2024

Royal Salute Given To Travel Retail Venues

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Pernod Ricard/Chivas Brothers-owned Royal Salute has made their Small Batch Collection available – albeit, exclusively for travel retail venues. Royal Salute Small Batch Collection is a a selection of rare cask-finished whiskies, comprising of eight whiskies aged between 25 and 29 years old, crafted using casks including rye, French limousin oak and Pedro Ximénez sherry. All […]

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Angel’s Envy Has Unfinished Business

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Bacardi-owned Angel’s Envy has some unfinished business – specifically, their newest release, a six-year-old cask strength Bottled-in-Bond bourbon that will be available exclusively at the Angel’s Envy distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bottled-in-Bond Act is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] – but only after some barrels were filled at […]

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Wild Turkey’s Triumph (Part 2)

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This is the second installment of a two-part series. For the first installment please see Wild Turkey’s Triumph (Part 1). With the exception of 2016, Wild Turkey has introduced a new Master’s Keep expression each year for the last nine years. It …

Press Release: Russell’s Reserve 15

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Available starting July 1, the 2024 offering marks a departure from the distillery’s expected release schedule to push the boundaries of extended aging LAWRENCEBURG, KY (June 13, 2024) – Multi-award-winning, best-in-class bourbon producer R…

Bushmills Debuts 23-Year-Old Madeira Finish

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Bushmills has released a 23-year-old Irish whiskey matured in Madeira wine casks, with one catch – it is intended to be exclusively for travel retail venues. Bushmills 23 Year Old Madeira Cask was matured in Madeira oak casks for 23 years, bottled at 53.8% alcohol by volume [107.6 proof] and is said to offer notes […]

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Wild Turkey’s Triumph (Part 1)

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Back in 2018, I published “The New Golden Age of Wild Turkey (and Why You Should be Paying Attention).” In that post I looked back on the history of the brand, divided it into eras, and concluded by speculating on its future. As I was reading it over r…

Woodford Reserve Gets Toasty With Bourbon

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Woodford Reserve gets toasty with Woodford Reserve Toasted Bourbon – a bourbon aged in heavily toasted barrels as a result of a distillery mix-up – as part of Woodford Reserve’s Distillery Series. In 2017, double oaked barrels were accidentally delivered to the distillery and filled with new-make bourbon, which received a heavy toast and a […]

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Redbreast Wakes Up From Dream With 38-Year-Old

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Redbreast has awakened from their last Dream with the release of a 38-year-old Irish whiskey – the seventh and final bottling in their Dream Cask Collection. The Redbreast Dream Cask Zenith Edition was distilled in 1985 [a good year], matured for 27 years in American oak ex-bourbon casks, then moved to first-fill Oloroso sherry casks […]

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Templeton Reveals Midnight Rye

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Templeton Distillery has released Midnight Rye – an American rye blended with Port. Templeton Midnight Rye features a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley, is matured in virgin American oak barrels, blended with Port wine, bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is said to offer notes of cinnamon, clove, […]

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The Glenlivet Produces Caskmakers Whisky

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Chivas Brothers-owned The Glenlivet has released Caskmakers – a whisky aged in reconstructed casks – primarily for worldwide travel retail venues. The Glenlivet Caskmakers is a single malt whisky aged in reconstructed casks made of ex-Spanish Sherry and charred European oak barrels, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to offer […]

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