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Brother’s Bond Has Holiday Hot Toddy Kit

Brother’s Bond bourbon – founded by “Vampire Diaries” stars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley – has collaborated with delivery service Cocktail Courier and released a Hot Toddy kit for the holidays. The Brother’s Bond Bourbon Hot Toddy cocktail kit consists of one 750ml bottle of Brothers Bond Bourbon, three chai teabags, a 120ml bottle of […]

Brown-Forman Wins UK Legal Battle Against Bacardi

In a UK-based legal dispute between spirits distributor giants, Brown-Forman has been awarded a $67.6 million ruling by a UK tribunal as a result of a cost-sharing disagreement. Brown-Forman and Bacardi first collaborated on their UK-based distribution process in 2002 but officially ceased that collaboration in April 2020 and Brown-Forman immediately formed their own UK […]

Cacti Bites The Dust

Anheuser-Busch has discontinued Cacti Agave Spiked Seltzer – the hard seltzer brand collaboration with American rapper Travis Scott – in the ongoing wake of the deaths of 10 people at Scott’s November 2021 Houston music festival event promoting his latest album, Astroworld. Scott had collaborated with Anheuser-Busch to create Cacti, an agave-infused hard seltzer made […]

Glen Moray Has Homecoming

Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a limited edition whisky – dubbed Homecoming – highlighting the completion of Edinburgh Rugby’s first permanent home. Glen Moray has been the official single malt whisky for the Scottish professional rugby team since 2018. Glen Moray 15-year-old Homecoming Edition celebrates the completion of Dam Health Stadium in Edinburgh, which […]

Jim Beam Cream Liqueur Arrives In Time For Holidays

Jim Beam Bourbon Cream – a bourbon-based cream liqueur – has arrived in time for the holidays. Jim Beam Bourbon Cream combines cream liqueur with Beam’s flagship Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey, is bottled at 15% alcohol by volume [30 proof] and is recommended as a lively addition to coffee or hot chocolate. Jim Beam Bourbon […]

Six New Single Cask Whiskies Revealed By Wemyss

Wemyss Malts has released six single cask Scotch whiskies – ranging in age from 16 years to 30 years – with the 30-year-old bottling being from Highland distillery, Blair Athol. Each Wemyss Malt has been bestowed with unique names and the 30-year-old Blair Athol is referred to as Jam on Toast and was matured in […]

Woodford Reserve Adds Five-Malt Stouted Mash To Master’s Collection

Holiday gift-giving season keeps getting more interesting as Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve released their limited edition Five-Malt Stouted Mash – the 17th addition to their Master’s Collection. Woodford Reserve Bourbon Five-Malt Stouted Mash was bottled at 45.2% alcohol by volume [90.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of chocolate, hazelnut and orange zest. Woodford Reserve […]

Glen Moray Finishes 2008 With Manzanilla

Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a 2008 single malt whisky finished in ex-manzanilla sherry casks as part of their Warehouse 1 Collection – Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish is the fourth whisky in the collection. Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish was bottled at 54.6% alcohol by volume [109.2 proof] and is said to contain […]

English Rugby Gets An Official Whisky And It Is Samuel Gulliver

The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has anointed Samuel Gulliver & Company as the organization’s official whisky of England Rugby. Samuel Gulliver & Co has signed a long-term international licensing agreement with the RFU to release a range of rugby-themed English single malts – the first-ever such arrangement for the RFU. The inaugural bottling in […]

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