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Johnnie Walker Visits The Ice Chalet

Johnnie Walker has collaborated with luxury skiwear designer Perfect Moment for the launch of their limited edition blended whisky, Blue Label Ice Chalet. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet is inspired by ‘Blue Hour’ – the moment between sunset and twilight on the slopes when skiing turns to apres-skiing. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet […]

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Johnnie Walker has collaborated with luxury skiwear designer Perfect Moment for the launch of their limited edition blended whisky, Blue Label Ice Chalet.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet is inspired by ‘Blue Hour’ – the moment between sunset and twilight on the slopes when skiing turns to apres-skiing.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet was created with a whisky blend from high altitude distilleries such as Brora, Clynelish and Dalwhinnie and is said to offer notes of cinnamon-spiced apple, cloves and “Alpine smoke.”

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet is also the second entry in the Cobalt series – following last year’s Johnnie Walker Blue Label Elusive Umami.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet will offer a series of luxury ‘Blue Hour’ experiences at popular ski destinations in Deer Valley, Utah and Niseko, Japan, throughout the ski season.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet is being made available worldwide for $350 per bottle.

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Seagram’s Touts 7 Crown Whiskey With Trip Back To The 7 & 7 Days

For their newest promotional campaign touting 7 Crown Whiskey, Seagram’s is returning to the classic 7&7 days of the ‘70s, when Seagram’s 7 Crown and 7UP cocktail over ice was the chosen drink of many a cocktail bar patron during that decade. New 1970s-themed promotional spots for 7 Crown Whiskey will appear or have already […]

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New 1970s-themed promotional spots for 7 Crown Whiskey will appear or have already appeared on television and internet across the various social media channels.

Seagram’s 7 Crown remains the number one American blended whiskey (according to Seagram’s).

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Tomatin Brings Out The Antiquary

Highland distillery Tomatin has released a trio of blended Scotch whiskies under their Antiquary label, which was purchased by Tomatin in 1996. The whiskies consist of The Antiquary 15 Year Old, The Antiquary 21 Year Old and The Antiquary 30 Year Old – all made using a blend of Highland and Speyside malts with Lowland […]

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Highland distillery Tomatin has released a trio of blended Scotch whiskies under their Antiquary label, which was purchased by Tomatin in 1996.

The whiskies consist of The Antiquary 15 Year Old, The Antiquary 21 Year Old and The Antiquary 30 Year Old – all made using a blend of Highland and Speyside malts with Lowland grains – the 15-year-old finished in Bordeaux red wine claret casks [with notes said to resemble ‘rhubarb, tamarind, raspberry and vanilla’], the 21-year-old finished in tawny Port casks sourced from Portugal [with notes said to suggest ‘spiced plum, wild strawberries, dark chocolate and orange’] and the 30-year-old was matured for more than three years in sherry casks sourced from Jerez in Spain with notes offered as ‘tropical fruits, smoked bacon and heather honey’. All three blended whiskies were bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof].

The Tomatin Antiquary range is being made available, per bottle, for $55 [15-year-old], $125 [21-year-old] and $350 for the 30-year-old.

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The Lost Distillery Unveils Pair Of Blended Whiskies

UK-based The Lost Distillery Company has released a pair of blended whiskies – Lossit 27 Year Old and Towiemore 25 Year Old – featuring flavor profiles created to mirror former distilleries in the Speyside and Islay regions. [Towiemore was a Speyside distillery active until 1931, while Lossit was an Islay distillery active until 1867]. The […]

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The Lost Distillery Company’s Lossit 27 Year Old was bottled at 47.3% alcohol by volume [94.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of chocolate, leather, oak and smoke.

The Lost Distillery Company’s Towiemore 25 Year Old was bottled at 52.1% alcohol by volume [104.2 proof] and is said to offer notes of almond, Madeira cake and sherry.

Only 210 bottles of The Lost Distillery Company’s Lossit 27 Year Old are being made available for $660 per bottle.

Only 330 bottles of The Lost Distillery Company’s Towiemore 25 Year Old are being made available for $520 per bottle.

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Ardray Arrives In The USA

Beam-Suntory-owned Ardray – a blended Scotch whisky – has officially arrived on USA shores after previously only being available in London and Shanghai. Ardray blended Scotch whisky is a blend of whiskies from Beam-Suntory-owned distilleries including Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, Glen Garioch and Laphroaig combined with Edrington-owned brands Glenrothes, Highland Park, The Macallan and others and […]

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Beam-Suntory-owned Ardray – a blended Scotch whisky – has officially arrived on USA shores after previously only being available in London and Shanghai.

Ardray blended Scotch whisky is a blend of whiskies from Beam-Suntory-owned distilleries including Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, Glen Garioch and Laphroaig combined with Edrington-owned brands Glenrothes, Highland Park, The Macallan and others and was bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof].

Ardray blended Scotch whisky is being made available in the USA – albeit only in Los Angeles and New York – for $85 per bottle.

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Barrell Craft Spirits Rolls Out The Blended Barrell Bourbon

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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Barrell Craft Spirits Amburana Bourbon is a blend of select Indiana and Kentucky-made bourbons with a quartet of Indiana bourbons aged for five, six, seven, and 10 years combined with a single Kentucky bourbon aged for five years, a mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley, finished for one-to-two months in Amburana casks, bottled at 58.21% alcohol by volume [116.42 proof] and is said to offer notes of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and vanilla.

Barrell Craft Spirits Tale of Two Islands blends a trio of Indiana bourbons [aged for five, six, and nine years, respectively] with a duo of Maryland bourbons aged five and six years, has a mash bill of 73% corn, 23% rye, and 4% malted barley, finished in rum casks for four to six months, bottled at 59.11% alcohol by volume [118.22 proof] and is said to offer notes of coconut and doughnut.

Both Barrell Craft Spirits Cask Finish Series blended bourbons are being made available for $90 per bottle via the official BCS website [barrelbourbon.com].

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Compass Box Revives Metropolis For Extinct Blends Quartet Series

UK-based whisky bottler/producer Compass Box has released Metropolis, the third of an expected four entries in their limited edition Extinct Blends Quartet series, which celebrates blends that have been ‘lost to history’. Compass Box Metropolis initially spent time in sherry casks, was bottled at 49% alcohol by volume [98 proof] and is said to offer […]

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Compass Box Metropolis initially spent time in sherry casks, was bottled at 49% alcohol by volume [98 proof] and is said to offer notes of dried fruit, hot metal and smoke.

Metropolis joins the previously released Ultramarine and Delos in the Extinct Blends Quartet series.

Compass Box Metropolis is being made available beginning on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 via the official website [www.compassboxwhisky.com], for $325 per bottle.

Metropolis whisky

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Chivas Adds Some Irish To The Blender

Old school brand Chivas Regal has created a new blend – Chivas Regal 13 Irish Whiskey Cask – that includes some Irish whiskey in the mix. Chivas Extra 13 Irish Whiskey Cask is a traditional Chivas Regal blend of Scotch whiskies but with the added twist of a portion of the blend being finished for […]

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Old school brand Chivas Regal has created a new blend – Chivas Regal 13 Irish Whiskey Cask – that includes some Irish whiskey in the mix.

Chivas Extra 13 Irish Whiskey Cask is a traditional Chivas Regal blend of Scotch whiskies but with the added twist of a portion of the blend being finished for an undisclosed amount of time in unnamed Irish whiskey casks

Chivas Extra 13 Irish Whiskey Cask was bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of honey, red apple and spice.

However, there is one caveat – Chivas Extra 13 Irish Whiskey Cask is only being made available in worldwide travel retail venues.

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Wemyss Debuts Blended Scotch Nectar Grove

Scotland-based Wemyss Malts has released a small batch blended Scotch whisky, finished in ex-Madeira wine casks, called Nectar Grove. Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove is a blend of single malts filled into hand-selected ex-Madeira wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of apricots, ginger, nectarines, oranges, peaches, […]

Scotland-based Wemyss Malts has released a small batch blended Scotch whisky, finished in ex-Madeira wine casks, called Nectar Grove.

Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove is a blend of single malts filled into hand-selected ex-Madeira wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of apricots, ginger, nectarines, oranges, peaches, saffron and vanilla.

Only 3,000 bottles of Wemyss Malts Nectar Grove are being made available for $70 per bottle via the Wemyss Malts official website, to Canada, Germany and the UK.

Cutty Sark Cuts Video Too Celebrate 100

As mentioned earlier, old school La Martiniquaise-Bardinet-owned blended Scotch whisky brand Cutty Sark is celebrating their 100th birthday this year and they have unveiled their Never Ending Adventure promotional video. The promotional video has a Cutty Sark ship sailing through turbulent seas in a storm and highlights various iconic imagery throughout the history of the […]

The promotional video has a Cutty Sark ship sailing through turbulent seas in a storm and highlights various iconic imagery throughout the history of the brand, all set to the tune of a modern-day hip-hop song.