Russell’s Reserve 13 mania has again begun, and with it, droves of whiskey enthusiasts will soon be monitoring websites, scouring liquor stores, and enlisting the help of friends and family across the country. While I have nothing but praise for 2021’s…
Redbreast has released their fifth addition to their Redbreast Dream Cask series – a 30-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey – combining two “dream casks” to create a limited edition 30-year-old Midleton Irish whiskey. Redbreast Dream Cask Double Edition combines two “dream casks” – a first-fill Oloroso sherry butt from 1990 and a first-fill bourbon […]
The Glenlivet attempts to “Break the Stereotype” with a promotional campaign focusing on a more diverse range of “whisky drinker” worldwide than just the expected demographic group. The Glenlivet announced it would support up to 30 participants in the Education & Mentorship Project of Equal Measures, a London-based group that works to increase diversity in […]
Seattle-based Copperworks Distilling has released Copperworks Peated Cask American Single Malt Whiskey Release 043 finished 331 bottles of a peated cask single malt, finished in an Ardbeg Scotch whisky barrel. Copperworks Peated Cask American Single Malt Whiskey Release 043 was matured for three years in a charred new American oak barrel then finished for a […]
The House of Suntory-owned Yamazaki, the darling of the whisky world a few years ago before a supply shortage followed by a global pandemic severely curtailed their output, has resurfaced and revealed a limited edition Yamazaki Japanese single malt collection – Tsukuriwake Selection – featuring the four foundations of single malt production, mizunara cask-matured, peated […]
The GlenAllachie has released Past, Present & Future – a limited edition series of GlenAllachie single malts celebrating the 50-year tenure of whiskymaker Billy Walker. The first release of The GlenAllachie’s Past, Present & Future Series will be The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Past Edition, “a fully sherry matured 16-year-old single malt” bottled at […]
Compass Box has released The Circle No. 2 – a limited edition blended whisky – as part of their The Circle global bartender competition. Launched in 2018, The Circle competition has a select group of bartenders from around the world compete to create a creative blended whisky with the winner rewarded with their own limited […]
Specialty Brands and Corby Spirit and Wine have collaborated to release Canadian whisky Lot No 40 Dark Oak in the UK. Lot No. 40 Dark Oak Canadian whisky is made from 100% rye grain, aged in lightly charred barrels, finished in heavily charred American white oak barrels, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] […]
Speyside distillery Benriach has released the second edition of their single malt whisky as part of their Malting Season series. Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is made entirely using barley malted at Benriach’s floor maltings – in this case, specifically concerto barley, chosen for its cereal flavor – and was matured in 30 first-fill bourbon […]
The Loch Lomond Group has released a 46-year-old single malt whisky as the second entry in their Remarkable Stills Series. Loch Lomond Remarkable Stills 46-year-old was matured in American oak casks for 44 years, then another two years in first-fill Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks before being bottled at 45.3% alcohol by volume [90.6 […]
