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- 10th
July 2020
Kavalan Takes Top Slots At Whisky
Competition In Japan
Kavalan Taiwanese single malt whisky
has raised a few eyebrows in Japan
at the by taking 4 of the Top 10
slots at the recent Tokyo Whisky &
Spirits Competition 2020 including
Best of the Best for Kavalan Solist
Vinho Barrique.
- 8th
July 2020
Whyte & Mackay Cares - Virtual
Globetrotting Challenge For Charity
Inspired by the heroic feats of
Captain Tom Moore in the UK,
employees of Glasgow based whisky
maker Whyte & Mackay have begun a
virtual adventure,
#WhyteandMackayCares
which will see them clock up enough
combined miles to travel around the
world while raising funds for their
nominated charities.
- 7th
July 2020
Tamdhu Live Virtual Tasting
Presentation Of Latest Bottlings
Tamdhu distillery continues
to lighten up the
COVID-19 lockdown restrictions
for their whisky fans around the
world by once again presenting them
with a live streamed virtual
tasting.
During the tasting, they will
sample
a couple of their latest drams,
the
Tamdhu Dalbeallie Dram 3 and the
Tamdhu Iain Whitecross Single Cask
Vintage 2003. They will also
sample a final, mystery dram that will
be revealed during the stream.
- 6th
July 2020
Diageo Prima & Ultima whisky
Collection
Diageo has unveiled the Prima
& Ultima Whisky Collection, a new
premium series of single malt
whiskies which will launch with
eight new vintage, cask strength
single malts from eight of Diageo's
distilleries including Caol Ila,
Clynelish, Lagavulin, Mortlach, Port
Ellen, Singleton of Dufftown and
Talisker.
- 3rd
July 2020
Macallan Extends Double Cask Range
With A 15 and 18 Year Old
The Macallan has extended their
Double Cask range with the addition
of two new age statement
expressions, The Macallan 15 Year
Old Double Cask and The Macallan 18
Year Old Double Cask which now sits
at the top of the range.
- 2nd
July 2020
Bimber Oloroso Sherry Butt Finish
Selfridges Exclusive
Bimber Distillery in London has
announced its first retail partnership
with the forthcoming release of a
new single malt which will be
exclusively available from Selfridges
department store, the Bimber González
Byass Oloroso Sherry Finish.
- 2nd
July 2020
Dewar's Stephanie Macleod Wins The
Whisky of the Year Award
Quite surprisingly given the
number of skilful female Master
Blenders in the Scotch whisky
industry today who are creating some
outstanding whiskies it is only now
for the first time in the history of
the 'International Whisky
Competition' that a woman has ever
blended a Whisky of the Year. That
woman is Stephanie Macleod, Master
Blender for John Dewar and Sons, and
the Whisky of the Year which
Stephanie has created is the John
Dewar and Sons Double Double 32 Year
Old Blended Scotch.
- 2nd
July 2020
New Bulleit Kentucky Bourbon
Distillery To Be Carbon Neutral
Diageo has announced that its
new Kentucky whiskey distillery,
which will distil Bulleit whiskey,
is expected to be carbon neutral –
one of the largest in North America,
and a first for Diageo.
- 29th
June 2020
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old The Open
Special Edition 2020
Loch Lomond Whiskies, the Official
Spirit of The Open, has unveiled a
new Loch Lomond 12 Year Old The Open
Special Edition 2020 single malt to
mark the 149th Championship that was
due to take place in July this year.
- 24th
June 2020
Arran Distillers Lay Down A Blend Of
Arran & Lagg New Make Spirit
The creative folks at Isle of Arran
Distillers have revealed that they have
laid down to mature a blend of their
unpeated Arran and peated Lagg distilleries new make
whisky spirit.
- 24th
June 2020
Diageo $100 Million Fund To Help
Pubs Welcome Back Customers
Diageo launches 'Raising the
Bar' $100million
recovery fund to help pubs and bars
around the world welcome back
customers after lockdown including
nearly £30million being made
available for pubs and bars across
the UK, with £4million of that
targeted at Scotland.
- 23rd
June 2020
Katherine Condon Appointed Distiller
At Midleton Distillery
Irish Distillers, producer of some of
the world’s most popular Irish whiskeys
such as Jameson, Redbreast, Powers,
Midleton Very Rare and Spot range has announced the appointment of
Katherine Condon as Distiller at their
Midleton Distillery in Co. Cork.
- 19th
June 2020
Raise A Glass Of Glenmorangie This
World Giraffe Day
To help raise awareness of
World Giraffe Day this coming Sunday
21 June, the longest day of the year
of course, why not raise a very high
toast to celebrate the tallest
animal of all with I have to say a
rather delicious cocktail created
with Glenmorangie Original, the
Glenmorangie’s Journey of Giraffes.
- 18th
June 2020
Ardbeg An Oa Island Highball
Unfortunately this year you wont be
able to take your Dad out to a
up-market bar and spoil him with a
whisky or two on Father's Day
but not to worry Ardbeg have a great
alternative for you if you fancy getting
creative and making your whisky
loving Dad a smoky dark fruit Ardbeg An Oa Island
Highball.
- 18th
June 2020
Glen Moray Launches Virtual Whisky
Series
Glen Moray distillery has
announced the launch of a Virtual
Whisky Series to encourage flavour
exploration and they have some free
Tasting Kits up for grabs. Glen
Moray’s monthly ‘Whisky Surgeries’
will be hosted on Zoom by the
company’s very own doctor and Head
of Whisky Creation, Dr Kirstie
McCallum
- 16th
June 2020
Loch Lomond Whisky Partners With The
European Tour
The European Tour which will return
to action behind closed doors in July
will be teeing off with a new partner,
independent Scotch whisky distiller Loch
Lomond Whiskies has agreed an exciting
new partnership with The European Tour,
becoming the first Official Partner of
the innovative new UK Swing.
- 12th
June 2020
The Epicurean Cask Strength Edinburgh Edition
Edinburgh bartenders collaborate
with Douglas Laing to select a blend
of Lowland single malt whiskies to
create The Epicurean Cask Strength
Edinburgh Edition which they
describe as a
fresh and zesty Lowland Malt.
- 11th
June 2020
Irish Distillers Appoint New Master
Distiller At Midleton
It doesn't happen often but Irish
Distillers has appointed a new Master
Distiller at their Midleton Distillery
down in Cork, Ireland. Taking over the
reigns from Brian Nation, who has served
as Master Distiller at Midleton since
2013 and is set to take on the role of
Master Distiller at a start-up
distillery in the US, is Kevin
O’Gorman who himself started his
career at Midleton over 20 years
ago.
- 9th
June 2020
1000's Enter Ballot For Redbreast
Dream Cask Ruby Port Edition
With 912 bottles of the new
Redbreast Dream Cask 28 Year Old
Ruby Port Edition up for grabs even
Irish Distillers were taken aback
with the amount of interest in the
latest Dream Cask expression which
received a staggering 7,400 entries
into the ballot from whiskey fans
from around the world, and the fact
that it carries a price tag of €490
for the 50cl bottle also tells you
just how highly whiskey fans
and no doubt collectors and sadly
flippers rate the Dream Cask
expressions.
- 8th
June 2020
Glenglassaugh Explores Whisky &
Nature In Coast To Cask Event
Join Glenglassaugh brand ambassador
Stewart Buchanan and award-wining
wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan
on Instagram on Wednesday 24 June for a
live whisky tasting where they will
explore the links between whisky and
nature in the 'From Coast To Cask'
event.
- 4th
June 2020
London's Bimber Distillery Unveils
Seven New Expressions
London’s Bimber Distillery today
announced the upcoming release of
seven new expressions, their latest
Small Batch release will be joined
by six cask strength, single cask
releases for both UK and export
markets.
- 4th
June 2020
Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival
Dunnage Tasting Box
The Glen Scotia dunnage tasting is
usually a highlight for attendees at
the annual Campbeltown Festival but
due to Covid-19 the distillery has
made a Glen Scotia dunnage tasting
box available to whisky fans to
sample at home which includes a cask
strength sample of Glen Scotia
Victoriana and four specially
selected single cask samples.
- 3rd
June 2020
Glen Moray Madeira Cask Project
Review
Glen Moray has just released
the next instalment of their
Curiosity Range of experimental
limited editions, the Glen Moray
Madeira Cask Project, which has been
fully matured in ex-sweet Madeira
wine casks for 13 years and 10
months.
- 3rd
June 2020
Glen Moray Classic Review
With Father's Day on the horizon and
with the Glen Moray Classic now on offer
for around £20 in most high street
supermarkets and online whisky shops I
thought that there would be a few gift
buyers interested in knowing if this whisky
would make a welcome gift.
- 2nd
June 2020
Big Peat 8 Year Old A846 Feis Ile
2020
Douglas Laing today unveiled Big Peat
8 Year Old A846 Feis Ile 2020 edition,
those of you who have ever travelled
around Islay will recognise 'A846' as
the road that takes whisky fans
around the whisky island from one
distillery to the next.
- 28th
May 2020
Bunnahabhain Virtual Feis Ile 2020
Bottlings Fly's Off The Shelf
Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2020
bottlings, the peated Bunnahabhain
2010 Moine Amontillado Finish and
the unpeated Bunnahabhain 2002
Madeira Finish sells out in under 24
hours after going on pre-sale ahead
of tomorrows virtual Bunnahabhain
day, ‘Feis at Home’.
- 27th
May 2020
Irish Distillers Named Importer Of
The Year At SFWSC Competition
Irish Distillers, makers of some of
the world’s most enjoyed Irish whiskeys
such as Jameson and Redbreast, has been
named Importer of the Year honour at the
prestigious San Francisco World Spirits
Competition 2020.
- 22nd
May 2020
Virtual Ardbeg Day Online Feis Ile
2020
In the midst of the Coronavirus
pandemic Ardbeg one of the peatiest
Islay whiskies of them all is taking
its Feis Ile Ardbeg Day celebrations
online and inviting peated malt
whisky lovers everywhere to join
them as they toast two incredible
decades of the Ardbeg Committee with
the new limited edition Ardbeg
Blaaack.
- 20th
May 2020
Waterford Single Farm Origin
Waterford Distillery today unveiled
its first commercial whisky release
since it went into production in
January 2016, the Waterford Single
Farm Origin Ballykilcavan, Bannow
Island and Ratheadon Edition 1.1
- 18th
May 2020
Glen Scotia Online Campbeltown Malts
Festival Experience
Following
the cancellation of the Campbeltown
Malts Festival 2020 which had been
scheduled to run from 19-21 May 2020,
the Glen Scotia Distillery has unveiled
plans to offer its programme of events
online for the first time.
- 17th
May 2020
Bunnahabhain Virtual ‘Feis at Home’
Feis Ile 2020
Bunnahabhain Virtual ‘Feis at Home’
celebration set to keep the Feis Ile
2020 festival spirit thriving with
tasting kits priced at £16.50 now
available to allow whisky fans to
join in from the comfort of their
own home.
- 16th
May 2020
#PassTheDram This World Whisky Day
Raise a glass and #PassTheDram this
World Whisky Day to a friend, family
member or loved one who you cannot
meet up with at the moment or indeed
if you would like to raise a toast
and #PassTheDram as a Thank You to
front line workers such as NHS
workers and Care workers.
- 16th
May 2020
Redbreast Dream Cask 28 Year Old
Ruby Port Edition
Irish Distillers today
announced the release of its third
limited edition expression of
Redbreast Dream Cask to mark World
Whisky Day, this time the creative
folks at Midleton have unveiled a
Redbreast Dream Cask 28 Year Old
Ruby Port Edition, a combination of
four whiskeys which were aged for a
minimum of 28 years and then vatted
together and left to marry in the
ruby port pipe cask.
- 15th
May 2020
Raise A Glass With Whyte & Mackay On
World Whisky Day
Whilst restrictions remain in
place around the world, the annual
World Whisky Day will return
tomorrow Saturday 16th May, as an
online celebration of the whisky
community. A series of events will
take place online, featuring Jura
Single Malt Whisky, and key figures
from across the industry including
World Whisky Day Founder, Blair
Bowman, and special guests.
- 14th
May 2020
Jura Red Wine Cask Finish
Jura launches first whisky in a new
Cask Editions series, the Jura Red
Wine Cask Finish will be available
exclusively from Sainsbury's here in
the UK.
- 14th
May 2020
Douglas Laing The Epicurean Cognac
Cask Finished Limited Edition
Douglas Laing announce a limited
edition Cognac Finished expression
of their Epicurean blended malt
whisky.
- 14th
May 2020
Whisky Leaders Celebrate Industry's
Resilient Spirit
Leading
lights across the Scotch sector have
come together for World Whisky Day,
this coming Saturday 16th May, to affirm their
confidence in Scotland’s iconic whisky
industry and resilient spirit
demonstrated in response to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Everyone from whisky makers to festival
organisers and marketeers behind putting
Scotch on the map, have rallied together
since the start of pandemic. Initiatives
have included fundraising drives for the
hospitality sector, making hand
sanitiser and holding virtual tastings
and events.
- 13th
May 2020
Bimber
Distillery Launch The Bimber Klub
Bimber Distillery in London today
announced the launch of the Bimber Klub,
a new membership option that provides a
lifetime of whisky experiences for the
growing number of Bimber enthusiasts.
- 13th
May 2020
Tamdhu Iain Whitecross Single Cask
Vintage 2003
Tamdhu has announced the release of a single cask whisky
which has been hand picked by Tamdhu
Assistant Distillery Manager, Iain Whitecross. The Tamdhu Iain Whitecross
Single Cask 5892 Vintage 2003
expression is a First Fill European
sherry butt matured whisky which
will be available exclusively from
the distillery via their online
shop.
- 6th
May 2020
Kavalan Distillery Select No. 2
Kavalan distillery has
announced the launch of Kavalan
Select No.2, the second release in
their entry level Distillery Series,
which is described as deeply
aromatic with an irresistible floral
and herbal complexity, blending
woody and spicy notes in rich
layers.
- 5th
May 2020
Tamdhu Dalbeallie Dram 3
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic Tamdhu
distillery has revealed the next
instalment of their big sherried
cask strength Collectors Journey
series, the Tamdhu Dalbeallie Dram
3, which was scheduled for release
during the Spirit of Speyside
festival.
- 1st
May 2020
International Beverage Holdings
Ambitious US Growth Plan
In whisky business news
International Beverage announce
ambitious US growth plan for the
future with the announcement of a
new US partnership with artisanal
spirits importer and distiller
Hotaling & Co.
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