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Redbreast Reveals Cuatro Barriles Edition

Alex Bean / April 10, 2024

Irish whiskey distiller Midleton and Redbreast has released single pot still blend Cuatro Barriles Edition – the latest addition to their Iberian Series. Redbreast Cuatro Barriles Edition is an Irish whiskey blended from four cask types – ex-bourbon, Oloroso sherry butts, Portuguese tawny Port hogsheads, and European virgin oak – bottled at 46% alcohol by […]

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Inbox | The Week’s Whisky News | April 5, 2024

Whisky For Everyone / April 5, 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…

Making the “World’s Most Admired” Whiskies

Mark Gillespie / March 31, 2024

Louisville’s Michter’s Distillery took top honors in the 2023 Drinks International survey to find the “world’s most admired” whiskey brand. Andrea Wilson is the Master… Read More

Changing of the Guard at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery

Mark Gillespie / January 14, 2024

Master Blender Billy Leighton’s recent decision to step aside from day to day work at Irish Distillers gave his longtime apprentice the dream job of… Read More

Billy Leighton Steps Aside at Irish Distillers

Mark Gillespie / November 23, 2023

After a 47-year career at Irish Distillers, longtime Master Blender Billy Leighton is stepping into a newly-created role of Master Blender Emeritus. He’ll be replaced… Read More

Redbreast Goes To Iberia Again

Alex Bean / October 2, 2023

Redbreast has released Tawny Port Cask Edition – another addition to their limited edition Irish whiskey Iberian Series – making it the third whiskey in the series. Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Edition was initially matured in a combination of bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, a portion of that whiskey was subsequently re-casked into tawny Port […]

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Catching Up with Ardbeg’s Colin Gordon

Mark Gillespie / September 26, 2023

It’s been three years since Colin Gordon left Islay’s Lagavulin Distillery to move down the road and take over for the retiring Mickey Heads at… Read More

Inbox / The Week’s Whisky News (September 22, 2023)

Whisky For Everyone / September 22, 2023

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 whisk…

10 Years In…And a Lot More Left to Learn

Mark Gillespie / September 17, 2023

Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell founded High Wire Distilling in Charleston, South Carolina 10 years ago this week. They started out with no distilling experience,… Read More

Redbreast Supplements Dream Cask Series With 27-Year-Old

Alex Bean / July 12, 2023

Redbreast has supplemented their Dream Cask Series with Port to Port Edition – a 27-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey produced at Midleton Distillery in Cork. Redbreast Dream Cask Port to Port Edition combines a pair of whiskies aged separately in bourbon and ruby Port casks for 27 and 28 years respectively, before being joined […]