Brooklyn Brewery Black Ops Barrel Aged Stout Review (2025)

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Just in time for the Holidays, Brooklyn Brewery has released another batch of its collaboration with Four Roses, a bourbon barrel aged stout. What makes this year different is doubt now hangs over the future of Black Ops. The collaboration is based on Brooklyn Brewery and Four Roses having the …

Where Whiskey Meets Cognac: The Forgotten Classics That Use Both

Most whiskey fans know the classics built on bourbon or rye. Fewer realize that some of the most interesting historic cocktails pair whiskey with cognac. Bartenders in early 20th-century bars often reached for a spirit from a luxury cognac maison alongside their rye or bourbon, using it to add warmth, depth, and subtle fruit notes. …

Hennessy launches Chinese New Year collection

Hennessy has announced the launch of a new collection of limited-edition bottles of Cognac, to celebrate Chinese New Year and the arrival of the Year of the Horse. The design, which features on bottles of Hennessy V.S.O.P, James Hennessy, Hennessy X.O and Hennessy Paradis, has been created to evoke both movement and meaning, and is […]

Tailored Spirits Co launches its latest Experimental Series releases

Tailored Spirits Co. has today announced the launch of the second batch of releases from its acclaimed Experimental Series — a collection of bold, small-batch whiskies which are said to celebrate creativity, craftsmanship and curiosity. Following a landmark year in which the business is on track to achieve a turnover of £2.5 million, Tailored Spirits […]

Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish

Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask FinishSingle Malt Scotch Whisky55% ABV / RRP £57.00 There’s an undeniable energy around the Glasgow Distillery – an almost tangible momentum that has been building since they reignited the city’s whisky-making flame in 2014. In a relatively short time, they have carved out a space that is unmistakably their own: […]

Lochlea launches its second Overtone release

The Ayrshire-based Lochlea Distillery has announced the launch of the final release in its limited-edition Overtone Brewery collaboration series. Lochlea Overtone Over & Stout (52% ABV) is a single malt Scotch whisky drawn from just five casks: three stout-seasoned casks (two ex-Bourbon barrels and one STR barrique), one first-fill ex-Bourbon barrel and one ex-peated Bourbon […]

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