Today, Old Forester has announced the nationwide, regular distribution debut of what is intended to become one of its most coveted and rarest expressions, Old Forester President’s Choice. Previously available only at the Old Forester Distillery in Louisville, this marks the first time President’s Choice Bourbon and a new expression – President’s Choice Rye – …
Binder’s Stash has announced a landmark strategic partnership with the iconic Willett Distillery. This collaboration has brought Willett, who has not been especially known for partnering with other companies since the end of their relationship with Old Pogue, into a rare and unusual arrangement with Binder’s Stash. The partnership provides Binder’s Stash with unique access …
15 Stars, producer of some well-regarded sourced bourbon, has unveiled a new expression: Founders Reserve Fine Aged Rye, a blend of rare straight rye whiskeys aged 14, 13, 9, and 8 years sourced from Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. “With Founders Reserve, we set out to create something extraordinary—combining aged rye mashbills from three whiskey-rich states …
With its continued focus on sustainability in whiskey, Brother’s Bond Bourbon has unveiled its first-ever micro-batch single barrel release, a Regenerative Grain Straight Bourbon. This expression has also been selected by 1 Hotels, a mission-driven luxury lifestyle hotel brand inspired by nature. Founded by actors, longtime friends, and whiskey experts Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, …
By Richard Thomas Nowadays, a map of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail looks like a skewed quadralateral set onto Central Kentucky. While there are distilleries nestled deep in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky; in the remote river country of the western part of the state; and in bucolic and isolated college towns like Danville; most of …
Irish whiskeymaker McConnell’s has released an Irish whiskey finished in Cognac casks as the final entrant in their five-year-old Irish whiskey series. McConnell’s Cognac Cask Finish is a blend of Irish malt and grain whiskeys, aged for five years in first-fill ex-bourbon casks before being finished in Cognac casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]
Tasmania-based distillery Sullivans Cove has released a 24-year-old single malt – known only as HH0005 – finished in Apera casks that is thought to be one of the oldest Australian single malt whiskies. Sullivan’s Cove HH0005 was originally matured in an American oak cask, then finished to an ex-Apera cask for seven years before being […]
Oxmoor Bourbon Company announced Tim Knittel is joining the team as general manager, bringing extensive experience to one of Kentucky’s most unique bourbon tourism destinations. Having just reached its first anniversary since opening for public tours and sharing how one Kentucky family impacted state and federal whiskey policy, the leadership announcement reflects a new chapter …
For the first time in its illustrious 200-year history, Fettercairn Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Scotland’s hidden gem of the Highlands, renowned for its unique tropical house style – makes its long-awaited debut in the United States. With a legacy defined by innovation, Fettercairn releases the first collection of prestige Single Malt Scotches: a range …
Today Woodford Reserve has released a new limited-edition bottle as part of its Distillery Series: Tawny Port Finish. In creating a partly cask finished hybrid whiskey, Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall has combined a rye and bourbon blend with bourbon finished in Tawny Port barrels, which accentuates the fruit character in the whiskey. This is then …
