The Famous Grouse has released Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish – a blended Speyside malt whisky finished in sherry-seasoned casks. Speyside malts were matured in Sherry-seasoned, European oak casks to craft Famous Grouse Sherry Cask Finish features Speyside malts matured in sherry-seasoned casks from Jerez, Spain for two years and is said to contain notes […]
The Glenlivet attempts to “Break the Stereotype” with a promotional campaign focusing on a more diverse range of “whisky drinker” worldwide than just the expected demographic group. The Glenlivet announced it would support up to 30 participants in the Education & Mentorship Project of Equal Measures, a London-based group that works to increase diversity in […]
The House of Suntory-owned Yamazaki, the darling of the whisky world a few years ago before a supply shortage followed by a global pandemic severely curtailed their output, has resurfaced and revealed a limited edition Yamazaki Japanese single malt collection – Tsukuriwake Selection – featuring the four foundations of single malt production, mizunara cask-matured, peated […]
The GlenAllachie has released Past, Present & Future – a limited edition series of GlenAllachie single malts celebrating the 50-year tenure of whiskymaker Billy Walker. The first release of The GlenAllachie’s Past, Present & Future Series will be The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Past Edition, “a fully sherry matured 16-year-old single malt” bottled at […]
Compass Box has released The Circle No. 2 – a limited edition blended whisky – as part of their The Circle global bartender competition. Launched in 2018, The Circle competition has a select group of bartenders from around the world compete to create a creative blended whisky with the winner rewarded with their own limited […]
Specialty Brands and Corby Spirit and Wine have collaborated to release Canadian whisky Lot No 40 Dark Oak in the UK. Lot No. 40 Dark Oak Canadian whisky is made from 100% rye grain, aged in lightly charred barrels, finished in heavily charred American white oak barrels, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] […]
Speyside distillery Benriach has released the second edition of their single malt whisky as part of their Malting Season series. Benriach Malting Season Second Edition is made entirely using barley malted at Benriach’s floor maltings – in this case, specifically concerto barley, chosen for its cereal flavor – and was matured in 30 first-fill bourbon […]
The Loch Lomond Group has released a 46-year-old single malt whisky as the second entry in their Remarkable Stills Series. Loch Lomond Remarkable Stills 46-year-old was matured in American oak casks for 44 years, then another two years in first-fill Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks before being bottled at 45.3% alcohol by volume [90.6 […]
UK-based bottlers Gordon & MacPhail have released a 64-year-old single malt as part of their Mr. George Legacy series which honors George Urquhart, an integral member of the Gordon & MacPhail family. The Gordon & MacPhail Mr George Legacy 1957 comes from the Speyside distillery of Glen Grant and was matured entirely in a first-fill […]
Campbeltown distillery Glen Scotia has released a 46-year-old single malt whisky – their oldest whisky to date. Glen Scotia 46-year-old expression was initially matured in refill bourbon casks, then re-casked and matured an additional 36 years in first-fill bourbon barrels before being finished for four years in Oloroso sherry butts, bottled at 41.7% alcohol by […]
