Islay-based distillery Kilchoman Distillery has released a quartet of small batch single malt whiskies to celebrate their 20th anniversary, calling them the 20th Anniversary Cask Series, consisting of four small batch bottlings, with five casks of each. Only 1,120 bottles of the first of the quartet, a 14-year-old matured in an ex-bourbon cask aged single […]
Spirits behemoth Diageo has been named the official spirits supporter of next year’s Fifa World Cup to be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA. For the tournament, London-based Diageo is expected to be promoting Scotch whisky brands Buchanan’s and Johnnie Walker – as well as a sle of other spirits brands in their portfolio. […]
Spirits behemoth Diageo has been named the official spirits supporter of next year’s Fifa World Cup to be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA. For the tournament, London-based Diageo is expected to be promoting Scotch whisky brands Buchanan’s and Johnnie Walker – as well as a sle of other spirits brands in their portfolio. […]
Campbeltown-based distillery Glen Scotia has released a 50-year-old single malt whisky as the first edition of their new Elements of Campbeltown collection celebrating the Celtic five-fold knot, which symbolizes the harmony of air, water, fire, and earth as they connect to form the fifth element, the spirit. Glen Scotia Elements of Campbeltown Release Number One: […]
InchDairnie Distillery has released a pair of eight-year-old peated single malts – KinGlassie Double Matured and KinGlassie Raw – the KinGlassie name is from the Irish ‘Saint Glaisne’ and is the name of the village near the distillery. KinGlassie Double Matured is the more heavily peated of the pair of eight-year-old single malt whiskies, checking […]
Tamdhu has collaborated with UK-based retailer Waitrose to release a limited-edition 12-year-old whisky in support of the Atlantic Salmon Trust, a charity dedicated to preserving the future of endangered wild Atlantic salmon and its UK habitats. Tamdhu 12-year-old Atlantic Salmon Edition was matured in Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 41.3% alcohol by volume [82.6 proof] […]
Islay-based Laphroaig Distillery has released 3.0 – the third single malt whisky in their Elements Series – which was born from the ashes of a long-burning kiln fire at the distillery. Laphroaig Elements 3.0 is a single malt whisky that was bottled at 55.3% alcohol by volume [110.6 proof] and is said to impart distinct […]
The Glen Grant has released a 30-year-old single malt as part of their Glasshouse Collection – the 30-year-old single malt is the distillery’s most elderly permanent expression. The Glasshouse Collection gets its name from James ‘The Major’ Grant, the pioneer of The Glen Grant and his Victorian-inspired glasshouse built in 1886. The Glen Grant 30-year-old […]
English distillery Cotswolds has released the sixth edition in their Hearts and Crafts series, which celebrates the arts and crafts, with a whisky aged exclusively in ex-Calvados casks. Cotswolds Distillery’s Hearts and Crafts Calvados Cask single malt was matured in French Calvados apple brandy casks, bottled at 55% alcohol by volume [110 proof] and is […]
Speyside-based House of Hazelwood, owned by the Gordon family [in turn, owners of William Grant & Sons], have released One For The Next – a 60-year-old blended single grain whisky that will mark the beginning of a decade-by-decade journey to building a collection of whiskies eventually reaching a 100-year-old single grain whisky. Hazelwood House is […]
