Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has brought Laddie Rye – the latest limited edition whisky distilled using locally grown Islay rye and Islay malting barley – across the pond to the USA. Bruichladdich is currently the only distillery on Islay producing rye whisky. Bruichladdich Laddie Rye was aged for seven years in both first-fill bourbon barrels and […]
Highland-based The Macallan is spending another night on earth with the release of the fourth annual A Night on Earth whisky, which celebrates the planet’s first sunrise of the new year – in New Zealand on January 1, 2026. The Macallan A Night on Earth: The First Light emanates from a combination of sherry-seasoned American […]
Highland-based Glengoyne Distillery has released Glengoyne Wetlands Single Cask Release – a whisky to support Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) – a wetland restoration charity that protects the UK’s natural habitats. An amount of money from the Glengoyne Wetlands Single Cask Release sales will be donated to the charity and its conservation work. Glengoyne Wetlands […]
Halloween is creeping up and just in time Speyside-based distillery The Glenlivet has released a trio of whiskies – The Glenlivet Cask Master’s Collection – for the global travel retail (GTR) segment. The Glenlivet Cask Master’s Collection consists of three single malt whiskies – a 14, 16 and 19 Year Old. The Glenlivet 14 Year […]
Islay-based Ardnahoe Distillery has released Ardnahoe Cask Strength Edition – a cask strength single malt that becomes the third whisky from the distillery opened in 2019. Ardnahoe Cask Strength Edition was matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, bottled at 60.9% alcohol by volume [121.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel, citrus, cocoa, peat […]
Japan’s Shindo Distillery has released Shindo Experimental 01 – the debut single malt whisky from the family-owned distillery founded in 2021. Shindo Experimental 01 Single Malt whisky was born from non-peated malted barley, was matured in a quartet of casks – ex-bourbon (91%), virgin Mizunara (4%), Oloroso sherry (4%) and re-fill Scotch (1%) – before […]
Speyside-based Coleburn Distillery has released a trio of blended malt whiskies – Sweet Peat, Sherry Bomb and Big Smoke – as part of their Local Heroes collection as they continue their revival after the original distillery was mothballed in 1985. The revived distillery is currently scheduled to re-open in 2027. Coleburn Sherry Bomb utilizes Oloroso […]
Old school Scotch brand Cutty Sark has released Cutty Sark 17 – a triple-cask-matured 17-year-old blend of a collection of whiskies using bourbon casks as well as sherry and port wine casks. Cutty Sark 17 is a blend of malt whiskies and grain whisky matured in the aforementioned trio of casks, bottled at 42.3% alcohol […]
Kilchoman has released Kilchoman 100% Islay Sherry Cask Matured – an 11-year-old single malt whisky originating from 100% Islay-grown barley and subsequently matured in a sherry cask. More specifically, Kilchoman 100% Islay Sherry Cask Matured were matured in Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to impart notes […]
Glenfiddich has launched Glenfiddich XS – a trio of single malt Scotch whiskies aged for 15, 18 and 21 years, respectively – all three bottled at 42% alcohol by volume [84 proof]. Glenfiddich XS 15 Years Old was matured in American and European oak casks, finished in an Oloroso sherry cask and is said to […]
