Inbox | The Week’s Whisky News | February 16, 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…



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 around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/ piece of news/ PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information. 
 
Here is this week's whisky news ... 
 
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Bulleit
 

The leading American whiskey brand of Bulleit has launched its first ever single malt, which will join its permanent core range. It is the latest product to be added to the ever-growing amount of American single malt on the market. The whiskey has been made using 100% malted barley and has seen its full maturation in charred American virgin oak barrels.

Bulleit Single Malt is released at 45% ABV and is packaged in a green glass bottle made from 100% post-consumer recycled glass. As further add to the brand's sustainability credentials, Bulleit has teamed up with non-profit charity American Forests and is commited to replanting 2.5 million American white oak trees by 2026. A bottle of Bulleit Single Malt will cost $US60 and will initially be available in selected American states.

 
Glencadam
 

The east Highland distillery of Glencadam has announced two limited edition cask finished single malts - the Glencadam 15 years old Reserva de Madeira and the Glencadam 17 years old Reserva PX. Both whiskies were initially matured in American oak ex-bourbon barrels before their respective finishing periods in ex-Madeira wine and ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.

The Glencadam 15 years old Reserva de Madeira (pictured, above left) was distilled in 2008 and has been finished in casks sourced from the Portuguese island of Madeira. These ex-Madeira wine casks have yielded just 5,826 bottles, which are released at 46% ABV. It is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £110.

The Glencadam 17 years old Reserva PX (pictured, above right) was distilled in 2006 and has been finished in ex-Pedro Ximenez quarter casks sourced from Spain. There are just 4,188 bottles available. These are also released at 46% ABV and are non-chill filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £150. Both whiskies are available in specialist retailers in selected world markets.

 
Glenlivet
 

The Speyside distillery of Glenlivet has announced a new single malt that is described as a first for the Scotch whisky category. The Glenlivet Fusion Cask sees the whisky part-matured in bespoke casks build for the brand from a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-rum barrel staves. The first-fill ex-bourbon and first-fill ex-rum barrels were hand selected, dismantled and reassembled by an expert team of coopers.

The Glenlivet Fusion Cask is initially launched this month in the USA and forms part of the famous distillery's 200th anniversary celebrations, which will take place throughout the year. It is bottled at 40% ABV and will retail in selected US states for the recommended price of $US96.
 
"As a team, we work closely with our partners at the cooperage to ensure the handmade casks are of the highest quality, and this intricate dismantling and reassembling process to create new bespoke casks ensures a distinctive and expertly crafted finish."
Kevin Balmforth | Cask Expert at Glenlivet.


 
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Jack Daniel’s Tequila-Finished Whiskey Tops Week’s New Releases

Jack Daniel’s has released the latest in its Distillery Series line of experimental whiskies, a Tennessee Whiskey finished in añejo tequila barrels that had first… Read More

Jack Daniel’s has released the latest in its Distillery Series line of experimental whiskies, a Tennessee Whiskey finished in añejo tequila barrels that had first been used at Jack Daniel’s before being sent to Mexico. The release was selected by Master Taster Danny Lamb, and is the 11th release in the distillery series. It’s available at the distillery’s White Rabbit Bottle Shop in Lynchburg and select Tennessee retailers with a recommended retail price of $41.99.

Aberfeldy is adding to its Red Wine Cask Collection with a new 18-year-old single malt finished in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks. It’s a cousin to last year’s 15-year-old Cabernet Sauvignon finish, and will be available through the distillery’s web site at first before rolling out in the UK, France, Germany, and the United States with a recommended retail price of £115 per bottle.

Angus Dundee Distillers is reviving the Glencadam 18-year-old Highland single malt. It disappeared from the lineup several years ago because of a lack of supply dating back to when the distillery was mothballed between 1999 and 2003, but there are enough stocks now to ensure a permanent supply. It will be available worldwide with a recommended retail price of £145 a bottle. 

Glengoyne has released its latest Cask Strength edition. It’s the 10th in the series, and marks a decade of the annual limited edition. It’s matured in a combination of first-fill Oloroso Sherry, ex-Bourbon, and refill casks, and won a gold medal in the recent International Spirits Challenge. It is available through whisky specialist shops globally as well as the Glengoyne web site.

Wolfcraig master blenders Richard Paterson and Ian Macmillan have created the second blend in the Wolfcraig lineup, It’s a 14-year-old blend that uses whisky matured in ex-Bourbon barrels along with aged sherry casks, and will launch in August with a recommended retail price of £80 a bottle. 

Wyoming Whiskey is out with its annual Wyoming-exclusive release. This year’s whisky is named Integrity, and honors former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson with a 7 year-old Bourbon. It’s available through the distillery and Wyoming retailers only.

Finally, Ireland’s Teeling Whiskey Company has released the second edition in its Wonders of Wood Collection. It’s a single pot still Irish Whiskey matured in virgin Portuguese Oak barrels. It’s available through the Teeling web site for 80 Euros a bottle, with part of the proceeds going to help plant native Irish tree species in Ireland.

This story was published July 31, 2023. Photo courtesy Jack Daniel’s.

A New Era for Gordon & MacPhail

The 128-year-old family-owned independent bottler stunned the whisky world this week with news that it will stop sourcing new make spirit from other distillers starting… Read More

The 128-year-old family-owned independent bottler stunned the whisky world this week with news that it will stop sourcing new make spirit from other distillers starting next year. Instead, Gordon & MacPhail will focus on single malts from its two distilleries, Benromach and The Cairn in the future. With decades of maturing whisky on hand, the change won’t be felt for at least 12 to 15 years and Gordon & MacPhail will continue bottling older whiskies for decades to come. We’ll discuss the change in philosophy with G&M managing director Ewen Mackintosh on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. On Behind the Label, we’ll celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Excise Act of 1823, which directly led to today’s Scotch Whisky industry, and we’ll have tasting notes for whiskies from Bunnahabhain, Lost Lantern, and Dràm Mòr, too.

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Episode 1015: July 30, 2023

Links: Gordon & MacPhail | Bruichladdich | Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery | McCarthy’s Clear Creek Distillery | Pursuit Spirits | New Orleans Spirits Competition | Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards | Jack Daniel’s | Glencadam | Aberfeldy | Wolfcraig | Wyoming Whiskey | Teeling Whiskey Company | Whisky Fun | Bunnahabhain | Lost Lantern Whiskey | Dràm Mòr Group | The Glenlivet

Image courtesy Gordon & MacPhail.

Suntory Anniversary Whiskies Highlight Week’s New Releases

Suntory is celebrating its 100th anniversary with two special releases: a Yamazaki 18-year-old single malt matured in Mizunara Oak casks and a peated Hakushu 18-year-old.… Read More

Suntory is celebrating its 100th anniversary with two special releases: a Yamazaki 18-year-old single malt matured in Mizunara Oak casks and a peated Hakushu 18-year-old. The Yamazaki will be priced at $1,500 per bottle, while the Hakushu will carry a $1,200 price tag. There will also be anniversary editions of the flagship Yamazaki and Hakushu 12-year-old whiskies with special labels to celebrate the anniversary.

Rod Stewart is launching his own blended Scotch whisky brand. Wolfie’s Whisky is being bottled by Loch Lomond Distillers. It goes on sale in June in the UK, Ireland, and Europe, with a U.S. launch planned for later this year.

Basketball star Steph Curry has teamed up with the Game Changer Distillery in Kentucky and Napa Valley winery owner John Schwartz to produce Gentlemen’s Cut Bourbon. It’ll be available worldwide with a recommended retail price of $79.99 a bottle.

Glengoyne has released its ninth batch of the Teapot Dram, named for the distillery’s teapot in which workers once shared their daily drams with their overnight colleagues. 

Back then, workers were given three drams a day of whisky from first-fill sherry casks, and the Teapot Dram continues that tradition. It’s matured in first-fill European and American Oak sherry casks and bottled at 58.9 percent ABV. It’s available at the Glengoyne distillery shop and web site for £140 a bottle. 

Glencadam Distillery has released a limited edition Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish using whisky distilled back in 2007. Reserva de Jerez is available in the UK and select European markets with a recommended retail price of £105 a bottle. 

Chattanooga Whiskey is out with the latest release in its Bottled in Bond series. The Spring 2019 Vintage features a blend of four different mashbills, including two high-malt mashbills. It’s available at the distillery and in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, and South Carolina with a recommended retail price of $52.99 a bottle.

Hotaling and Company has released the latest Hirsch Bourbon. The Single Barrel Double Oak has ben double barreled in new American Oak and finished in used oak barrels. It’s available in 15 U-S states with a recommended retail price of 99 dollars a bottle.

Kentucky’s New Riff Distilling has turned to heirloom corn strains for its two new releases. Yellow Leaming is distilled with what the distillery bills as the “granddaddy of yellow corn,” while Blue Clarage comes from a unique blue corn varietal. Both whiskies are five years old and bottled-in-bond. They are available at the distillery in Newport, Kentucky for $55.99 each. 

Missouri’s Holladay Distilling has also released a new bottled-in-bond Bourbon. Holldaay Soft Red Wheat Bourbon is distilled using Holladay’s traditional mashbill, except that the rye is replaced with soft red wheat. It also qualifies as a Missouri Bourbon under the state’s strict law that requires Bourbons carrying that label to not only be distilled, matured, and bottled within the state, but be matured in oak barrels manufactured in Missouri and made with corn grown exclusively in Missouri. 

Published May 29, 2023

Suntory Anniversary Whiskies Highlight Week’s New Releases

Suntory is celebrating its 100th anniversary with two special releases: a Yamazaki 18-year-old single malt matured in Mizunara Oak casks and a peated Hakushu 18-year-old.… Read More

Suntory is celebrating its 100th anniversary with two special releases: a Yamazaki 18-year-old single malt matured in Mizunara Oak casks and a peated Hakushu 18-year-old. The Yamazaki will be priced at $1,500 per bottle, while the Hakushu will carry a $1,200 price tag. There will also be anniversary editions of the flagship Yamazaki and Hakushu 12-year-old whiskies with special labels to celebrate the anniversary.

Rod Stewart is launching his own blended Scotch whisky brand. Wolfie’s Whisky is being bottled by Loch Lomond Distillers. It goes on sale in June in the UK, Ireland, and Europe, with a U.S. launch planned for later this year.

Basketball star Steph Curry has teamed up with the Game Changer Distillery in Kentucky and Napa Valley winery owner John Schwartz to produce Gentlemen’s Cut Bourbon. It’ll be available worldwide with a recommended retail price of $79.99 a bottle.

Glengoyne has released its ninth batch of the Teapot Dram, named for the distillery’s teapot in which workers once shared their daily drams with their overnight colleagues. 

Back then, workers were given three drams a day of whisky from first-fill sherry casks, and the Teapot Dram continues that tradition. It’s matured in first-fill European and American Oak sherry casks and bottled at 58.9 percent ABV. It’s available at the Glengoyne distillery shop and web site for £140 a bottle. 

Glencadam Distillery has released a limited edition Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish using whisky distilled back in 2007. Reserva de Jerez is available in the UK and select European markets with a recommended retail price of £105 a bottle. 

Chattanooga Whiskey is out with the latest release in its Bottled in Bond series. The Spring 2019 Vintage features a blend of four different mashbills, including two high-malt mashbills. It’s available at the distillery and in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, and South Carolina with a recommended retail price of $52.99 a bottle.

Hotaling and Company has released the latest Hirsch Bourbon. The Single Barrel Double Oak has ben double barreled in new American Oak and finished in used oak barrels. It’s available in 15 U-S states with a recommended retail price of 99 dollars a bottle.

Kentucky’s New Riff Distilling has turned to heirloom corn strains for its two new releases. Yellow Leaming is distilled with what the distillery bills as the “granddaddy of yellow corn,” while Blue Clarage comes from a unique blue corn varietal. Both whiskies are five years old and bottled-in-bond. They are available at the distillery in Newport, Kentucky for $55.99 each. 

Missouri’s Holladay Distilling has also released a new bottled-in-bond Bourbon. Holldaay Soft Red Wheat Bourbon is distilled using Holladay’s traditional mashbill, except that the rye is replaced with soft red wheat. It also qualifies as a Missouri Bourbon under the state’s strict law that requires Bourbons carrying that label to not only be distilled, matured, and bottled within the state, but be matured in oak barrels manufactured in Missouri and made with corn grown exclusively in Missouri. 

Published May 29, 2023

Another New Distillery for Campbeltown

At one time, Campbeltown was Scotland’s whisky capital with more than 35 distilleries. That number dwindled to just three over the years, but now, planning… Read More

At one time, Campbeltown was Scotland’s whisky capital with more than 35 distilleries. That number dwindled to just three over the years, but now, planning approval is being sought for up to three new distilleries. The latest project is the Witchburn Distillery to be built on the former RAF Macrihanish site, and we’ll talk with project manager and master distiller Andrew Nairn on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. We’ll also hear from Beam Suntory’s Daryl Haldane following the auction Friday of a one-of-a-kind Bowmore single malt to raise money for projects on Islay. In the news, Stirling Council has rejected plans for the proposed Wolfcraig Distillery for a second time, Scotch Whisky Association leaders continue their push to reserve an excise duty hike planned for August, and Jack Daniel’s lost a trademark infringement case in the U.K. to a pair of comedians.

Episode 1006: May 28, 2023

Links: Witchburn Distillery | Bowmore | Scotch Whisky Association | Jack Daniel’s | Wolfie’s Whisky | Gentleman’s Cut Bourbon | Suntory Whisky | Glengoyne | Glencadam | Chattanooga Whiskey | Hirsch Whiskey | Dràm Mòr | Rabbit Hole Distillery | New Riff Distilling | Holladay Distillery

Another New Distillery for Campbeltown

At one time, Campbeltown was Scotland’s whisky capital with more than 35 distilleries. That number dwindled to just three over the years, but now, planning… Read More

At one time, Campbeltown was Scotland’s whisky capital with more than 35 distilleries. That number dwindled to just three over the years, but now, planning approval is being sought for up to three new distilleries. The latest project is the Witchburn Distillery to be built on the former RAF Macrihanish site, and we’ll talk with project manager and master distiller Andrew Nairn on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. We’ll also hear from Beam Suntory’s Daryl Haldane following the auction Friday of a one-of-a-kind Bowmore single malt to raise money for projects on Islay. In the news, Stirling Council has rejected plans for the proposed Wolfcraig Distillery for a second time, Scotch Whisky Association leaders continue their push to reserve an excise duty hike planned for August, and Jack Daniel’s lost a trademark infringement case in the U.K. to a pair of comedians.

Episode 1006: May 28, 2023

Links: Witchburn Distillery | Bowmore | Scotch Whisky Association | Jack Daniel’s | Wolfie’s Whisky | Gentleman’s Cut Bourbon | Suntory Whisky | Glengoyne | Glencadam | Chattanooga Whiskey | Hirsch Whiskey | Dràm Mòr | Rabbit Hole Distillery | New Riff Distilling | Holladay Distillery