Scotland-based distillery InchDairnie has released RyeLaw – purported to be the only Scottish malted rye whisky currently available on the market. InchDairnie RyeLaw was double distilled in pot stills in 2017, matured in charred new oak casks, made with locally grown 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley and was bottled at 46.3% alcohol by […]
Ballantine’s Scotch whisky has released a new array of 40-year-old whiskies called The Masterclass Collection to celebrate the brand’s master blenders. The Masterclass Collection will consist of a series of five annual releases of Ballantine’s 40 Year Old whisky, with only 108 bottles of the first whisky blend in the series – The Remembering – […]
Scotland-based Wemyss Malts has released a small batch blended Scotch whisky, finished in ex-Madeira wine casks, called Nectar Grove. Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove is a blend of single malts filled into hand-selected ex-Madeira wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of apricots, ginger, nectarines, oranges, peaches, […]
London-based distillery Bimber has released a small batch single malt – Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch 4. Bimber Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch 4 has been matured in first-fill American oak ex-bourbon casks for six years – in Bimber’s second year of production – and was bottled at 51.2% alcohol by volume [102.4 proof]. Only 7,000 bottles […]
Diageo-owned The Singleton has released a limited edition 40-year-old single malt as the third and final addition to their Epicurean Odyssey series, which explores an ‘epicurean journey of flavour’ and ‘sensorial maximalism’. Other releases in the series were 38-year-old and 39-year-old whiskies. The Singleton 40-Year-Old was bottled at 45.9% alcohol by volume [91.8 proof] and […]
Sir Ivan Menezes, the long-serving CEO of spirits behemoth Diageo – the world’s largest spirits company – has died at the age of 63 after a short illness. Menezes had been in the hospital being treated for several undisclosed medical conditions including a stomach ulcer. Since 2013, Menezes had been the chief executive of Diageo, […]
In a collaboration with Covid-19 pandemic-affected local breweries, Jura has added Jura Pale Ale Cask Edition – a single malt whisky matured in pale ale casks – to their Cask Edition Series. Jura worked with the local breweries that were under lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 to produce Jura Pale Ale Cask Edition, which was […]
Russell’s Reserve announces the return of its highly awarded 13-year-old bourbon, available in a limited run from June 2023.
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Irish Distillers-produced Midleton has released four single cask whiskies – 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon; 25-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; 21-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; and 24-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon – for their Very Rare Collection and which will be available in specific travel retail venues around Europe. Midleton Very Rare’s 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon has been bottled at 49.6% alcohol […]
Tonic and mixer brand Betty Buzz has flown across the pond and “officially” been named as an official sponsor of the popular Welsh-based Wrexham Association Football Club (AFC) for the 2023-24 season. Wrexham was a team in the UK’s National League that gained worldwide notoriety after being purchased by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney […]
