2023

Redbreast Goes To Iberia Again

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Redbreast has released Tawny Port Cask Edition – another addition to their limited edition Irish whiskey Iberian Series – making it the third whiskey in the series. Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Edition was initially matured in a combination of bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, a portion of that whiskey was subsequently re-casked into tawny Port […]

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A Series of Events

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Happy 101 Day! I just wanted to take a brief moment and let y’all know that I’ll be visiting Missouri and Kansas later this week for a series of Wild Turkey sponsored events. From blind tastings to book signings, I’ll be sharing my passion for Ke…

Waterford Unleashes The Peat

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Irish whiskey producer, Waterford Distillery, has released a pair of heavily peated single malts – Waterford Peated: Lacken and Waterford Peated: Woodbrook – with barley from Lacken and Woodbrook farms. Waterford Peated: Lacken was bottled at 57 PPM (phenol parts per million) while Waterford Peated: Woodbrook was bottled at 74 PPM. Waterford Peated: Lacken is […]

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Brave New Spirits Showcases Old Time Cinema In Cask Noir Series

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Glasgow-based Brave New Spirits has released another batch – their third – of limited release single cask whiskies in their old-time cinema-inspired Cask Noir series which now totals 12 whiskies. The newest batch of Brave New Spirits Cask Noir Series releases includes a 30-year-old single grain [Adventures of Burke & Hare] distilled at North British […]

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Fettercairn Steers Hard To Port

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Highland distillery Fettercairn has released a limited edition 16-year-old single malt whisky finished in Port casks. Fettercairn 16-year-old was matured in ex-bourbon casks for 14 years, then spent two more years languishing in ex-tawny Port pipes from the Douro Valley in Portugal before being bottled at 46.4% alcohol by volume [92.8 proof] and is said […]

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Bushmills Gets Woody

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Irish whiskey behemoth brand, Bushmills, has released a pair of single malt Irish whiskies – a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old – to begin their World Wood Series. The Bushmills World Wood Series 15-year-old single malt was matured in both ex-bourbon first- and second-fill American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and […]

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Barrell Craft Spirits Rolls Out The Blended Barrell Bourbon

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Kentucky blending house Barrell Craft Spirits has rolled out the Barrell Bourbon blends – a pair of blended bourbons with different cask finishes – for their new Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish series which will feature two blends each year. Barrell Craft Spirits Amburana Bourbon is a blend of select Indiana and Kentucky-made bourbons with a […]

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Heineken Makes Social Swap

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Heineken pulled a fast one on poor, unsuspecting football fans when they employed former England international football players-turned-pundits, Jill Scott and Gary Neville, to switch their social media accounts as part of a Heineken® gender bias social experiment entitled, “The Social Swap” with, unfortunately, predictable responses as Scott’s account featuring comments by Neville was on […]

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Finland’s Kyro Unveils Quartet Of Whiskies

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Finnish distillery Kyrö has released a quartet of whiskies – Kyrö Malt, Kyrö Wood Smoke, Kyrö Oloroso and Kyrö Peat Smoke – all made from 100% Finnish rye, that form the distillery’s core whisky range. Kyrö Malt is double-distilled and matured for three years in new American white oak casks, bottled at 47.2% alcohol by […]

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Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse CNF

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In 2018, whiskey enthusiasts were introduced to a largely unfamiliar name: Camp Nelson. While Camp Nelson wasn’t new to Wild Turkey, having been in use as a maturation campus since at least the 1990s, it was nevertheless a new addition to the distiller…

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