Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisk…
Bannerman’s Rock and Whisky Bar located in Edinburgh’s Old Town has teamed up with Douglas Laing & Co to release a special edition of the World Famous “Big Peat” Scotch Malt...
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This is the annual Ardbeg Day release, which celebrates the final day of the Feis Ile festival on the famous whisky island of Islay, from the cult distillery of Ardbeg. Ardbeg Heavy Vapours is the result of an experiment conducted by Dr. Bill Lumsden, …
With some parts of Scotland facing another long, dry summer, distilleries are making plans to cope with expected water shortages from the lochs and rivers… Read More
With some parts of Scotland facing another long, dry summer, distilleries are making plans to cope with expected water shortages from the lochs and rivers… Read More
Islay distillery Ardbeg has released a limited edition single malt – Heavy Vapours – to celebrate the 2023 Fèis Ìle music and malt festival. Ardbeg is known for their normally peat-y whiskies, however, Ardbeg Heavy Vapours has been distilled without a purifier – the device on a still responsible for maintaining the brand’s balance between […]
Just in time for the summer season, Islay distillery Ardbeg has released their first limited edition barbecue-inspired whisky, called Ardbeg BizarreBQ. Ardbeg BizarreBQ was created using double-charred oak casks, Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks and the distillery’s unique barbecue casks that have been extra-charred on an old-fashioned brazier, bottled at 50.9% alcohol by volume [101.8 proof] […]
Dr. Bill Lumsden has been experimenting at both Ardbeg and Glenmorangie distilleries. His latest Ardbeg release, Heavy Vapours, involved taking part of the distilling system out of the picture just because he wanted to see what would happen if he did. At Glenmorangie, he has a whole year’s worth of projects for his experimental Lighthouse distillery. We’ll catch up with whisky’s mad scientist on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Scotland’s controversial alcohol marketing restrictions have been sent back to the drawing board, while the equally controversial deposit return scheme for bottles has been pushed back to next March. Read More »
Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisk…
March 26, 2023 – Glen Grant has introduced the oldest permanent addition to its range with a new 21-year-old single malt. The whisky was matured in a combination of Oloroso Sherry butts and hogsheads along with ex-Bourbon barrels, and is bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtering. “The 18-year-old was our oldest one before, and it was mainly Bourbon wood which gives you much more floral notes to it,” said Master Distiller Dennis Malcolm. The 62-year veteran of the Scotch Whisky industry was on hand this week at an event in New York City to introduce the new whisky. Read More »
