The new Benriach Malting Season is a nod to the period of time (1900-1965) when the Benriach distillery was closed for distilling, but kept its floor malting up and running. During this time Benriach was mostly malting for its original namesake, Longmorn. Like other early distilleries created during the late 19th century, its founder, John […]
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Beam Suntory’s Laphroaig has announced the third installment in the fascinating Ian Hunter Series, ‘Book Three: Source Protector.’ The 33-year-old non-chill filtered whisky is fully matured in ex-bourbon barrels, which allows the iconic peated characteristics of Laphroaig to shine through and continues to honor the legacy of the icon and last founding member of the …
A week after our Peated Bruichladdich Part 1, we gathered for Part 2. And like last time we all arrived with our samples in tow and after the usual hi-hello pleasantries we got down to business. Just like we’re about to do with this recap. I mean it, no long preamble or anything. We all […]
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Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a 2008 single malt whisky finished in ex-manzanilla sherry casks as part of their Warehouse 1 Collection – Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish is the fourth whisky in the collection. Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish was bottled at 54.6% alcohol by volume [109.2 proof] and is said to contain […]
The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has anointed Samuel Gulliver & Company as the organization’s official whisky of England Rugby. Samuel Gulliver & Co has signed a long-term international licensing agreement with the RFU to release a range of rugby-themed English single malts – the first-ever such arrangement for the RFU. The inaugural bottling in […]
High West, the Utah distillery that built a reputation among whiskey lovers for their crafty, sourced blends and transparency therein, has released a new in-house whiskey: High Country Single Malt. This American Single Malt was distilled and matured in the Wasatch Mountains, and finished in Oloroso Sherry casks before bottling at 44% ABV. Unlike some …
Speyside whisky producer, The Glenlivet, has launched their 2021 holiday promotional campaign – “Seize The Season. Seize The Glenlivet” – as well as a sweepstakes. The Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Whisky is offering holiday concierge services via their sweepstakes running through December 14, 2021. In the Glenlivet Holiday Concierge sweepstakes, two grand prize winners will […]
This tasting started life as a virtual event. I’d broken down all the bottles for this, and part 2, into sample bottles and we were all prepared to have these two epic tastings take place on Zoom. And then everyone started to get vaccinated. So we punted them a few months further out and did […]
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This is the latest release of the Benromach 10 Years. Apparently, the formulation had a bit of a tweaking and I was asked if I wanted to try the latest version and give my thoughts on it. I enjoyed the previous release well enough, so I said “sure”. Thrilling back story to this review eh? […]
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Paul John Christmas Edition 2021 is out! This marks the fourth release of this whisky, but only the third that’s made its way to the USA. Due to a snafu, 2018 never made it here and instead was enjoyed, a lot, throughout Europe and the UK. […]
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