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- 27th
January 2021
The
Macallan Folio 6
The Macallan Folio 6 is the
latest instalment in The Macallan's
'Archival Series' which recollects
the legendary advertising campaigns
of The Macallan. This 6th release in
the series celebrates a witty
advert, which cleverly featured The
Macallan Chairman as a Scotsman
dancing the Highland fling.
- 27th
January 2021
Kirstie McCallum Leaves Glen Moray
For Halewood
After a short stay at Glen
Moray Master Blender Kirstie
McCallum joins Halewood Artisanal
Spirits and will take charge of
their Crabbie, Samuel Gelston’s, The
Pogues, Aber Falls and Peaky Blinder
whiskies.
- 27th
January 2021
Tomintoul Cigar Malt
Angus
Dundee Distillers has added a new no age
statement single malt whisky to their
Tomintoul range, the Oloroso sherry cask
matured Tomintoul Cigar Malt which
is described as having the perfect
balance of sweetness and spice, with
a rich, smoky background.
- 27th
January 2021
Royal Salute 21 Year Old Year Of The
Ox Lunar New Year
Royal Salute release a
special edition of their premium 21
year old Scotch blended whisky to
mark the Chinese Lunar New Year of
the Ox.
- 26th
January 2021
Ballantine’s Unveil First Light
Expression - Ballantine's Light 20°
Ballantine's
has entered the the whisky spirit
marketplace with the release of
Ballantine's Light 20°, their first ‘light’
expression and lower-ABV spirit drink
which contains half the alcohol by
volume of their standard Ballantine's
Finest Scotch blended whisky.
- 25th
January 2021
Ardbeg
25 Year Old
Today
Ardbeg released their newest and oldest
permanent expression to join their core
range, the Ardbeg 25 Year Old which
Ardbeg says proves unequivocally that
age cannot tame Ardbeg’s smoky power.
- 21st
January 2021
Ardbeg Arrrrrrrdbeg Committee
Exclusive Bottling
Ardbeg has announced the release
date for their pirate themed Ardbeg
Arrrrrrrdbeg Committee exclusive
bottling which has been bottled to
mark the 13 years Mickey Heads spent
at the helm of the distillery.
- 18th
January 2021
Glen Scotia Partners With Great
British Entrepreneur Awards
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards
has unveiled Glen Scotia single malt
whisky as its first Entrepreneurial
Spirit Partner.
The partnership will see Glen Scotia
sponsor the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Award and Glen Scotia will also
recognise and reward a business owner
who has shown particular entrepreneurial
spirit each month.
- 12th
January 2021
Sailor's Home Irish Whiskey
Sailor's Home is a new brand of Irish
whiskey which is billed as a
contemporary and premium new Irish
whiskey brand. It has launched with
three expressions here in the UK - The
Haven, The Journey and The Horizon.
- 12th
January 2021
Glenmorangie Company Strengthens
Executive Team
In whisky business news two senior
promotions at one of Scotland’s most
prestigious Scotch malt whisky
companies have been announced. The
Glenmorangie Company which is known
for its Glenmorangie and Ardbeg
whisky brands has strengthened its
executive team as it looks to the
future.
- 21st
December 2020
Jura
Winter Edition Review
Review of the new Jura Winter
Edition, initially matured in
American White Oak ex-bourbon
barrels and then finished in
hand-selected Spanish sherry casks.
A cracking dram from the Jura and at
a fantastic price.
- 17th
December 2020
Compass Box Hedonism Review
Compass Box Hedonism isn't a
new whisky but it is the first
blended grain whisky to come to the
market a few years back now.
As always, a deliciously balanced
blended grain, vanilla, coconut and spice
run the show from nose to finish, ultra
smooth and a very easy to drink whisky
full of the subtle grain whisky
character you would expect.
- 16th
December 2020
Kilchoman Celebrates 15 Years Of
Whisky Making
Kilchoman celebrates 15 year
of whisky production at their Islay
farm distillery. Kilchoman
distillery on Islay went into
production back in 2005, it was the
first new distillery on the Isle of
Islay in 124 years and almost
exactly 15 year to this day, on 14th
December 2005, they filled the very
first Kilchoman cask at the
distillery.
- 16th
December 2020
Douglas Laing Ends Year With 2 Big
Awards & 2 Special Bottlings
Douglas Laing ends the year
with two big awards from the Spirits
Business Awards including a Lifetime
Achievement Award for Chairman Fred
Laing and releases two special
bottlings - the Douglas Laing XOP
Black Glenrothes 1989 Single Cask
and XOP Black Series Teaninich 1974
45 Year Old Single Cask.
- 15th
December 2020
Benromach Distillery Virtual Tour
Now Open
Benromach
distillery has opened its doors to
virtual visitors giving whisky
enthusiasts and those interested in
learning more about the whisky-making
process the opportunity to tour the
Speyside distillery from the comfort of
their home.
- 11th
December 2020
Glen Moray 2006 Sauternes Cask
Review
The Glen Moray Sauternes Cask is a 14
year old cask strength dram which Glen
Moray has released just in time for
Christmas, it is actually the inaugural
release from the distillery’s new
‘Warehouse 1 Collection’.
A deliciously rich Sauternes cask
matured, cask strength dram that will warm you on a
Christmas night or indeed any winter's
night.
- 10th December 2020
BenRiach The Smoky Ten 10 Year Old
Review
BenRiach The Smoky Ten 10 year old
is the new entry level peated single
malt in the revamped BenRiach range,
a quality peated dram which has been
matured in a combination of three
types of cask - bourbon barrels,
toasted virgin oak and Jamaican rum
casks.
- 10th
December 2020
BenRiach The Original Ten 10 Year
Old Review
BenRiach The Original Ten 10 year
old is the new entry level single
malt in the recently revamped
BenRiach core range. A delicious
unpeated BenRiach, not a huge
difference in this and the BenRiach
10 year old it replaces. It is still
a lovely malty, fruity and sugared
introduction to BenRiach without the
peat and a must try when exploring
what BenRiach has to offer.
- 10th December 2020
BenRiach The Smoky Twelve 12 Year
Old Review
BenRiach The Smoky Twelve 12 Year
Old is the new peated 12 year old
offering in the recently revamped
BenRiach core range, matured in an
unconventional mix of three types of
cask - bourbon, sherry and Marsala
which should give the peated spirit
a fruity influence.
- 10th December 2020
BenRiach The Twelve 12 Year Old
Review
BenRiach The Twelve 12 Year Old is a
new unpeated 12 year old in the new
look BenRiach core range, matured in
a sherry rich profile with the
addition of bourbon and port casks.
- 8th
December 2020
G &
M Glencraig 1975 (Glenburgie) 125th
Anniversary Edition
Gordon & MacPhail has
revealed the fourth and final whisky
in their extremely rare and unique
series of whiskies commemorating
their 125th year in the whisky
business, the Gordon & MacPhail
Glencraig 1975 which was distilled
in Lomond Stills, which operated
within Speyside’s Glenburgie
Distillery.
- 8th
December 2020
Bimber Re-charred Oak Casks #68 #143
and #144
London’s Bimber Distillery has announced
the upcoming release of a trio of single
cask single malt whiskies drawn from the
distillery’s remaining stock of
re-charred oak casks.
- 3rd December 2020
The GlenDronach Kingsman Edition
1989 29 Year Old Review
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- 2nd
December 2020
Jameson Distillery Dublin Named
World’s Leading Distillery Tour
Jameson Distillery Bow St. has been
named the World’s Leading Distillery
Tour at the World Travel Awards (WTA)
for the third year in a row. The awards
acknowledge, reward and celebrate
excellence in global travel and tourism
and the win further strengthens Bow
St.’s position as a leader in tourism,
globally.
- 1st
December 2020
Tamdhu's Heathrow Airport Single
Cask 2855 Now Available Online
Tamdhu Single Malt Scotch Whisky has
announced that its Heathrow Airport
Single Cask will be available to buy
online, via the Tamdhu website.
- 1st December 2020
Three New Whiskies From Skene Whisky
Independent bottler Skene whisky
release two first fill Oloroso
sherry cask matured single cask
single malts one from Tomatin and
one from Blair Athol and a peated
Islay single malt from Bunnahabhain
and all at a reasonable price.
- 30th
November 2020
Whyte & Mackay Invites You Into The
Sample Room
A new whisky podcast from Whyte & Mackay
granting exclusive access to the people,
places and stories behind some of
Scotland’s top distilleries has gone
live, with world-renowned master
distiller Richard Paterson featuring as
its first guest.
- 26th
November 2020
Glenfiddich Challenge Stereotypes
Glenfiddich has revealed a
new campaign with award-winning
actress Michelle Dockery, star of
Downton Abbey, which challenges
stereotypes.
- 25th
November 2020
Redbreast Launches Bird Feeder In
Collaboration With BirdLife
Redbreast Irish Whiskey is today
launching a limited-edition copper
whiskey casing that neatly transforms
into a beautiful bird feeder. Following
the launch of a partnership with
BirdLife International earlier this
year.
- 25th
November 2020
Bimber Distillery Unveils Two New
Small Batch Single Malts
Bimber Distillery has announced the
upcoming release of two new batches from
its popular range of Small Batch single
malt whiskies. The Ex-bourbon Oak Casks
Small Batch single malt has been crafted
from a vatting of carefully selected
American Oak ex-bourbon casks laid down
in 2016 – Bimber’s first year of
production. Batch 002 is bottled at
52.2% ABV, limited to 2950 bottles and
will be available at an RRP of £65.
- 24th
November 2020
G & M Former Managing Director Named
2021 President Of IWSC
Michael Urquhart, former
managing director of Elgin based
family-owned Scotch whisky and
premium spirits specialist Gordon &
MacPhail, has been named 2021
president of the prestigious
International Wine & Spirit
Competition.
- 19th
November 2020
Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish
Whiskey
Irish Distillers has once again teamed
up with the Mitchell family to unveil
its reimagined Blue Spot Single Pot
Still Irish Whiskey, a 7 year old,
cask strength whiskey which has
matured in a combination of Bourbon
Barrels, Sherry Butts and Madeira
Casks.
- 18th
November 2020
Gordon & MacPhail Director
Influential in British Luxury
I have long said Scotch Malt Whisky
is an affordable luxury no matter how
big your budget and one whisky creator
who offers luxury whiskies to suit every
budget is Elgin based Gordon & MacPhail
so it was no surprise to hear that
Stephen Rankin, the company’s Director
of Prestige and fourth-generation member
of Gordon & MacPhail's owning family has
been honoured as one of the 50 Most
Influential People in British Luxury.
- 17th
November 2020
Ballot To Taste The New Glengoyne 50
Year Old For Free
Glengoyne unveil their oldest whisky
to date, the Glengoyne 50 Year Old.
In a world where rare whiskies are
often collected to gather dust,
Glengoyne has announced it will be
opening a bottle and sharing it FOR
FREE in 2021 with the winners of
their Glengoyne 50 Year Old ballot.
- 16th
November 2020
Compass Box Peat Monster Arcana
Review
Continuing
their 20th anniversary celebrations innovative whiskymaker
Compass Box has released Compass Box
Peat Monster Arcana, to create it a
cask strength version of The Peat
Monster was further matured in three
French oak custom casks for more
than two years; it was then blended
with malt whiskies from the
Talisker, Miltonduff and Ardbeg
Distilleries.
- 11th
November 2020
Haig Club Clubman Gets New Look For
The Festive Season
With
Christmas fast approaching, Haig Club,
Diageo’s Single Grain Scotch Whisky,
which they created in partnership with
David Beckham, has launched a
new limited-edition Haig Club Clubman
bottle design.
- 10th
November 2020
The Glenglassaugh Coastal Casks
Collection
The Glenglassaugh Coastal Cask
Collection is a collection of 10 new
single cask whiskies produced
shortly after the distillery
reopened in 2008. All 10 single cask
bottlings in the collection,
one peated, 9 unpeated,
are naturally coloured, bottled
between 51.1% - 57.9% ABV and non
chill filtered, the prices range
from £89 for a 10 year old cask to
£99 for an 11 year old bottling.
- 10th
November 2020
Glenglassaugh Rare Cask Release 2009
Cask No 559 Review
Glenglassaugh Rare Cask Release 2009
Cask No 559 is second of two UK
exclusive releases in the
Glenglassaugh Coastal Casks
Collection. a cracking young, wee
peaty Glenglassaugh, I would
recommend grabbing a bottle if you
can, a well made quality lightly
peated bourbon cask matured whisky.
- 10th
November 2020
Glenglassaugh Rare Cask Release 2009
Cask No 1346 Review
Glenglassaugh Rare Cask Release 2009
Cask No 1346 is one of two UK
exclusive releases in the
Glenglassaugh Coastal Casks
Collection, a quality young unpeated
bourbon cask matured dram, the
quality of which is no doubt boosted
by the bottling strength, a great
example unadulterated by any wine
casks of what they produce now at
Glenglassaugh and a indication of
good things to come.
- 9th
November 2020
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2021 Review
Review of the Malt Whisky
Yearbook 2021 a book which focuses
on the facts & figures, history and
the latest bottlings from whisky
distilleries, it covers 665 malt
whisky distilleries around the world
and as usual with all the facts
updated.
- 9th
November 2020
Diageo Partners With Asda For
'What's Your Whisky Experience
Diageo partners with Asda to
launch 'What’s Your Whisky' which
uses artificial intelligence to help
match a consumer to a whisky they
will like.
- 6th
November 2020
Christmas Whisky Gift Ides From
Glengoyne
With Christmas now fast approaching
I thought I would mention that
Glengoyne has unveiled some
Christmas whisky gift ideas which
includes a jigsaw which features
Scottish artist John Lowrie
Morrison’s piece, 'Heavy Snow at
Glengoyne Distillery' which will
come free with a bottle of Glengoyne
18 year old.
- 3rd
November 2020
Gordon & MacPhail 125th Anniversary
Mosstowie 1979
Gordon & MacPhail has
revealed its third commemorative
whisky released to mark the
company’s 125th anniversary this
time it is a rare Gordon & MacPhail
1979 Mosstowie from Miltonduff
Distillery this cask constitutes the
independent bottler’s last remaining
cask from the distillery, matured
with spirit from the now-removed
Lomond Stills.
- 3rd
November 2020
Gordon & MacPhail New Distillery To
Be Named The Cairn
Gordon & MacPhail today unveiled the
name for its new distillery being built
in the Cairngorms National Park. The
distillery is to be named The Cairn,
reflecting its stunning location
overlooking the Cairngorm mountains, at
the gateway to Speyside.
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