Speyside distillery GlenAllachie has released a pair of whiskies – an eight-year-old single malt and a 15-year-old blend. GlenAllachie 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky was aged in both Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry puncheons, along with virgin oak casks and red wine barriques, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is […]
Anheuser-Busch has begun the National Recycling League in 10 ballparks around the country to coincide with the start of the 2022 Major League Baseball baseball season. Anheuser-Busch’s army of volunteer “Recycling Hawkers” will patrol the 10 ballparks collecting used bottles, cans and cups for the company’s longtime nonprofit partner, Keep America Beautiful. A-B will also […]
Irish whiskey brand Flying Tumbler is flying “across the pond” and will now be available in the USA, starting with Massachusetts. Founded in 2020 and named after a pigeon breed, Flying Tumbler has three Irish whiskies: their inaugural effort, The Bird, followed by The Tippler and The Roller – all of which will be made […]
London-based bottler Berry Bros & Rudd has released a single cask single malt from Scotland’s Hebridean Isle of Raasay Distillery, which only recently began production in September 2017. The 2017 Raasay single cask #23 spent three years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel, then was split for six months into two sherry casks – ex-Oloroso and […]
Isle of Skye distillery Talisker has released a limited edition triple cask-matured 27-year-old single malt called Elements. Talisker Elements was first matured in refill casks, then in heavily-charred casks, and then for a third and final time in old European oak puncheons, before being bottled 58% alcohol by volume [116 proof] and is said to […]
Irish whiskey distillery Walsh Whiskey has released the 2022 edition – the 12th edition overall – of their cask strength Writers’ Tears Irish whiskey. Writers’ Tears Cask Strength 2022 is a blend of aged single pot still and single malt whiskies, both distilled three times, aged in American oak bourbon barrels, bottled at 54.6% alcohol […]
The Glasgow Distillery Company has enlarged the bottle size – from 500ml to 700ml – for their of 1770’s Signature range of core single malts, claiming to use less glass than their prior 500ml sizes. The Glasgow Distillery Company’s 1770 Signature Range are being made available via the distillery’s website, for $65 per bottle and […]
Luxco-produced Blood Oath has released Blood Oath: Pact 8 – a Calvados-finished bourbon blend which is the latest addition to their series. Blood Oath: Pact 8 is a blend of a trio of bourbons – a 14-year-old ryed Bourbon, an 11-year-old ryed Bourbon and an eight-year-old ryed Bourbon finished in Calvados casks – and is […]
Islay distillery Bowmore has released a limited edition 1969 single malt – the fourth and final whisky in their Vaults Series. Bowmore 1969 was matured in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and is said to contain notes of almond, apple, citrus, coconut, honey, lemon and vanilla. Now the bad news….only 339 bottles of Bowmore […]
Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a limited edition single malt called Ardcore for this year’s Fèis Ìle [Festival of Music and Malt] festival. ‘Ardcore will be released to commemorate Ardbeg Day – which is held on the final Saturday of the Fèis Ìle – which runs from May 27 to June 4, 2022. Ardbeg Day […]
