Independent Glasgow-based bottler Caskade has released Grace Notes – a limited edition whisky to celebrate 30 years of the local Celtic Connections music festival which is held every January in Glasgow. Grace Notes was extracted from a trio of single ex-bourbon American oak casks, distilled at Teaninich Distillery, [located in the Highlands of Scotland], matured […]
London-based Bimber has released the fourth installment of their Spirit of the Underground collaboration with Transport for London, this time highlighting four new stations located in the West End of London – Covent Garden, Green Park, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. Bimber’s Release No.4 is a creation of four single cask whiskies specifically paired with […]
Sazerac Company, Inc. – the makers of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky – are facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the branding of its Fireball Cinnamon beverage is misleading, as it is nearly identical to the branding of the company’s signature Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, except the Fireball Cinnamon product does not contain whisky. The labeling […]
Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker has issued a cocktail contest challenge to bartenders worldwide – provide the best recipe for a cocktail using Johnnie Walker Black Label – those selected as the best recipes will get the chance to win an exclusive three-night immersive Black Label experience in Scotland at Diageo’s Johnnie Walker headquarters in Edinburgh. To […]
Speyside distillery Glenfarclas has released a limited edition 50-year-old single malt Scotch marking the 50th anniversary of their fifth-generation family member and chairman, John Grant, who founded the brand in 1974. Glenfarclas 50-Year-Old was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to offer notes of dark chocolate, peat and toffee. Only […]
Irish whiskey industry giant, Jameson, is pumping the pre-emptive brakes on responsible drinking two months before St. Patrick’s Day via a collaboration with Irish actress/comedian, Aisling Bea, in a promotional campaign titled ‘Jameson. Easy Does It’. The promotional video depicts several social drinking occasions although not the big one – St. Patrick’s Day – and […]
Japan-based whiskymaker, Nikka, will release their Discovery 2022 whiskies in the UK in February 2023 after having already debuted those whiskies in Japan in September 2022. The Discovery series was launched in 2021. Arriving in the UK next month will be Nikka Yoichi Single Malt Aromatic Yeast (48% alcohol by volume – 96 proof) and […]
Fresh off their collaboration with Australian swimwear producer, Budgy Smuggler, UK-based [Norfolk] whisky producer Samuel Gulliver & Co has made an addition to their range with Gulliver’s 47 PX Sherry Cask single malt whisky. Gulliver’s 47 PX Sherry Cask is a single malt whisky finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks from Spain, bottled at 47% […]
Powerscourt Distillery [based in County Wicklow, just outside of Dublin] is bringing their Irish whiskey brand Fercullen across the pond to the USA. Fercullen is produced at the Powerscourt Distillery and will be bringing Fercullen Fall, Fercullen Single Malt, 15-year-old Fercullen whiskey and limited edition Fercullen 21 Year Old to availability in the USA. Powerscourt […]
Belfast-based Belfast Distillery Company is expanding into South Korea by shipping nearly 10,000 bottles of McConnell’s Irish Whisky to the country. With the expansion, the Belfast Distillery Company is now selling their products in more than 30 countries. Additionally, the Belfast Distillery Company is constructing a new distillery and visitor center for McConnell’s in Belfast […]
