The Wayward Guide to Cork, Ireland
Making the most of one night in Cork City
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BIG NEWS: Buffalo Trace Distillery is Expanding The BTAC COLLECTION
Big news today from Buffalo Trace Distillery… Buffalo Trace Distillery is thrilled to confirm a new addition to its annual, highly-anticipated Antique Collection: E. H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon. Making its debut this fall as part of the 2025 BTAC Collection, this bottled-in-bond, 100-proof whiskey is a nod to E.H. Taylor’s pioneering influence on the bourbon industry. […]
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Crown Royal Gives Newest Whisky The Marquis Touch
Crown Royal blended Canadian whisky has released their Marquis blend, which has been finished in Caribbean rum casks and will be available in select states in the USA. Crown Royal Marquis was finished in Caribbean rum casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to produce notes of brown sugar, dates, […]
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Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series ‘The Keepers Release’ Bourbon Review
I have to admit that when I learned of this new release, I thought, “How long can this Wood Finishing Series go on?” Well, it took only one taste of The Keepers Release to convince me that this extension of the series is a great idea.
Rye Whiskey And Green Labels
I am frequently asked “Why do bottles of Rye Whiskey always have green labels?” The short answer is they don’t always have green labels but many of them do. Old Overholt does not have a green label as the prime… Continue Reading →
100 years apart, today indie Glenlivet: 2024 vs. 1924
Glenlivet 17 yo 2007/2024 (64.7%, Signatory Vintage, Horsemen & Archangels, Kirsch Import, Archangel No.4, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, 1109 bottles)
Smith’s Glenlivet 1924 ‘Superior Liqueur Whisky’ (John Harvey & Sons, Bristol)
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The Spirit of Independents
Independent bottlers take sourced casks of whisky, mature them, and then bottle them under their own brand names. It’s a practice that’s been commonplace in… Read More
Amber Lane Debuts Chartreuse Casked Whisky
Australia-based Amber Lane distillery has released a whisky aged in a monk-produced yellow Chartreuse cask – Rue de La Chartreuse – which the distillery claims to be the ‘first of its kind’. Chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur traditionally created by Catholic order of monks called Carthusians and Amber Lane’s rendition has been officially approved […]
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A few rums to get ready for the arrival of summer
Longueteau 3 yo ‘Souvenir La Tradition’ (45%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, +/-2024)
Dillon 5 yo (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)
Clément 7 yo 2016/2024 (54.5%, OB for Drinks & Spirits, Martinique, agricole)
Caribbean Premium Rum 1…
A Macallan Duo
It’s always with a bit of trepidation we approach these Macallans. Like many of you, I’ve had oodles of great old Macallans through the years and still hope for some sort of ‘spiritual renaissance’. The clock keeps ticking, however, and those beautiful old sherry casks seem to be a thing of memory and rue at […]