Last week, during an auction staged by Sotheby’s at The Macallan Estate in Speyside, Scotland, a bottle of The Macallan 1926, featuring the Fine & Rare label, sold for £2,125,000 / $2,807,975, becoming the second most valuable bottle of whisky ever sold in British sterling, but the most valuable bottle ever sold at auction as …
Following the success of The Laddie Rye’s U.S. debut in 2025, Bruichladdich announces the launch of the second expression of its Islay-grown rye whisky. Exclusively available in the United States, the latest release is distilled using locally grown rye and Islay malting barley, harvested within an 11-mile radius of the Hebridean distillery. Aged for six …
By Richard Thomas For years, one of the things that has signaled to me someone is really paying attention to American whiskey is if they know who Jake Norris is. After all, Norris was the first head distiller at both Stranahan’s and Laws Whiskey House. Stranahan’s was one of that class of trailblazing small distillers …
Buffalo Trace Distillery invites guests back after dark for the second annual Night at the Distillery, an immersive Halloween experience that brings more than two centuries of history, folklore and mystery to life across the historic grounds. Expanded for 2026 with additional dates, new stories and new locations, guests will wander through the nighttime glow …
Montana’s Ghostwood Whiskey whiskey brand is introducing Ghostwood 3 Brothers Bourbon, a six-year-old three-grain, high-rye bourbon inspired by founder Lucas Perks’ memories of spending nights outdoors around the campfire with his two brothers. The new 3 Brothers Bourbon is the fourth whiskey in Ghostwood’s core portfolio and offers an accessible introduction to the brand at …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Lately it has come into vogue for major distillers to cultivate limited edition series based on their warehouse properties. Only a major distiller can do this, since craft distillers often have just the one barrel house, and even if they have more than one, the geographic and construction differences between …
By Richard Thomas It has not even been a week since news broke that Angel’s Envy co-founder Wes Henderson was named in a lawsuit filed in June by his own relatives accusing him of planting hidden cameras in his Florida holiday home, private residences and the Kentucky Castle Hotel for the purposes of making illicit …
Keeper’s Heart Whiskey is proud to announce the launch of its Triple Pot Distilled Straight Rye, the second release in the brand’s groundbreaking trilogy of American triple pot distilled whiskeys. Following the debut of American Pot Still Whiskey, this latest expression continues Keeper’s Heart’s mission to challenge convention by combining Irish whiskey-making tradition with America’s …
Isle of Skye Whisky is tapping into the volcanic origins of its namesake island with the launch of Isle of Skye Magma Stone Toasted, a rare limited-edition blended Scotch whisky finished using an innovative magma stone toasted cask technique. Bottled at 46% ABV and available for an SRP of $47. Magma stone is a volcanic …
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A In 1892, Joseph A. Magnus founded his Cincinnati, Ohio-based whiskey company and built a reputation for aged blended spirits, including his brand Murray Hill Club. That business closed in 1918 as Prohibition loomed. The name Magnus and its association with whiskey remained dormant for nearly a century. In 2015, …
