Southwold Whisky Distillery Matures Casks Viking Style
A cruise line and a distillery are set to revive an ancient tradition of sending a cask of whisky on a sea voyage. A nine-year-old barrel of Adnams single malt starts a 103-day world cruise this weekend. The company is bent on reviving one of the oldest methods used to mature whisky. The Southwold Distillery […]
Turkish Bottler KA Icecek Debuts The Project W Whisky Series
Independent Turkish bottler KA Icecek is expanding its whisky portfolio with the recent release of a new limited edition whisky series. The series, The Project W, consists of no-age-statement whiskies bottled from distilleries around Scotland. KA Icecek has also added new staffing to procure the expressions. As the first independent bottling project in Turkey, Project W […]
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2016 Yellowstone Hits The Shelves
The 2016 edition of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon has been released for your enjoyment. This year’s limited-edition bourbon combines two extra-aged rye mashed bourbons finished in toasted wine barrels. The 2016 Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon is bottled at 101 proof [50.5% alcohol by volume]. Only 7000 bottles of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon are available for $100 per 750ml bottle.
Rampur Single Malt Arriving From India
Rampur Single Malt whisky – derived from India’s oldest distillery located at the foot of the legendary Himalayas – has been launched in international markets this month. Rampur Single Malt is a copper pot still-whisky bottled at 43% alcohol by volume. Rampur Single Malt is available for $52 per bottle in the USA, Germany, UAE, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Malaysia, Japan and the UK.
The Dalmore Releases A 35-Year-Old
The Dalmore has released a 35 year old single malt Scotch whisky in a Baccarat crystal decanter. The Dalmore 35 is a collection of whiskies emanating from three wood profiles which include a distillery run bourbon barrel, a matusalem sherry butt and a port colheita pipe. Only 5000 bottles of The Dalmore 35 will be available – over the course of five years – for $4345 per bottle with 2016’s […]
Johnnie Walker Blue Gets Ready For Winter
Johnnie Walker Blue is getting prepared for the winter season with the limited edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label Winter Edition – the whisky is not new, only the packaging is – depicting the Johnnie Walker Man set against a backdrop of a star-lit sky. Only 940 of these limited Johnnie Walker Blue Label Winter Edition designs will be available for $280 per bottle [with each bottle coming with its own […]
A New Whiskey Comes Out Of The Boondocks
Boondocks American Whiskey has emerged from the whiskey hinterlands and is available in both 95 Proof [47.5% alcohol by volume] and Cask Strength 127 Proof [63.5% alcohol by volume]. Boondocks American Whiskey 95 Proof and Cask Strength 127 Proof expressions from Master Distiller and Whisky Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dave Scheurich. Boondocks American Whiskey 95 Proof is aged for 11 years in American white oak barrels in Kentucky and […]
Meet Adult Amber – Pocky’s New Whiskey Flavor
Is that a whiskey in your Pocky – or are you just happy to see me? Glico the Japan-based maker of Pocky – the popular chocolate-covered cookie/pretzel stick – has introduced a new flavor called Adult Amber — or “Otona no Kohaku” in Japanese — that is purportedly a whiskey flavor achieved by a combination of malt extract in the dough and capped with whiskey-scented semisweet chocolate. Only 300,000 boxes […]
Bud Light Sends Lady Gaga Into A Dive Bar To Create Perfect Illusion
The Bud Light commercials that featured Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen are – thankfully – at an end, and the beer company has replaced those spokespeople with Lady Gaga and are showing you what they are spending your consumer money on in this snippet of what to expect in coming weeks…
Johnnie Walker Sends Emma Walker To New York For Red Rye Finish
Master blender Emma Walker – no relation to Johnnie – is sent to New York to see how the Scotland-produced Red Rye Finish, the first in its Blenders’ Batch series, compares to its American blended whiskey counterparts.
Jack Daniel’s Introduces You To Lynchburg, Tennessee
Jack Daniel’s is made in the small town of Lynchburg, Tennessee – introductions are in order…
anCnoc Presents Rudhan
anCnoc has added Rùdhan to it’s Peaty Collection of single malt whiskies that will become available in a few weeks. The whisky’s name refers to the final stage of the peat harvesting process, in which the peat is stacked for several weeks to dry out ahead of burning to create the smokiness. anCnoc’s Rùdhan will only be available in travel retail locations for $73 per bottle beginning in November 2016.
Chivas Issues Royal Salute
Chivas Brothers has officially issued Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns – a blend of single malt and grain Scotch whiskies aged for a minimum of 32 years – with all aged whiskies having been selected from Scottish distilleries such as Braeval, Glen Keith, Longmorn and Tormore in addition to closed distilleries Lochside and Caperdonich. Chivas Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns also is […]
Teresa Topnotch Tries Virginia Black Whiskey
Teresa Topnotch [an actress from Atlanta, in case you didn’t know…] downs a shot [never mind any of that fancy-schmancy “rocks” or “neat” talk…] of Drake’s Virginia Black whiskey…
Do You Have Prince Albert In A Can? No? Well, You Can Have His Whisky
The SS Wallachia sunk in 1895 after colliding with a Norwegian steamship in a dense fog in the Firth of Clyde. This somewhat unremarkable occurrence is made somewhat intriguing when it was discovered that a portion of the ship’s cargo of beer, gin and whisky was still intact. Divers exploring the shipwreck in 1980 were able to bring back several bottles of beer and whisky including some of those from […]
Holiday Spirit Calendars And Collections Have Arrived!
The holiday season is always one of the best times of the year around WhiskyCritic if not for the sole reason that it means the advent of the various whisky-themed calendars that pop up at this time of the year as well as special whisky collections – such as those by Drinks by the Dram. For the 2016 holiday season, Drinks by the Dram has introduced four such collections – […]
Tomatin Adds A Trio Of Travel Whiskies
Tomatin is introducing a trio of travel whiskies – whiskies only available at duty-free retail establishments around the world. The trio are an 8-Year-Old, a 15-Year-Old and a 40-Year-Old – joining the 12-Year-Old already available at such locations. The Tomatin 8-Year-Old has been matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and will be available for $40 per bottle. The Tomatin 12-Year-Old has […]
Redbreast Irish Whiskey Salutes Sherry With Lustau
Redbreast has launched a new expression for its Irish single pot still whiskey – Lustau – finished in first-fill sherry butts and matured with Oloroso sherry from Jerez, Spain. Although it is initially matured initially in both ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks, Redbreast Lustau has been finished for one year in prized sherry butts from Bodegas Lustau in Jerez, the widely-acknowledged sherry capital of the world. Redbreast Lustau is bottled […]
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