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Bushmills Unveils 33-Year-Old Irish Whiskey

Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day [on March 17, 2023], Irish whiskey behemoth Bushmills has completed their current Causeway Collection with a 33-year-old single malt, but – alas – it will only be available if you find yourself in a travel retail venue at Heathrow Airport in the UK. Bushmills 33 Years Old was filled […]

Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day [on March 17, 2023], Irish whiskey behemoth Bushmills has completed their current Causeway Collection with a 33-year-old single malt, but – alas – it will only be available if you find yourself in a travel retail venue at Heathrow Airport in the UK.

Bushmills 33 Years Old was filled into fortified port wine casks from northern Portugal, bottled at cask strength of 53.3% alcohol by volume [106.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of blackberries and blackcurrants.

Only 690 bottles of Bushmills 33 Years Old Port Cask are being made available at Heathrow Airport in the UK for $1,500 per bottle.

Psst…It’s A Secret Speyside Release

Giant spirits conglomo Pernod Ricard has released a set of seven single cask editions they are calling the Secret Speyside collection for global travel retail venues – the seven whiskies originate from four Speyside distilleries – Braes of The Glenlivet distillery, Caperdonich, Longmorn and Glen Keith – and are aged between 21 and 27 years. […]

Giant spirits conglomo Pernod Ricard has released a set of seven single cask editions they are calling the Secret Speyside collection for global travel retail venues – the seven whiskies originate from four Speyside distilleries – Braes of The Glenlivet distillery, Caperdonich, Longmorn and Glen Keith – and are aged between 21 and 27 years.

All seven whiskies have been matured in seven separate first-fill American oak casks.

The Braes of The Glenlivet 1992 is being made exclusively available to the Dubai travel retail venue for $990 per bottle. The Caperdonich Peated 1996 will be exclusive to the Frankfurt, Germany travel retail venue for $1,050 per bottle while the Caperdonich Unpeated 1996 will be exclusive to the Heathrow, London travel retail venue [also for $1,050 per bottle]. The Glen Keith 1998 will be exclusive to the Shanghai, China travel retail venue for $450 per bottle while the Glen Keith 1994 will be made exclusive to the Lagardère, Hong Kong travel retail venue for $760 per bottle. Last but not least, the Longmorn 1998 will be made exclusive to the Lotte, Singapore travel retail venue for $480 per bottle and the Longmorn 1995 will be made exclusive to the Everrich, Taiwan travel retail venue for $800 per bottle.