“Do You Even Like Whisky?”
Women still face huge barriers to equality within the whisky industry, according to a new survey from the Our Whisky Foundation. The survey found high… Read More
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Guinness And Jameson Prep For St. Patrick’s Day Next Week
Both Guinness and Jameson are prepping for the annual arrival of St. Patrick’s Day, which occurs next week on Friday, March 17, 2023. Jameson Irish whiskey claims that they will pay someone to skip work on March 17 and leave a cardboard cutout bearing their likeness at their workplace. Guinness is encouraging “toasting” and says […]
Myths & Misconceptions
February 19, 2023 – There are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding whisky, and every so often, we need to puncture those myths and shed some light on the facts… For instance, the common perception is that if a whiskey is labeled as “straight,” then it can’t have any coloring or flavoring materials added. This is where things get tricky…straight Bourbons, straight malt, straight rye, straight wheat, straight corn, and straight rye malt can’t have any coloring or flavorings added to them… However, according to the TTB’s Beverage Alcohol Manual, “blended” versions of those whiskies (such as “a blend of Read More »
Jameson Pumps Brakes On Imbibing
Irish whiskey industry giant, Jameson, is pumping the pre-emptive brakes on responsible drinking two months before St. Patrick’s Day via a collaboration with Irish actress/comedian, Aisling Bea, in a promotional campaign titled ‘Jameson. Easy Does It’. The promotional video depicts several social drinking occasions although not the big one – St. Patrick’s Day – and […]
Jameson Introduces Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Jameson has released Jameson Single Pot Still Irish whiskey as a permanent addition to the iconic brand’s range. Jameson Single Pot Still was created using a mash bill of malted and unmalted barley before being triple distilled, then matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks along with three virgin oak casks – American, […]
Inbox / The Week’s Whisky News (October 14, 2022)
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 whisky an…
Jameson Wants To Widen The Circle
Jameson Irish whiskey, the world’s #1 Irish whiskey, employs Irish actor and comedian Aisling Bea to “Widen The Circle” – Jameson’s newest promotional slogan.
Bea is perhaps best known for creating and starring in the BAFTA-award-winning sh…
Irish Distillers Plans €250 Million Midleton Expansion
September 15, 2022 – Irish Distillers plans to expand Ireland’s largest distillery once again to meet growing global demand for Irish Whiskey. The €250 million project will see an all-new distillery built on a 55-acre site just across the Dungourney River from the existing Midleton distillery, which opened in 1975 to replace the original Midleton Distillery. “We have a vision that by 2030, we’ll be selling 15 million cases of Jameson (annually),” Midleton master distiller Kevin O’Gorman told WhiskyCast. “Last year, to put it in context, in our financial year 2022…we for the first time surpassed 10 million cases of Read More »
Review / Jameson Remastered 15 years old Single Pot Still
This whiskey is the first in a new series created by Jameson, the world’s biggest selling Irish whiskey brand. The Jameson Anthology series will see new whiskeys put down one of two tracks – Remastered will be old classic expressions reinvented, while …
Jameson Unveils 15-Year-Old Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Jameson has released Jameson 15 Years Old Single Pot Still – as part of their new Jameson Anthology collection which begins with Jameson Remastered Jameson 15 Years Old Single Pot Still. Jameson Remastered Jameson 15 Years Old Single Pot Still was matured between 15 and 17 years in American bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry butts, […]