the crème brûlée in the late 1600s for […]

Glen Moray Turns To Tequila Cask Finish

For the first time ever, Speyside-based Glen Moray has released a pair of tequila cask-finished single malt whiskies as part of their Warehouse One Collection series. The Glen Moray 2014 Tequila Cask Finish was matured for eight years in ex-bourbon casks before being finished in Mexican agave spirit barrels, bottled at 55.2% alcohol by volume […]

Tullamore Dew Blends Coffee And Honey

Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey has released Cafe Honey – a coffee-flavored liqueur made with Bohemian honey and Irish-roasted coffee. Tullamore Dew Cafe Honey liqueur blends triple-distilled and triple-cask-matured Irish whiskey with locally roasted coffee from northwest Ireland and natural honey from the Czech Republic, is bottled at 35% alcohol by volume [70 proof] and is […]

Barton 1792 Debuts Cognac Cask Bourbon

Kentucky-based Barton 1792 Distillery has released 1792 – a Cognac cask-finished bourbon. Barton 1792 Cognac Cask Finish was first matured in American white oak barrels, then finished in French Cognac casks for a minimum of six months before being bottled at 47.5% alcohol by volume [95 proof] and is said to contain notes of apricot, […]

Speyburn Bolsters Travel Retail

Speyside distillery Speyburn is bolstering their travel retail venue presence in airports both near home and across Europe, including Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports in Scotland as well as Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Speyburn will highlight the distillery’s travel retail-exclusive range, which includes Kentucky Bourbon Cask, Bordeaux Red Wine […]

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