Speyside-based The Macallan has rolled out the Romantica Collection – a single malt whisky featuring original artwork to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Macallan 1926 vintage. Only a mere 258 bottles of the new Romantica Collection 40-year-old were produced and are originating from a sherry-seasoned European oak cask and bottled at 48.6% alcohol by […]
Buffalo Trace-owned Sazerac introduced itself to Tennessee whiskey with their newest release from AJ Bond Distillery. Sazerac’s AJ Bond Tennessee Whiskey is a straight Tennessee whiskey made from a single mash bill using locally sourced ingredients, bottled at 47.5% alcohol by volume [95 proof] and is said to display notes of butterscotch, cinnamon and chocolate. […]
Bushmills has unveiled their new Black Bush blended Irish whiskey bottle re-design – the first bottle re-design in nearly two decades for Bushmills. The Irish whiskey contained within the bottle remains unchanged. The new Bushmills Black Bush bottle retains the square shape that makes Bushmills iconic – and which Bushmills has used since the late-1800s […]
British rock band The Stranglers have unveiled another Golden Brown – this time it is a single malt Scotch whisky – in a collaboration with Caskade Drinks. The whisky’s name is a reference to their 1982 mainstream hit “Golden Brown” which lead singer Hugh Cornwell says was about “heroin….and a girl”. The Stranglers Golden Brown […]
Japanese whiskymaker Mars has collaborated with Kentucky-based Bardstown Bourbon Company to create a limited edition blend combining the Japanese single malts with the bourbon in a ‘first-of-its-kind’ process. Single malt whiskies emerging from Mars’ Komagatake and Tsunuki were shipped to Bardstown, where they were married with Bardstowns’ 10- to 16-year-old bourbons. The Komagatake single malt […]
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary aboard a Yellow Submarine – specifically, Yellow Submarine III – a commemoration of both the distillery’s inaugural whisky after it re-started in 2001 and a real yellow submarine that was discovered off Islay’s coast near the distillery in 2005. Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine III lacks the fancy […]
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery is jumping into the ready-to-drink (RTD) pool for summer in a collaboration with Whitebox that will feature four canned cocktails. The Bruichladdich/Whitebox RTD’s consist of a Whisky Sour [made with Bruichladdich’s Classic Laddie] canned at 19% alcohol by volume [38 proof], a Dry Martini [33.9% alcohol by volume – 67.8 proof], a […]
Four Walls Whiskey was founded in June 2022 by actors Rob McElhenney (now going by Rob Mac), Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton, all stars of the long-running sitcom “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” – and now they have been joined by Jesse Bongiovi, the son of musical artist Jon Bon Jovi. Jesse Bongiovi’s Lily Pond […]
A “blue moon” is either the second full moon in a single calendar month or the third full moon in an astronomical season that has four – both rare occurrences – and Blue Moon Ale has commemorated the rarity with a rarity of their own creation, turning the color of their Belgian-style ale blue for […]
Old school bourbon brand Wild Turkey has released Austin Nichols Archives Collection – a new annual limited series shining the spotlight on Wild Turkey vintage releases – with the debut release, Gold Foil Edition. Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives Gold Foil Edition is a 16-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon homage to Wild Turkey vintages from the […]
