Category: barley

Mark Reynier: Whisky’s Enfant Terrible

Waterford Distillery founder Mark Reynier has no shortage of opinions about how he feels whisky should be made, and he’s putting those opinions into the… Read More

Waterford Distillery founder Mark Reynier has no shortage of opinions about how he feels whisky should be made, and he’s putting those opinions into the bottle. Reynier has butted heads with the whisky establishment many times over the years because of his passion for flavor above all else, critics be damned. He’ll share some of his opinions with us on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Compass Box founder John Glaser is stepping down after 23 years, while there’s both good and bad news about whisky exports.

Episode 1046: March 3, 2024

Links: Waterford Whisky | Compass Box | Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. | Spirits Europe | The Macallan | Midleton Very Rare | The Busker | Bushmills | Jefferson’s Bourbon | Smooth Ambler | Michter’s | Heaven Hill | Westland | Method & Madness | Roe & Co.

It’s About The Barley

Here we are again, another cold, windy dreich February morning.  I was feeling pretty cheesed off and in need of something to lift my spirits.  I could hear some culinary activity...
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Here we are again, another cold, windy dreich February morning.  I was feeling pretty cheesed off and in need of something to lift my spirits.  I could hear some culinary activity...

thanks for reading Whisky Boys Whisky Blog

Eight Special Single Malts…and a Cowboy Bourbon

We’ll have a double feature on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, as Diageo’s Dr. Stuart Morrison joins us to detail this year’s Special Releases series –… Read More

We’ll have a double feature on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, as Diageo’s Dr. Stuart Morrison joins us to detail this year’s Special Releases series – including a Lagavulin finished in tequila casks – and Donnis Todd of Texas’s Garrison Brothers Distillery gives us a preview of this year’s Cowboy Bourbon. It’s an uncut, unfiltered whopper of a Bourbon at 70.45% ABV! In the news, the TTB avoids being caught up in a U.S. government shutdown after Congress passed a short-term budget extension. Kentucky regulators want to shut down two of the state’s biggest buyers and sellers of vintage spirits over liquor law violations, and Scotch Whisky tourism has recovered from the pandemic. 

Episode 1024: October 1, 2023

Links: Diageo Special Releases | Garrison Brothers Distillery | Lexington Herald-Leader | Buffalo Trace | Whisky Auctioneer | Slane Irish Whiskey | Scotch Whisky Association | Wiggly Bridge Distillery | Blackened Whiskey | Ballantine’s | Duncan Taylor | Russell’s Reserve | Bunnahabhain | Dewar’s | Jack Daniel’s

Exploring the Luxury Whisky Market (Episode 986: January 8, 2023)

Whiskies are being released at staggering prices with an eye to investors as well as collectors, but what is the market for these rare whiskies? Duncan Taylor & Co. has just released a £75,000 1969 Macallan, and we’ll talk with Peter Currie of Shand Imports about this whisky and its intended market on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. Links: Duncan Taylor & Co. | Hood River Distillers | Buxrud.se | Gordon & MacPhail | The Independent | The Lakes Distillery | Westland Distillery | Indri | Larceny Bourbon 

Whiskies are being released at staggering prices with an eye to investors as well as collectors, but what is the market for these rare whiskies? Duncan Taylor & Co. has just released a £75,000 1969 Macallan, and we’ll talk with Peter Currie of Shand Imports about this whisky and its intended market on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth.

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Links: Duncan Taylor & Co. | Hood River Distillers | Buxrud.se | Gordon & MacPhail | The Independent | The Lakes Distillery | Westland Distillery | Indri | Larceny Bourbon 

Waterford Reveals Heritage Hunter Irish Whiskey

Irish whiskey producer Waterford Distillery has released Heritage: Hunter – an Irish whiskey showcasing a rare barley variety, Hunter, from the past. Waterford Distillery Heritage: Hunter Irish whiskey uses the barley variety, Hunter [named after pioneering plant breeder Dr Herbert Hunter] which was introduced in 1959 and was noted for its distinctive flavor. Waterford Distillery’s […]

Irish whiskey producer Waterford Distillery has released Heritage: Hunter – an Irish whiskey showcasing a rare barley variety, Hunter, from the past.

Waterford Distillery Heritage: Hunter Irish whiskey uses the barley variety, Hunter [named after pioneering plant breeder Dr Herbert Hunter] which was introduced in 1959 and was noted for its distinctive flavor.

Waterford Distillery’s Heritage: Hunter was matured in a combination of first-fill and virgin American oak, French oak, and Vin Doux Naturel casks and is said to offer notes of apple, cloves, lemon and orange.

Only 10,000 bottles of Waterford Distillery Heritage: Hunter are being made available for $115 per bottle.

Benriach Adds Second Malting Season Whisky

Speyside distillery Benriach has released the second edition of their single malt whisky as part of their Malting Season series. Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is made entirely using barley malted at Benriach’s floor maltings – in this case, specifically concerto barley, chosen for its cereal flavor – and was matured in 30 first-fill bourbon […]

Speyside distillery Benriach has released the second edition of their single malt whisky as part of their Malting Season series.

Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is made entirely using barley malted at Benriach’s floor maltings – in this case, specifically concerto barley, chosen for its cereal flavor – and was matured in 30 first-fill bourbon casks [all distilled November 2013], bottled at 48.9% alcohol by volume [97.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, barley sugar, citrus, honey, mandarin, vanilla and white chocolate.

Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is being made available for $120 per bottle beginning in June 2022.