From Scotland to California: John Campbell’s New Journey
John Campbell has long been regarded as one of Scotland’s best distillers, but he shocked the whisky world this week by leaving Scotland to join… Read More
Diageo
True Story: Wes Henderson’s Next Chapter
Wes Henderson retired recently from Angel’s Envy, the whiskey brand he and his father, the late Lincoln Henderson created. Retirement didn’t suit Wes well, though,… Read More
Diageo Unveils Special Releases Of 2024
Worldwide spirits behemoth Diageo has launched their 2024 Special Releases collection of single malt Scotch whiskies with the theme of Spirited Xchange Second Edition, highlighting an exploration of flavors in Scotch malt production. Diageo’s 2024 Spirited Xchange Second Edition Special Releases features an octet of single malts that focuses on flavor exploration and cask combinations. […]
The post Diageo Unveils Special Releases Of 2024 first appeared on Whisky Critic – Whisky Reviews & Articles – Style. Attitude. Whisky..
The World’s Most Remote Distillery?
Few places are as remote as the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, and that makes the Faer Isles Distillery the world’s most remote distillery.… Read More
Talisker Unveils 30-Year-Old
Talisker Distillery has released a limited edition 30-year-old single malt as part of the annual Special Releases collection from Diageo, which owns Talisker. Talisker 30-Year-Old was bottled at 49.8% alcohol by volume [99.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of pepper and smoke. Only 2,610 bottles of Talisker 30-Year-Old are being made available worldwide […]
The post Talisker Unveils 30-Year-Old first appeared on Whisky Critic – Whisky Reviews & Articles – Style. Attitude. Whisky..
Dear TTB: What’s Taking So Long?
Two years ago, the Treasury Department’s Tax & Trade Bureau opened the bureaucratic process for issuing an official definition of American Single Malt Whisky. After… Read More
Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam Lead World’s Best-Selling Whisky Brands
Despite a 2.7% decline in sales during 2023, Diageo’s Johnnie Walker brand continued to lead by a wide margin among Scotch Whisky brands, according to… Read More
Fore! Johnnie Walker Tees It Up With Devereaux For Golf Collab
Diageo-owned blended Scotch whiskymaker Johnnie Walker has launched The Johnnie Walker Clubhouse – a collaboration with golf apparel brand Devereaux Golf – that intends to focus on the Gen Z/millennial younger modern golfer [as opposed to the old-school country-club type]. The new Johnnie Walker/Devereaux Golf collab will be manifested in three new capsule golf collections, […]
The post Fore! Johnnie Walker Tees It Up With Devereaux For Golf Collab first appeared on Whisky Critic – Whisky Reviews & Articles – Style. Attitude. Whisky..
Dispatch from Jura
There’s one distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Jura, and Jura master whisky maker Dr. Kirstie McCallum joins us from the island this week on WhiskyCast… Read More
Inbox | The Week’s Whisky News | May 17, 2024
Welcome to Inbox – our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to the WFE email. We started Inbox several years ago as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from arou…