Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker blended Scotch whisky has created a limited edition bottle design for Johnnie Walker Red Label, for the final season of the Spanish-themed Netflix series “Money Heist” [La Casa De Papel, in Spanish] – a crime drama which tells the story of two large-scale bank robberies. The final five episodes of the show […]
Jack Daniel’s announces the release of the 2021 Single Barrel Special Release, Coy Hill High Proof. This high-proof Tennessee Whiskey was aged on the top ricks of the oldest barrel houses on Coy Hill, the highest hill on the Jack Daniel Distillery property in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The limited offering whiskey is bottled at proof points …
Islay Scotch whisky producer Bowmore is launching a new limited edition series called No Corners To Hide – in which they collaborate with DC/Marvel graphic artist Frank Quitely – the first pair of whiskies will be a 23-year-old and a 32-year-old. Bowmore No Corners to Hide features an ancient Islay myth centering around a church […]
Highland Scotch whisky producer Glenmorangie is already preparing for the arrival of the winter season with the release of Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter – a limited edition 13-year-old single malt. Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter was matured in ex-bourbon barrels, finished in ex-Marsala casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is […]
After months of waiting, it’s finally here … Master’s Keep One. We’ve all heard the arguments: “toasted-barrel finishes are gimmicks,” “Wild Turkey must be running out of ideas,” etc. In all honesty, toasted-barrel finishes excite me as much as two fin…
Compass Box Whisky is delighted to punch up the peat in its latest release of its limited edition Scotch whisky: No Name, No. 3 (48.9% ABV, $130 SRP). And no, the company isn’t covering the Elliott Smith son. This final creation in the No Name series brings a new smoky experience to the trio with …
Shortly after being named “Most Admired American Whiskey” by UK-based Drinks International, Michter’s will start shipping 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon to its distributor and importer network this November. “I really enjoy this release because the barrels that our Master Distiller Dan McKee and our Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson selected for it are so …
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A+ Michter’s 10 Year Old Single Barrel Rye is a regular, annual limited release. It is also a favorite at The Whiskey Reviewer; Richard Thomas and Kurt Maitland both swear by it. Although perhaps not as over-obsessed about as Thomas H. Handy or Sazerac 18 Year Old, it sounds like …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A Among the Kentucky Majors, Heaven Hill has the strongest reputation for wheat whiskey, built on their 2005 introduction of Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey. That was years before anyone even spoke of a craft whiskey sector, which is where most of Heaven Hill’s competition in this department comes from. The only …
By Richard Thomas Single malt whiskies, with their distinct and individual identities and rich-yet-sophisticated characters, have always been a drink withdrawn from my shelf from late Spring to early Autumn. Between living in sweltering DC, steamy Asia, sunny Portugal and now also-sweltering Kentucky, my adult years have been marked by summer climates that were too …
