Buffalo Trace Distillery is prepping for the holiday season by opening up their distillery from December 4-31, 2025, for their 27th annual celebration – Holidays at the Trace. The event features festive lights and decorations, new retail holiday-specific releases and experiences at the distillery. Buffalo Trace will also showcase their holiday special Spirited Nights, where […]
The long-awaited restoration of Castletown Mill, a historic landmark on Scotland’s north coast, has officially been completed. Founders Dunnet Bay Distillers are marking the completion of works by launching a crowdfunding campaign inviting whisky fans and enthusiasts of Scottish heritage to become part of the next chapter in the story of this northern landmark. Castletown …
Blade and Bow has announced the release of a 30 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. This expression, the oldest ever released by the brand, was first laid up in the spring of 1993 in the legendary rickhouses of Stitzel-Weller Distillery. After decades of careful aging, a meticulous post-maturation selection process commenced, in which Nicole …
Japanese whiskymaker Nikka has released a an homage to their 1985-born square-bottled Nikka From the Barrel – a Nikka From the Barrel Extra Marriage, a blend of grain whisky from Nikka and malt whiskies from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries, and a trio gift set. Nikka From the Barrel Extra Marriage is said to bestow […]
Iowa-based Cedar Ridge Distillery has doubled down with the release of their limited edition Double Barrel Rye Whiskey and Double Barrel Bourbon. Both Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Rye and Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Bourbon were finished in new American oak casks. Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Bourbon release has a mashbill of 74% corn, 14% rye, […]
Dublin-based Teeling Irish Whiskey has released the fourth entry Rising Reserve range of single malt whiskies. The fifth and final entry in the Rising Reserve line will be launched in 2026. Teeling Rising Reserve 21 Year Old was matured in ex-bourbon barrels for more than 18 years, finished in ex-white wine casks for three years, […]
Kentucky-based Buffalo Trace Distillery has gone full proof with the addition of New Orleans-inspired Sazerac Rye Full Proof to their permanent lineup of Sazerac products. Buffalo Trace’s Sazerac Rye Full Proof Whiskey was bottled at a whopping 62.5% alcohol by volume [125 proof] and despite that, is said to contain notes of dill, rye and […]
Hard on the heels of its recent brand extension for Sazerac Rye, with the addition of Sazerac Rye 100 Proof, Buffalo Trace Distillery is expanding the brand again with Sazerac Rye Full Proof. This new bottling in regular release has a proof of 125, but otherwise is the same stock as used in the standard …
The fourth and last batch of Booker’s Bourbon is on its way to store shelves. Following the pattern of recent years to identify each batch by naming it for a story or connection to the legendary Jim Beam master distiller Booker Noe, this edition is named Phantom’s Pipe Batch. This one is named for a …
Bardstown’s, Willett Distillery has announced the release of its newest expression, the Willett Family Estate Small Batch Bourbon, a handcrafted whiskey that reflects the distillery’s dedication to quality and innovation by fifth-generation Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen. The small batch release is a marriage of two distinct bourbon mashbills: 70%: 72% Corn, 13% Rye, 15% Barley …
