2023

Bruichladdich Brings Out Octomore 14

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Bruichladdich Distillery has released Octomore 14 – their annual trio of heavily-peated single malts – consisting of the Octomore 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 – which have been released since 2008. All three Bruichladdich Octomore single malts are matured for five years, bottled ‘close to cask strength’ and are always heavily peated [to a whopping 309 […]

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Highland Park Sets Off To London

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Highland Park is headed off to London with the release of their 18-year-old London Edition as part of their Single Cask Series of single malt whiskies. Highland Park London Edition began life being matured for 18 years in a re-fill sherry-seasoned European oak cask before being bottled at 58.5% alcohol by volume [117 proof] and […]

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Jeff Goes To The Tropics

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Pernod Ricard-owned Jefferson’s Bourbon has released – Tropics Aged In Humidity: Finished In Singapore – a bourbon aged in the Singapore heat as the initial entry in their climate-focused Tropics series. Jefferson’s Tropics Aged in Humidity: Finished in Singapore began as Kentucky straight Bourbon, matured four to five years in Kentucky before being finished 18 […]

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Jimmy Russell’s 69th Anniversary

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Shortly after I discovered this incredible hobby of whiskey enthusiasm, a fancy new bottle hit retail shelves – Wild Turkey Diamond Anniversary. Though beyond my comfortable spending limit in 2014 ($125 was a hefty price for bourbon back then) it…

Crispin Cider – Don’t Call It A Comeback

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Crispin Cider has re-launched after spending two years in limbo, after a licensing agreement between parent company Molson Coors and the newly created Minneapolis Cider Company was finalized. Crispin was originally founded in 2004, then acquired by Molson Coors [then Miller Coors] in 2012, but shuttered in 2021. Meanwhile, nearby Minneapolis Cider Company opened in […]

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Tullamore D.E.W. Searches For Isobel

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Isobel goes missing but Irish whiskey brand Tullamore D.E.W. stays home with a celebration of the town of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland, in their promotional video entitled “Where’s Isobel?” The promotion was unique in that it was both filmed on location in Tullamore and starring local residents, the vast majority of whom had never […]

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Michter’s Gets Toasty With Toasted Rye

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Kentucky-based Michter’s has released US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Rye – showcasing the art of toasting, which heats the inside of the barrel at a lower temperature for a longer period of time. Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Rye was initially fully matured in barrels then and transferred to secondary barrels made of wood that were […]

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Ardbeg Reveals Lucky 13-Year-Old

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Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a ‘smoky-sweet’ 13-year-old whisky as the inaugural offering in their new Anthology Collection which will feature ‘experimental’ single malts matured in cask types that are new to the distillery. Ardbeg Anthology: The Harpy’s Tale, was aged for 13 years in both ex-bourbon and sweet Sauternes wine casks, bottled at 46% […]

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Lochlea Produces Second Crop Of Harvest Edition

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Lochlea has released the Harvest Edition Second Crop – the second offering of their seasonal single malt whisky series. Lochlea Harvest Edition Second Crop single malt whisky was aged in a quartet of Tawny and Ruby Port casks, STR (shaved, charred and re-toasted) barriques and first-fill bourbon barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 […]

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Maker’s Mark Offers Cellar Aged Bourbon

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Popular bourbon brand, Maker’s Mark, is releasing Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged – their first-ever age-statement bourbon. The 2023 version of Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged, will be the oldest Maker’s Mark whiskey to be released to date and is a blend of 87% 12-year-old whiskey with 13% 11-year-old whiskey that will be bottled at a cask […]

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