Scotch Whisky Poised to Celebrate Most Productive Year
The Scotch whisky industry is on a sure course to celebrate its best economic performance. Various indicators are showing large profits that already exceed previous years, without including the last quarter’s sales reports. Scotch whisky producers, such as the Chivas Brothers are celebrating a huge uptick in exports and local sales. According to figures from […]
Chivas Brothers Whisky Workers Suspend Strike
The festive season got a breather today as Chivas Brothers Whisky workers decided to suspend their strike and review a new offer. The workers at the distillery Scotland branches voted unanimously to suspend strike action that was set to start next week. The Kilmalid, Dalmuir, and Strathclyde Grain distilleries of Chivas Brothers, represented by Unite […]
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Label 5 Gives You Five Seconds
Do you have a short attention span? Then Label 5 has the contest for you. The blended Scotch whisky brand is inviting fans to upload a five-second video of their favorite city to the social media site, Instagram, and after two months, the video which receives the most “likes” will get its owner a round-the-world trip for two on Label 5’s dime. If you are mesmerized by this possibility, film […]
Crown Royal Has A New Monarch
Crown Royal has released their Crown Royal Monarch 75th Anniversary Blend to commemorate, obviously, the 75 years they have been blending whiskies. The hand-numbered bottles of Crown Royal Monarch 75 will have taste notes of vanilla, caramel, spices, toffee and fruit and will come in a silver and gold bottle rather than the iconic purple bag. Crown Royal Monarch 75th Anniversary Blend has a 40% alcohol content [80 proof] and […]
Glengoyne Launches 25 Year-Old Single Malt
Glengoyne has launched a new 25 Year-Old Scotch Whisky – Glengoyne Highland 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Matured for 25 years in hand-selected European oak sherry casks, the whisky boasts flavor notes of oak, cinnamon and Seville oranges. Glengoyne Highland 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky has a 48% alcohol content [96 proof].
Ardbeg And The World Cup
Alas, Ardbeg Day is behind us for another year – but the World Cup is still going strong – and Ardbeg and World Cuyp go together like peat and whisky…
Shepton Releases The Snuffler and Tree Shaker
The cider market is booming and Shepton Mallet Cider Mill just gave it another reason to boom as the English cider makers have released three new ciders creatively packaged in boxes designed to look like faux apple crates. The Somerset Snuffler is a medium dry cider with fruity notes and a 4.8% alcohol content while the Somerset Tree Shaker is similar but with a higher alcohol content at 7% and […]
Make Dad Famous With Some Whisky
Father’s Day is rapidly approaching – technically, only three more whisky-buying days left – and The Famous Grouse is here to save the day for you if you haven’t yet come up with any gift ideas for dear old Dad. TFG has created a microsite where you can put photos of Dad on a label of The Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky, thus officially making it his personal bottle of […]
Laphroaig: There’s Something In It
Laphroaig launched its first-ever video advertising campaign this week called “Opinions Welcome” in which nine supposedly non-coached people provided their candid opinions of the fabled whisky but, for our money, it should have been entitled with the words of one of the taste test participants [“There’s Something In It”]. For the record, the list of what the nine people think Laphroaig tastes like includes iodine, pee, cream, freshly cracked pepper, […]
Grant’s Cheap Hooch Rolls Off The Curb
Billed as Grant’s Signature, the new blended Scotch whisky from Grant’s is being unveiled this year and marketed toward the “young whisky enthusiast” [i.e. those too bothered to look up from their smartphones to notice what they’re purchasing, are too bothered to care or just want some cheap booze that looks good in the bottle]. Grant’s Signature will be better than nearly anything coming out of a brown paper bag […]
C & C Cider Music To Our Ears Factory
Chaplin & Cork’s Cider has revealed they have some secret apple trees in their orchards that produce magical potions that they then transform into a pair of ciders called Somerset Gold and Somerset Reserve. A third magic apple cider potion is planned for later in the year but as of now, the full-bodied Somerset Gold carries a 5.2% alcohol content while the dry Somerset Reserve boasts a 6.8% alcohol content. […]
Stella Artois Gives Us The Raspberry
Stella Artois, already a popular beer brand, is moving more heavily into the cider market with a new Raspberry Cidre that will be marketed more toward the female segment. The Stella Artois Raspberry Cidre will be sold in both 330ml and 500ml bottles and joins its apple and pear ciders already on the market. In addition, Stella Artois will be introducing an Apple Cider Draught for selected bars and taverns […]
Diageo Building Bourbon Barn In Kentucky
Spirits industry giant Diageo has revealed plans to build their own distillery in Kentucky. More specifically, Diageo – whose bourbon and whiskey brands include Bulleit, Bushmills and Crown Royal – will be building the new distillery in Shelby County, Kentucky, at a cost of $115 million.The 300-acre facility is expected to produce several hundred thousand bottles of booze per year and be home to six barrel storage facilities as well. […]
Try Some “Your Name Here” Whisky
Life is good if you live in the UK today. First, you live in the vicinity of most of the world’s best whisky and second, now you can call it your own with Pernod Ricard’s crafty marketing ploy allowing you to imprint your name or a personal message on labels of their famous brands of whisky. Timed to coincide with Father’s Day next month [June 15, 2014, like you didn’t […]
Laphroaig Select Debuts
First, there was Laphroaig, and all was good. Now, there is Laphroaig Select – and all is still good. The Islay-based single malt Scotch whisky distillery is unveiling Laphroaig Select – a Scotch whisky birthed from maturation in three European Oak casks before a final maturation in an American Oak cask – to produce peaty, oak and sweet notes. Laphroaig Select comes in at a 40% alcohol content [80 proof] […]
Sapporo Launches Legendary Biru on Unsuspecting USA
Sapporo has launched their first commercial for their beer in the USA and it features animated Japanese drummers enticing hip partygoers to sample their brew and perhaps taste the dragon inside…
Too Late To Go Down Under For All Your Johnnie Walker Blue King George V Needs
If you find yourself to have a hankering for some Johnnie Walker Blue King George V Edition whisky, then you might want to find yourself in Australia or at least get yourself to an online version of Australia’s discount liquor retailers Aldi or Dan Murphy’s – each of whom is selling the Johnnie Walker Blue King George V whisky for far below its suggested retail price and even below its […]
Stock Up For World Whisky Day This Weekend
World Whisky Day is nearly here and you don’t want to be caught empty-handed when it comes to the celebration of everybody’s favorite brown liquid, do you. WhiskyCritic thought not. So we have compiled a brief list of whiskies you might want to try and stock up on tomorrow in preparation for the big event this weekend. Macallan 12 – We recently gave this single malt a test drive and […]
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