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- 18th
December 2015
William Grant & Sons Chief Executive
Stella David Steps Down
Change at the top for William Grant
& Sons as CEO Stella David has
decided to step down at the end of
February 2016, Stella will be
succeeded by current Chief
Commercial Officer, Simon Hunt.
- 17th
December 2015
Gordon & MacPhail ‘The Wood Makes
the Whisky’
To highlight the importance of wood in the creation of Scotch Single Malt Whisky independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has recently launched a campaign to inform whisky drinkers both new and old about the importance of wood and the huge influence it can have on the flavour profile of a whisky even a brand of whisky you think your are 100% familiar with.
- 17th
December 2015
Gordon &
MacPhail Rare Vintage Glen Grant
1954 Review
Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage Glen
Grant 1954 was matured in 1st Fill
Sherry Casks. I have had the
pleasure of a few very mature
outstanding G & M bottlings over the
years and this is right up there
with them in quality.
- 17th
December 2015
Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs
Choice Speyburn 1991 Review
Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs
Choice Speyburn 1991 was matured in
Refill Sherry Hogshead casks. I
didn't expect the glorious fizzy
spices and pepper, no doubt a
contribution made by the casks used
for maturation. Not as sugar laden
as the Glenlivet Nadurra but reminds
me of the Glenlivet it in some ways.
- 17th
December 2015
Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Labels
Ardmore 1996 Review
Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Labels
Ardmore 1996 was matured in Refill
Sherry Hogshead casks. Exactly what
an independent bottling should be,
off the beaten track of the original
distillery bottlings, still
displaying the Ardmore DNA but with
added influence from the choice of
wood the whisky has matured in.
- 17th
December 2015
The MacPhail's Collection
Bunnahabhain 8 Years Old Review
The MacPhail's Collection
Bunnahabhain 8 Years Old from Gordon
& MacPhail was matured in Refill
Sherry Butts. A long time favourite
of mine, in my opinion a young
Bunnahabhain is best served peated
and the MacPhail's Collection serves
a cracking extremely enjoyable
Bunnahabhain 8 year old.
- 17th
December 2015
Peated Malts of Distinction Smoky
Miniature Gift Set
Looking for a single malt whisky
stocking filler? Peated Malts of
Distinction is a smoky single malt
whisky miniature gift set which
brings together The Ardmore Legacy,
Connemara Original, Bowmore Small
Batch and Laphroaig Select in one
box set.
- 17th
December 2015
Tamdhu Batch Strength Whisky
Advocate Speyside Malt Of The Year
Tamdhu Batch Strength Speyside single malt whisky has been awarded Speyside Single Malt of the Year at the 22nd Annual Whisky Advocate
(formerly Malt Advocate) Awards.
- 16th
December 2015
Lucky 13 For BenRiach Distillery
Company At Malt Maniacs Awards
BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh single malts have won a total of thirteen medals in the 2015 Malt Maniacs Awards.
The Edinburgh-headquartered company headed by industry veteran Billy Walker took six silver and seven bronze medals in this year’s competition.
Here is the complete list of
winners.
- 16th
December 2015
Travel Retail Whisky Gifts To Look
Out For This Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching, finding that perfect gift for family, friends or colleagues is quickly becoming top of our to-do lists. And for those of you who may be passing through an airport in the run up to Christmas or indeed lucky enough to be jetting off somewhere for Christmas I thought I would mention a few whiskies which you will find in available from travel retail shops.
- 15th
December 2015
Glenglassaugh Rare Cask Series Batch
2
Glenglassaugh has released
Batch 2 of its critically
acclaimed Glenglassaugh Rare Cask
single cask bottlings. This second
batch is made up of eight single
cask treasures. There are certainly
no youngsters amongst this second
batch, the eight new single cask
whiskies vary in age from a 36 year
old to a very rare 42 year old.
- 14th
December 2015
Compass Box Flaming Heart 15th
Anniversary Limited Edition
Since launching back in 2000 the Compass Box Whisky Company have always aimed to experiment, to innovate and to explore.
Along the way they have ruffled a
few feathers and they have also
created some outstanding complex and
very enjoyable whisky's to entertain
us whisky drinkers including the
deliciously rich and complex limited
edition Compass Box Flaming Heart so
it is appropriate that they have
released a special limited edition
Flaming Heart to mark their 15th
anniversary.
- 14th
December 2015
Haig Club Limited Edition Launched
In Travel Retail
This Christmas Diageo have
released a special 1 litre edition
of of Haig Club, the the smooth,
easy drinking Single Grain Scotch
Whisky 1 litre bottle will be
available exclusively in travel
retail where over the holiday season
gifting spend reaches over $1bn on
spirits alone. Of this, whisky
occupies the top spot with 44% of
travellers.
- 14th
December 2015
Glenfiddich Distillery Expansion To
Meet Global Demand
Glenfiddich has announced multi-million pound expansion plans to increase the capacity of its distillery in Speyside, Scotland.
Their are plans for a new still
house, tun rooms, external storage
tanks and equipment as well as some
landscaping features.
- 3rd
December 2015
Glenmorangie 12 Year Old Single Cask
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
Glenmorangie has just
announced a very exclusive
collaboration with His Serene
Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco,
the Prince has selected a single
malt that will bear his name. The
rare, single-cask whisky, bottled in
his honour, will be sold to raise
funds for environmental
conservation, a cause dear to the
Prince and echoed by Glenmorangie.
- 3rd
December 2015
Aberfeldy 16 Year Old Review
John Dewar's & Sons has
revealed the latest addition to its Aberfeldy core range of whiskies, the Aberfeldy 16 year old. The new whisky has been finished in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 40% ABV.
This is what I thought of it.
- 2nd
December 2015
Chivas Regal Start Search For 2016
Global Chivas Master
Chivas Regal has commenced the search for the 2016 Global Chivas Master, where competitors this year will be judged
not only on their bartending
abilities but also on their
demonstration of Chivas’ values of
brotherhood and generosity. This
month sees national heats start
around the world, which will for the
first time culminate with the grand
final in Shanghai in July 2016.
- 2nd
December 2015
The Glenrothes Single Cask 1969
#11483
The Glenrothes distillery are
set to release The Glenrothes Single
Cask 1969 #11483, the fourth release
in the Glenrothes Extraordinary Cask
Series. To complement the 1969
Vintage and to demonstrate a link
back to the year the whisky was
created The Glenrothes introduced a
new tasting platform, The Vintage
Vinyl Sessions.
- 1st
December 2015
The Ardmore Port Wood Finish Review
Review of
The Ardmore Port Wood Finish
12 year old, the newest addition to
the expanding Ardmore whisky range.
Matured for 12 years in American
white oak and finished in small
European half port pipes, this is
what I thought of it.
- 1st
December 2015
Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Signature
Oak Edition - European Oak Review
Being a long time fan of the
outstanding Ballantine's 21 year old
I was pleased when Ballantine’s
contacted me to announce the release
of Ballantine’s 21 Year Old
Signature Oak Edition - European
Oak, which is the first of two new
limited editions exclusive to Global
Travel Retail. The release of an
additional Signature Edition created
with American oak will follow to
complete the special pair of
bottlings. This is what I thought of
the European Oak.
- 1st
December 2015
Old Forester Whisky Tasting At The
Whisky Shop Piccadilly London
Those of you in or around
London on the 7th December may be
interested to hear that Old Forester
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky is
partnering with The Whisky Shop's
flagship Piccadilly store to offer a
unique opportunity to meet the Old
Forester Brand President, Campbell
Brown and enjoy a Free exclusive
tasting.
- 30th
November 2015
Kilchoman Auction First Ever 10 Year
Old For Charity
Kilchoman Islay’s farm distillery have announced that they will auction their first ever 10 year old whisky in aid of The Beatson
Cancer Charity. The online auction
will take place between the 7th and
14th of December.
- 27th
November 2015
The
International Wine & Spirit
Competition Announce 2016 President
The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) has announced their 2016 President: Matteo Bruno Lunelli, C.E.O. of Ferrari Winery and of the Lunelli Group.
- 19th
November 2015
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Following the announcement of
the
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
being named as the
Whisky Bible 2016
#1 World Whisky for 2016 our very
own
Scotch Malt Whisky Forum member Murray
Cohen has kindly submitted his
review of the Crown Royal Northern
Harvest Rye.
- 17th
November 2015
Benromach Scoops Top Prize In Hong
Kong Competion
Those of you familiar with the outstanding Benromach whisky range wont be surprised to hear
at this year’s Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition the outstanding Benromach 100° Proof won the award for Best Single Malt Scotch Whisky – 15 Years and Under.
- 17th
November 2015
Monkey Shoulder Invite Travellers To
"Take Home a Monkey"
In the leading up to the
Chinese New Year 2016, Year of the
Monkey, Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt
Whisky has launched a rather unique
"Take Home a Monkey Today" promotion
in Kuala Lumpur International
Airport Two Arrivals during October
- 13th
November 2015
The Deveron
Just in time for Christmas, John
Dewars & Co have launched a whole
new range of The Deveron single
malts from their MacDuff distillery,
the new expressions in the range are
The
Deveron 12 Year Old,
The
Deveron 18 Year Old
and The Deveron
10 Year Old which will only be
available in France.
This is what I thought of the new
whiskies...
- 12th
November 2015
GlenDronach Peated
Fans of the very popular and highly rated GlenDronach distillery will be intrigued to hear that the distillery has just launched its first ever peated release, simply called, GlenDronach Peated.
- 12th
November 2015
GlenDronach 19 Years Old Madeira
Cask Finish
GlenDronach tell me that
their new GlenDronach 19 Years Old
Madeira Cask Finish is a dram
bursting with ripe summer fruits and
warm spices. Bottled at 46%, non
chill filtered and with natural
colour, the GlenDronach 19 Years Old
Madeira Cask Finish was initially
matured in European oak casks and
thereafter finished its maturation
in a very small batch of superior
Madeira hogsheads.
- 12th
November 2015
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 5
Just another quick
announcement for the GlenDronach
fans amongst you which I know there
are a few. Completing a hat-trick of new releases from the Aberdeenshire distillery this week is the GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 5.
- 11th
November 2015
William Grants Rugby World Cup
Promotion A Winner At Auckland
Airport
With the Rugby World Cup 2015 a hot
topic of conversation and
disappointment for many travellers
earlier this year, William Grant &
Sons took advantage of this globally
loved sport to launch its own Rugby
World Cup activation at New
Zealand’s Auckland International
Airport.
- 9th
November 2015
Glenmorangie House Final Whisky
Weekend Of 2015
Glenmorangie House boutique
hotel has announced the final date
for its 2015 series of whisky
weekends. These whisky weekends have
often been hailed as the pinnacle of
a whisky lover’s calendar, the
Weekends are a perfect way to be
introduced to whisky, its history
and heritage, all enjoyed in the
luxurious surroundings of
Glenmorangie House.
- 4th
November 2015
Ardbeg Best Single Malt Whisky Under
$100
Ardbeg whisky brand has swept
the board in a review of the best
single malt Scotch whiskies under
US$100 in the Whisky Advocate
magazine.
- 4th
November 2015
Ballantine's Hard Fired
Ballantine's has launched
Ballantine's Hard Fired, an
innovative new expression that that
has been created using a bespoke
process in the production of the
popular whisky brand, the new whisky
showcases the results that American
oak and fire produce on Scotch
whisky.
- 2nd
November 2015
House
Of Hazelwood
William Grant & Sons has
revealed a new premium blended
Scotch whisky brand named House of
Hazelwood which will initially
launch with three premium age
statement expressions, the House of
Hazelwood 18, 21 and 25 year old.
William Grant describe the new brand
as an elegant and vivacious new
blended Scotch whisky.
- 2nd
November 2015
The Latest Douglas Laing XOP
Bottling
Just a quick announcement for
those of you looking for something a
little extra special that is off the
beaten track of the original
distillery bottlings. Glasgow
independent bottler Douglas Laing &
Co. has announced the release of
seven particularly special Single
Cask Whiskies, including the firm’s
oldest ever Port Ellen Distillery
release bottled at 36 Years Old.
- 30th
October 2015
Glenfiddich Cask Collection Finest
Solera
Glenfiddich and Baccarat collaborate
to unveil the first in a new series
of rare travel retail exclusive
whiskies, the Glenfiddich Cask
Collection Finest Solera.
- 29th
October 2015
Douglas Laing Yula 20 Year Old
Blended Malt
Douglas Laing announce the
launch of Yula 20 Year Old, the
first of a three part trilogy of
limited edition Island Malt Scotch
Whisky. It has a lovely gentle
coastal feel to it, a mature whisky
but still fresh. Not an in your face
amount of smoke.
- 23rd
October 2015
Laphroaig Select Review
Christmas whisky gift ideas,
Laphroaig Select review. This is both a great introduction to
Laphroaig and a great whisky for those
already familiar with Laphroaig’s
peatier offerings and who are open to
try something lighter on the peat
side which lets the casks used in
maturation shine through a bit more.
- 23rd
October 2015
Ardmore Legacy Review
Christmas whisky gift ideas, Ardmore
Legacy review. An easy
drinking Highland malt with a nice
mellow touch of Ardmore Highland
peat.
- 23rd
October 2015
Highland Park 12 Year Old Review
Christmas whisky gift ideas,
Highland Park 12 Year Old review.
It really does offer a bit of
everything, honey, barley, fruit,
oak, spice and a lovely touch of
peaty smoke. A classic island dram
which any whisky drinker would be
happy to find in their stocking.
- 23rd
October 2015
The
Macallan Gold Review
Christmas whisky gift ideas, The
Macallan Gold review. A
lovely delicately sherried easy to
drink Macallan that would make an
ideal Christmas gift for any whisky
drinker no matter what there taste
in whisky is.
- 22nd
October 2015
The Glenlivet Nadurra Peated Whisky
Cask Finish Review
The
Glenlivet Nadurra Peated Whisky Cask
Finish as you will probably guess
from the expressions title has been
finished in casks which has
previously held peated whisky.
Another outstanding addition to the
Nadurra family. The smoke was never
going to be in your face, just a
lovely subtle added dimension.
- 22nd
October 2015
The Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso
Matured Review
The Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso which
uniquely is the first major Glenlivet
bottling (other than single cask
bottlings) in living memory to be
matured solely in ex-sherry casks. If
you are a fan of big cask strength
sherried drams like the Aberlour
a'bunadh then you will love this
also
- 22nd
October 2015
The Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill
Selection Review
The Glenlivet
Nàdurra First Fill Selection was
100% matured in American White Oak casks
that have never before been used to
mature Scotch whisky, as you
would expect with first fill casks they
impart hints of creamy vanilla to this
wonderfully rich single malt.
- 21st
October 2015
Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection
First Fill American Oak Finish
Chivas Regal today announced the
launch of the Chivas 18 Ultimate
Cask Collection, a limited edition
travel retail exclusive series that
reinterprets the brand’s celebrated
Chivas 18 expression. The first
release in the series is the Chivas
18 Ultimate Cask Collection First
Fill American Oak Finish which will
be available from this month.
- 20th
October 2015
Diageo Special Releases 2015
As most whisky enthusiasts and
collectors will know by now every
year Diageo release a small number
of specially selected whiskies from
its vast portfolio of Scotch malt
whisky distilleries. This autumn
they have selected nine whiskies
which will make up its Diageo 2015
Special Releases.
The oldest whisky in this years release
is is the
Brora 37 Year Old and as we
have come to expect there is a new
expression of the
Lagavulin 12 Year Old.
- 19th
October 2015
Glengoyne Continues Support For
London Scottish
Glengoyne today announced that they have renewed their support for London Scottish for for a third year with another 12-month sponsorship deal.
To mark the renewal of their
sponsorship Mark Bright, London
Scottish captain, was named man of
the match and was presented with a
personalised bottle of Glengoyne 15
Year Old. This new Glengoyne custom
will be carried on throughout the
season which I am sure the team will
be very pleased to hear.
- 9th
October 2015
Chivas Art Of Hosting
Here is one for those of you who like to try out or collect different style whisky glasses, Chivas Regal has teamed up with Apolis,
the socially motivated lifestyle
brand, for the latest instalment of
Chivas Art of Hosting. The new
limited edition pack contains a
bespoke set of glass tumblers.
- 6th
October 2015
The Macallan Rare Cask Black
The Macallan Rare Cask Black joins the Macallan 1824 Masters Series, intriguingly the distillery describe
it as being a dark, smoky and
unexpected Macallan. The Macallan
are not known for producing smoky
whiskies and the reason this whisky
is smoky is that it has been crafted
predominately using First Fill
sherry seasoned oak casks which
contained extremely rare Macallan
peated whisky.
- 5th
October 2015
Glenmorangie A Midwinter Night's
Dram
Glenmorangie ‘A
Midwinter Night’s Dram’ is a Limited
Edition single malt for (as you may
have guessed by its name) the
forthcoming winters season was today
launched in Sainsbury's supermarket
with Ocado to follow next month.
- 2nd
October 2015
Kilchoman Madeira Cask Matured
This Monday 5th October Kilchoman are releasing the Kilchoman Madeira Cask Matured, which is a bit of the normal beaten track for the Islay distillery as the limited edition whisky has been fully matured in first fill Madeira wine casks rather than just being finished in the casks.
- 1st
October 2015
The Glenlivet Nadurra Peated Whisky
Cask Finish
The Glenlivet today announced another new permanent addition to their popular Glenlivet Nadurra range, The Glenlivet Nadurra Peated Whisky Cask Finish. As you will probably guess from the new expressions title it has been finished in casks which has previously held peated whisky, to be more precise American oak casks that have previously held heavily-peated Scotch whisky.
- 30th
September 2015
GlenDronach Single Cask Batch 12
GlenDronach has today released Batch 12 of its popular single cask bottlings series, selected as always by Master Blender Billy Walker.
GlenDronach Single Cask
Batch 12 is a release of nine whiskies
ranging from a 2004 11 year old up to the rarest bottling in this release, a 1972 distilled 43 year old. All nine bottlings have been matured in Pedro Ximenez
sherry casks from Southern Spain.
- 29th
September 2015
The Balvenie Brings Craftsmanship To
Life At Aberdeen Airport
Kilt maker Beverley Scarlett took
centre stage at Aberdeen Airport
this month during The Balvenie
tastings of their travel retail
exclusive Balvenie Triple Cask
range. The event lead to a 228%
increase in sales versus the same
period last year.
- 25th
September 2015
Second Great Northern Distillery
Goes Into Production
You will recall back in August when I announced that a 30 million bottle a year capacity three-column still Irish grain whiskey distillery, the first of two distillery's to be built on the former Harp Brewery site in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland had gone into production, well this week on the Dundalk site the grain distillery was joined by three mighty copper pot stills, Fionn, Oisin and Setanta (yes the stills have names) of its sister distillery.
- 25th
September 2015
Ballantine's Artist Series Leif
Podhajsky
It
definitely is starting to look a lot
like Christmas is on the way. Next
up we have Ballantine's who have
teamed up with renowned album cover
artist Leif Podhajsky who has
designed three unique limited
edition gift packs exclusively for
Ballantine's Artist Series ahead of
Christmas 2015.
- 25th
September 2015
Big Peat Christmas 2015
Have you ever heard the expression Christmas gets earlier every year, well this year the first
mention of Christmas as far as whisky goes is from Douglas Laing who
has announced the launch of their festive cracker (couldn't resist) Big Peat Christmas 2015.
- 25th
September 2015
Disaronno Riserva A new Luxury
Limited Edition Whisky Liqueur
Here is something a little off your beaten track of single malts from Disaronno, the intensely almond/marzipan flavoured Italian liqueur. Disaronno have added a very exclusive addition to its portfolio, Disaronno Riserva which is a unique blend of Scotch
malt whisky and Disaronno - aged in Marsala barrels from the Cantine Florio in Marsala, Sicily.
- 23rd
September 2015
Old Pulteney Flotilla 2005
Old Pulteney continues its maritime link with the launch of Old Pulteney Flotilla 2005 which is the third Flotilla Vintage release, this latest limited edition will be available in France.
- 23rd
September 2015
Jameson Caskmates Now Released
Worldwide
Following a
successful limited run in Ireland
Jameson are now releasing Jameson
Caskmates worldwide. Jameson
Caskmates offers a new taste
experience that will satisfy the
appetite of whiskey enthusiasts,
Jameson drinkers and craft beer
fans.
- 22nd
September 2015
Benromach Sassicaia 2006 and
Hermitage 2005 Wood Finishes
Benromach has announced the release of two new limited edition Benromach Wood Finishes, Benromach Sassicaia 2006 and Benromach Hermitage 2005.
- 22nd
September 2015
Irish Distillers Open Midleton
Microdistillery
Irish
Distillers open Midleton
Microdistillery with a view to
experimenting with distillations of
new and old styles of Irish whiskey.
The first Distiller of the
Microdistillery at Midleton has been
announced as Karen Cotter – one of
eight alumni of the Jameson Graduate
Distiller Programme and the only
female distiller in Ireland.
- 21st
September 2015
The
New Royal Brackla Single Malt Whisky
Range
John Dewars & Co have
launched a whole new range of single
malts from their Royal Brackla
distillery,
the new expressions in the range are
Royal
Brackla 12 Year Old,
Royal
Brackla 16 Year Old
and
Royal
Brackla 21 Year Old.
This is what I thought of the four
new whiskies...
- 19th
September 2015
Royal Salute The Eternal Reserve
Review
Royal Salute has announced
the release of Royal Salute The
Eternal Reserve, which they have
created using what they are calling
a new innovative blending technique
called "Circular Blending".
This is what I thought of it...
- 18th
September 2015
Old
Pulteney 1989 Lightly Peated
Old Pulteney have announced the release of a second vintage limited edition lightly peated whisky, this time they have released Old Pulteney 1989 which
is around 26 years old by my calculations.
What makes this a lightly peated
expression is not the peat level of
the distilled whisky but the casks
the whisky has matured in.
- 18th
September 2015
New Chivas 12 Made For Gentlemen
Unveiled
Chivas has partnered with
renowned British brand Globe-Trotter
in the fourth year of the Chivas
Made For Gentlemen series to design
exclusive collectibles for
connoisseurs of whisky and
adventure.
- 16th
September 2015
Glasgow Barman Michael Cameron
Crowned Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
Glenfiddich have announced that Glasgow barman Michael Cameron from Guy's Restaurant & Bar Candleriggs in the Merchant City, Glasgow has been crowned Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind 2015.
Michael won the competition with his
bespoke Glenfiddich cocktail called
‘Ours is the Fury’.
- 16th
September 2015
Cattos
Blend Gets A New Look
The folks at Inter Bev have
decided to give Catto's blended
whisky a makeover and have unveiled
a new look bottle and packaging for
the whisky.
- 11th
September 2015
Ardbeg Supernova 2015 The Final
Release
Amongst all the reporting of Ardbeg releasing the results of their Ardbeg in Space experiment this week you may have missed the announcement of the Final Release of Ardbeg Supernova 2015.
- 11th
September 2015
Ardbeg In Space The Results
The Ardbeg fans amongst you who have followed the Ardbeg in Space Experiment and no doubt tried the limited release whiskies which have accompanied the experiment may be interested to read Ardbeg's Dr Bill Lumsden's final results of sending a sample of Ardbeg in to space.
- 11th
September 2015
Laphroaig Live 2015 Returns To Islay
In Its 200th Anniversary Year
Laphroaig Live 2015 returns to its
Islay home in its 200th anniversary
year for a special tasting and world
record attempt, with your help!
- 11th
September 2015
Ballantine's 12 Year Old GIven A New
Look
It seems like with the approaching new autumn season Chivas Brothers are giving many of their iconic whiskies a new look for the new season. Next up for a makeover is the travel retail Ballantine's 12 year old which has been given an elegant looking new bottle.
- 11th
September 2015
Douglas
Laing & Co Set To Send Fred Laing
Into Space
Douglas Laing & Co. have announced its intention to send its Managing Director, Fred Laing, into space. This extraordinary measure is a bid to halt the Whisky Blender’s maturation process, allowing him to hit back at those who opine that he should shortly retire.
- 9th
September 2015
Gordon & MacPhail Mortlach 75 Year
Old
Incredibly Gordon & MacPhail have once again defied the laws of whisky maturation and announced the release of the latest addition to their exclusive Generations range, this time they have released a Mortlach 75 Year Old, that's right you read it correctly Mortlach 75 year old.
- 8th
September 2015
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Gets A New
Look
Chivas Regal have unveiled a new contemporary look for their Chivas Regal 12 year old bottling, the whisky inside the bottle is still the same classic blend we are familiar with.
- 7th
September 2015
BenRiach 18 Year Old Latada Peated
BenRiach have extended its new
Heavily Peated range with the
addition of a brand-new limited
edition, BenRiach 18 Year Old Latada
peated single malt which has been
finished in Madeira casks.
- 7th
September 2015
GlenDronach 20 Year Old Octaves
Expression
GlenDronach launch 20 year old
limited release Octaves expression.
Master Distiller Billy Walker has
selected five Pedro Ximenez Sherry
Octaves from GlenDronach’s
Aberdeenshire distillery to be
bottled as the GlenDronach 20 Years
Old Octaves.
- 7th
September 2015
Kilchoman 2008 Vintage Release
The Kilchoman Distillery today released Kilchoman 2008 Vintage, the first ever seven year old single malt
from the distillery and the most mature expression to be released since they started filling casks in 2005.
- 7th
September 2015
Situation Vacant - Graduate
Wanted For The Shetland Distillery
Company
Situation Vacant - The Shetland
Distillery Company seek graduate to
develop new spirits at UK’s most
northerly distillery.
- 7th
September 2015
Ballantine’s Space Whisky & Space
Glass
Ballantine's has created the Ballantine’s Space Glass and a Special Batch of Ballantine’s Space Whisky designed for a zero gravity environment as the brand continues to innovate, making a genuine contribution to the space programme.
- 7th
September 2015
Shieldaig Speyside Single Malt
Ian Macleod are set to launch
Shieldaig Speyside No Age Statement
in travel retail. Shieldaig Speyside
Single Malt is not a new whisky
brand but it is certainly rarely
seen, at least here in the Scotland.
- 7th
September 2015
Macleod’s Scotch Whisky Trail Pack
Set For Relaunch
New look Macleod’s Scotch Whisky
Trail Miniature Pack set for
relaunch at TFWA Cannes. The new
whisky miniature gift pack will be
available in travel retail.
- 4th
September 2015
Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
Finalists 2015
The 10 bartenders who will
compete in this year’s prestigious
Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind have
been announced. The competition,
which is now in its sixth year, will
see some of the countries up and
coming bartenders compete at the
Glenfiddich Vaults at Voltaire bar
in Central London on 14th September
2015.
- 3rd
September 2015
Work Begins To Increase The
Glenlivet Distillery Capacity
The Glenlivet Distillery this week
broke ground at the start of a new
project to enhance the distillery's
production facility's and increase
capacity. The expansion at the
Speyside distillery will
significantly increase capacity
reinforcing The Glenlivet's recent
success and securing its position as
the worlds best selling Scotch
single malt whisky in the future.
- 3rd
September 2015
BenRiach Batch 12 Single Cask
Bottlings
BenRiach has announced the release of Batch 12 of its popular and highly rated single cask bottlings.
This twelfth batch of BenRiach
comprises of nine single casks that
were bottled in June 2015 ranging from 14 up to 38 year
old. As we have come to expect from
previous releases the variety of
expressions in this release is
fantastic.
- 3rd
September 2015
Glengoyne At Lets Eat Glasgow This
Weekend
If you are out and about in Glasgow this weekend then why not stop by the Glengoyne sponsored "Let's Eat Glasgow Festival" which is Scotland's first restaurant festival and Pop-Up Market. Let's Eat Glasgow takes place 5th - 6th September at SWG3, Finnieston.
- 27th
August 2015
Holyrood Park Distillery Proposed To
Open In Edinburgh
Whisky expert and former Master
Distiller for The Macallan, David
Robertson, is behind plans to open
the Holyrood Park Distillery in
Edinburgh. Planning application has
been submitted for
a £2 million boutique
micro-distillery and visitor
experience at the Engine Shed
building in the heart of the city.
- 27th
August 2015
The Balvenie Craft Bar in Kuala
Lumpur International Airport
If you are lucky enough to be
passing through Kuala Lumpur
International Airport 2 (KLIA2)
Departures Emporium then why not
stop by The Balvenie Craft Bar which
The Balvenie has launched.
- 24th
August 2015
Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold
Diageo have added a new No Age Statement whisky to its Dalwhinnie core range, named Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold, which will start appearing on shelves from this month. It
doesn't have the lovely touch of
peat smoke the 15 has but this is a
different expression, a more
straight forward expression, more
oaky, a very easy to drink and a
very enjoyable Dalwhinnie.
- 20th
August 2015
The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold
The Famous Grouse Mellow Gold
is the latest offering from The
Famous Grouse, a smooth rich sherry
influenced expression of the Famous
dram. A step up in complexity and
flavour from the standard Famous
Grouse for just a small step up in
price.
- 18th
August 2015
Old
Particular Single Cask Single Grain
Glasgow based whisky specialists Douglas Laing have announced the addition of Single Cask Single Grain whisky to their popular Old Particular Single Cask whisky range.
To mark the launch of single grain
whisky into the Old Particular range
Douglas Laing has released Old
Particular Single Grain Single Cask
whiskies are Cameronbridge 25 Years Old, Girvan 25 Years Old, North British 21 Years Old and Strathclyde 27 Years Old.
- 12th
August 2015
The
Shetland Distillery Company Release
Four Cask Strength Whiskies
Four new cask strength whiskies
bottled by The Shetland Distillery
Company have gone on sale. Distilled
in Portsoy (Glenglassaugh perhaps?)
on the Scottish mainland and bottled
on Unst at the far north of the
Shetland Islands.
- 10th
August 2015
Benromach Competition To Find The
Ideal Dram Location
Where is your perfect place to enjoy
a glass of Benromach, just share a
picture of it with Benromach to have
a chance of winning an illustration
of your picture drawn by Scottish
artist Jill Calder.
- 10th
August 2015
Speyburn Celebrates Completion Of
Second Fish Conservation Project
Speyburn Single Malt Scotch Whisky
and Scottish charity ‘The Spey
Foundation’ are celebrating the
completion of their second
environmental project to increase
fish populations along the River
Spey.
- 10th
August 2015
The Famous Grouse Pop Up Bar At The
Edinburgh Festival
Here is a heads up for any of
you lucky enough to be visiting
Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival
this month, you will find The Famous
Grouse House at Edinburgh’s
International Festival Fringe and
they are promising to turn the world
of whisky on its head.
- 10th
August 2015
The Great Northern Distillery
Dundalk Comes To Life
The first of two new Irish whiskey
distilleries which will form
Irelands largest independent
distillery, the Great Northern
Distillery has gone into production.
The grain distillery now in
production will be followed by a
single malt whiskey distillery.
- 10th
August 2015
Chivas The Venture £1 Million
Winners
The Venture, Chivas Regal’s
global search for the world’s most
promising social entrepreneurs,
rewarded all five finalists the
remaining share of the $1m fund at
the final pitch event which at the
end of July. Social entrepreneurs
from across the world are now
invited to apply for $1 million in
funding as The Venture Year 2 kicks
off today.
- 7th
August 2015
The
Pogues Irish Whiskey
West
Cork Distillers, one of only three
independent whiskey distilleries in
Ireland, has launched an Irish whiskey
inspired by and developed in conjunction
with internationally acclaimed band, The
Pogues.
- 7th
August 2015
The
Macallan Rare Cask Now Available In
The UK
The Macallan fans amongst you
may have already spotted the
Macallan Rare Cask on the shelves
shelves of your favourite specialist
whisky shop as it arrived on UK
shelves a few weeks ago, I was
taking my summer break at the time
but thought I would give it a
mention for those of you who may
have missed it.
- 7th
August 2015
Sainsbury's Supermarket Whisky Picks
Up Top IWSC Award
Sainsbury’s Taste the
Difference Highland Single Malt
Scotch Whisky has been voted the
winner of the Single Malt Scotch
Whisky Trophy with no age statement
at this years International Wine and
Spirit Competition.
- 7th
August 2015
BenRiach Distillery Company Scoops
10 IWSC Medals
GlenDronach, BenRiach and
Glenglassaugh single malts continue
to impress by scooping 10 medals at
at this year’s International Wine
and Spirits Competition with the
GlenDronach 12 Year Old
Glenglassaugh 30 Year Old both being
awarded Gold Medals.
- 21st
July 2015
The Glenrothes Vintage Reserve Now
Available In The UK
Berry
Bros. & Rudd Spirits has announced the
UK release of The Glenrothes Vintage
Reserve. The Glenrothes Vintage Reserve
carries no age statement but it
comprises of 10 different vintages
which span the last three decades,
they are 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998,
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, and
2007.
- 21st
July 2015
Jameson Wild Sloe Berry Bitters
Jameson
Irish whisky has brought a uniquely
Irish twist to cocktails with the
creation of Jameson Wild Sloe Berry
Bitters. Jameson unveiled their new
offering at Tales of the Cocktail 2015,
the innovative new creation is aimed at
encouraging bartenders and cocktail
enthusiasts around the world to create,
serve and enjoy new taste experiences
with the world’s leading Irish Whiskey.
- 15th
July 2015
Scapa
Skiren
Scapa
have today announced the launch of Scapa
Skiren a new 100% First Fill American oak
matured No Age Statement single malt.
Scapa tell me that the exclusive
maturation in First Fill American Oak
casks gives Scapa Skiren a smooth creamy
sweetness with a hint of tropical,
citrus fruit and coastal heather,
uncommon for an Island Single Malt but
distinctly Scapa at its core.
- 10th
July 2015
Glenmorangie Cocktails The Spirit Of
The Open
Glenmorangie are sponsoring
this years Open Golf Championship as
The official Spirit of The Open and
they have created 2 golf inspired
cocktails which will be served
throughout the event in St Andrews
next week. If you will not be lucky
enough to attend the Open
Championship next week I thought you
may like to do the next best thing,
try the Glenmorangie Golf inspired
whisky cocktails for yourself while
sitting at your own 19th hole.
- 10th
July 2015
Kininvie Special Release #1 Single
Cask Bottling
Coming soon! Kininvie Special
Release #1 25 Year Old which was
laid down on the distillery’s very
first day of production, the 4th of
July, 1990 and disgorged from the
cask last Saturday 4th July.
- 10th
July 2015
Glenfiddich Residence Cask Vintage
1992 Edition
Glenfiddich
have teamed up with DFS Group, the
world’s leading luxury travel retailer,
to launch the Glenfiddich Residence Cask
Vintage 1992 at DFS Singapore Changi
Airport.
- 2nd
July 2015
Bruichladdich Launch Octomore 7.1
Scottish Barley
Here
is one for the peat heads amongst you,
Bruichladdich have announced the launch
of Octomore 7.1, the seventh edition and
latest expression of the world's most
heavily peated whisky series.
- 1st
July 2015
The Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 2
The
Balvenie fans amongst you will be
pleased to hear that the distillery has
unveiled the Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 2.
Created once again by The Balvenie's
long serving Malt Master David
Stewart.
- 1st
July 2015
Jack Daniel Owners To build $50m
Slane Irish Whiskey Distillery
Brown-Forman Corporation who are more
well know for their American whiskey
brands such as Jack Daniel’s have
announced that it has purchased all
shares of Slane Castle Irish Whiskey
Limited. They will invest approximately
$50 million to build a new
distillery and consumer experience
on the historic Slane Castle Estate
in County Meath, Ireland.
- 1st
July 2015
Tomatin 36 Year Old
Tomatin
have announced the addition of a new
Tomatin 36 year old small batch release
to their whisky range. Batch 1 of
Tomatin 36 year old was matured in a
combination of ex-Bourbon and
ex-Oloroso sherry casks and is a
limited release of 800 bottles.
- 1st
July 2015
Japanese Whisky Nikka Discontinues
Age Statements
Nikka
Japanese whisky have confirmed their
decision to discontinue a number of
their age statement whiskies. The move
is a consequence of the Japanese whisky
makers success in foreign markets and
also the growing popularity in the
Japanese domestic market where sales of
Nikka are growing very fast and stock
levels of Yoichi and Miyagikyo malt
whiskies are becoming very low.
- 30th
June 2015
John
Dewar & Sons Reflect Sound
Environmental Practices
John Dewar & Sons is an industry leader,
advancing more than half a century’s
worth of spirited, sustainability
practices. Across its distillation and
production facilities there are robust
recycling efforts, state-of-the-art
blending centres, sophisticated water
filtration, fuel-efficient
transportation and landscaping that
enhance the natural habitat. In fact
Dewar's Blended Scotch whisky was
sustainable before sustainability
was cool.
- 30th
June 2015
Prince Charles Duke Of Rothesay
Toasts 200th Anniversary of
Laphroaig
His
Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Duke
of Rothesay, this week visited the
Laphroaig Distillery on Islay to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of
the brand. Laphroaig is the only
Single Malt Scotch Whisky to bear a
Royal Warrant, a mark of recognition
to those who supply goods or
services to the Royal Households.
- 23rd
June 2015
Kilchoman Agrees To Buy Rockside
Farm On Islay
The Kilchoman Distillery
Company Limited today announced that
they have agreed to buy Rockside
Farm where the distillery is located
on the Isle of Islay from the
current owners.
- 23rd
June 2015
Dalmunach Distillery Officially
Opened By First Minister Nicola
Sturgeon
Scotland's First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon officially opened
the new Dalmunach Distillery in
Speyside yesterday. The new £25
million state-of-the-art distillery
has been built by Chivas Brothers to
secure future malt whisky supplies
for the Scotch whisky company's
blended whiskies.
- 19th
June 2015
Tullamore Dew Cider Cask Finish
Ireland is very well known
for its quality Irish cider and
Irish Whiskey, well Tullamore DEW
has brought them both together with
their latest addition to their
whiskey range with the release of
the travel retail exclusive
Tullamore DEW Cider Cask Finish.
- 19th
June 2015
The Ardmore Tradition & Triple Wood
Travel Retail Exclusive
Ardmore
Highland malt whisky have launched two
new No Age Statement single malts
exclusively in travel retail. The
Ardmore Tradition, not to be
mistaken with the recently
discontinued Ardmore Traditional but
having tasted it I think this is a
repackaged release. The second
release is the Ardmore Triple Wood
which is a premium
expression that as you may have guessed
from its title has had triple maturation
in American oak barrels.
- 18th
June 2015
Jim Beam Kentucky Dram
Jim
Beam Kentucky Dram is a innovative new
whisky which will be available
exclusively in global travel-retail. The
new whisky sees Scotland and the US come
together in a blend of premium Jim Beam
American Kentucky bourbon and peaty
Highland Scotch Whisky, but which
Highland whisky?
- 9th
June 2015
Teeling Whiskey Distillery Opens In
Dublin
The
new Teeling Whiskey Distillery located
at The Liberties, Dublin officially
opened its doors for the first time
today. The €10 million distillery is the
first whiskey distillery in the Irish
capital in over 125 years and the only
fully operational distillery in the city
at present.
- 5th
June 2015
Green Spot Château Léoville Barton
Irish
Distillers have unveiled a new permanent
addition to the Green Spot Single Pot
Still Irish whiskey core range, the
Green Spot Château Léoville Barton the
first ever Bordeaux wine cask finished
Irish whiskey.
- 5th
June 2015
Benromach 10 Year Old Makes It A
Hat Trick Of Golds
It
will come as no surprise to you if you
are already familiar with the Benromach
Distillery’s flagship 10 Year Old Single
Malt Scotch Whisky that it has picked up
two more gold medals, making it three in
as many months.
- 4th
June 2015
Four Golds For The Glenrothes At The
Scotch Whisky Masters 2015
The Glenrothes Single Malt
Speyside whisky has picked up a
quartet of gold medals at The Scotch
Whisky Masters 2015. The honours
include two Gold Medals for The
Glenrothes Select Reserve and two
Gold Medals for The Glenrothes
Vintage Reserve.
- 1st
June 2015
Scallywag Cask Strength Launched
Glasgow based independent
bottler Douglas Laing today
announced the release of Scallywag
Cask Strength Limited Edition No.1
which has been created using a
impressive collection Speyside Malts
including, amongst others, Mortlach,
Macallan and Glenrothes. They are
also offering you the chance to win
a bottle of the new whisky.
- 29th
May 2015
Ian Macleod Distillers Celebrate
Scotland Food & Drink Excellence
Awards
Ian Macleod Distillers is celebrating
after being crowned a double winner at
the national Scotland Food & Drink
Excellence Awards. The company scooped
the coveted Drinks (alcoholic)
category with its Glengoyne 25 year
old Highland Single Malt Scotch
Whisky and the Brand Success of the
Year category.
- 28th
May 2015
GlenDronach The Hielan 8 Year Old
GlenDronach today launched GlenDronach
The Hielan' 8 Year Old an innovative
expression, specially selected by Master
Blender Billy Walker to complement the
distillery’s burgeoning range of
outstanding malts. The new GlenDronach
Hielan' has been matured and married in
a combination of the finest bourbon and
sherry casks.
- 28th
May 2015
Jura
Tastival 2015
Jura yesterday unveiled the limited
edition Jura Tastival bottling 2015,
marking the launch of the island’s
Tastival 2015 celebrations on 27th &
28th May. This years bottling was casked
in Sparkling Rose Wine barriques, which
Jura says deliver a festival of flavour
for whisky lovers.
- 23rd
May 2015
Ardbeg Whisky Unveils The Art Of Distilling
200 years of Ardbeg whisky are to be
celebrated in an exhibition which
captures the untamed spirit of the
world’s smokiest, peatiest single malt.
Artbeg, which draws on the Distillery’s
past, present and future, comprises a
series of complex, layered artworks that
evoke the intriguing heritage and
unorthodox personality of Ardbeg and its
homeland, the small Scottish island of
Islay.
The Artbeg exhibition to be revealed on
this Monday 25th May, can be viewed on
the walls of the Distillery and on www.ardbeg.com.
- 22nd
May 2015
Ardbeg Perpetuum Review & 200th
Anniversary Event In London
I thought I would add a review of
the Ardbeg Perpetuum ahead of the
official release on May 30th and I
can say it is absolutely
outstanding, just what Ardbeg should
be and it is very fitting that this
marks the distillery's 200th
anniversary. For those in and around
London, you may be interested in a
special Ardbeg Day 200th Anniversary
dinner or lunch Ardbeg Perpetuum
launch event.
- 20th
May 2015
Glenmorangie Duthac Review
Review of
Glenmorangie Duthac a new travel retail
exclusive whisky from the Tain
distillery and the first release in the
new Glenmorangie Legends Collection. A
mix of whisky finished in Pedro
Ximénez casks and charred virgin oak
casks.
- 18th
May 2015
Midleton Whiskey To Broadcast Live
Today From Dublin On Google Hangout
Today
LIVE from Dublin in honour of World
Whisky Day, the Masters of The Midleton
Distillery will come together for their
first ever live Google Hangout ON AIR.
Broadcast live from the Foundry in
Dublin's Google HQ, the show will be
streamed from 6pm GMT.
- 18th
May 2015
Benromach 15 Year Old
Benromach today announced the addition
of the Benromach 15 year old to their
core range of classic Speyside whiskies.
The folks at Benromach tell me that
the new 15 year old has a
distinctive golden amber colour and
a soft smokiness thanks to long
maturation in sherry and bourbon
casks.
- 14th
May 2015
Ledaig
18 Year Old
Burn
Stewart Distillers has released a new
permanent addition to the Ledaig core
range of whiskies, the Ledaig 18 Year
Old. Burn Stewart tell me that it is a
wonderfully smoky island single malt
Scotch whisky which balances sweet
and floral aromas with the richness
and warmth of sea salt and smoke.
- 14th
May 2015
Deanston 18 Year Old
Burn
Stewart Distillers has released a new
permanent addition to the Deanston core
range of whiskies, the Deanston 18 Year
Old. Matured in hogshead casks before
being finished in first fill
Kentucky bourbon casks.
- 14th
May 2015
Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight
Bourbon Whiskeys
Diageo
has launched two Bourbon whiskeys in the
US under a new brand name, Blade and Bow
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and
Blade and Bow 22 Year Old Limited
Release Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Whiskey.
- 14th
May 2015
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Diageo owned Crown Royal
Canadian whisky has launched its
first-ever blended rye whisky, Crown
Royal Northern Harvest Rye which
will be available nationwide in the
US.
- 13th
May 2015
Chivas Regal The Icon
Chivas
Regal has unveiled a new ultra prestige
Scotch whisky which will sit at the
pinnacle of the Chivas Regal range -
the Chivas Regal The Icon which will
initially be available in Dubai
Duty Free from May and globally from
September in Global Travel Retail.
- 13th
May 2015
Whisky Stramash Secret Friday Night
Event Revealed
It has been revealed that a
new top secret event - brought to
you by the organisers of the madcap
Whisky Stramash - will feature music
from the popular MoonHop DJ’s who
will entertain guests with their
retro mix of disco, funk and soul.
Details of the event, which will
take place in Edinburgh on Friday
22nd May, have remained scarce and
most of the specifics will stay a
closely guarded secret until the
event itself.
- 12th
May 2015
Douglas Laing's Remarkable Regional
Malts
You
may all already be familiar with the
regional blended or I should say vatted
whiskies from Douglas Laing but from now
on they will all come under the
"umbrella" title of "Remarkable Regional
Malts".
- 12th
May 2015
Gold
For Benromach 10 Year Old At San
Francisco World Spirits Competition
Benromach’s
excellent flagship 10 Year Old Single
Malt Scotch Whisky has picked up another
gold medal, this time from one of the
world’s most prestigious spirits
competitions, the San Francisco World
Spirits Competition.
- 6th
May 2015
The Macallan At London's Two Temple
Place
The Macallan is taking over London’s Two
Temple Place for two nights only. On the 2nd
and 3rd June, The Macallan Residence will
unlock its doors and invite guests into
the world of The Macallan.
- 1st
May 2015
BenRiach Dunder Peated 18 Year Old
Dark Rum Finish
The
folks at BenRiach have announced the
launch of BenRiach Dunder Peated 18 Year
Old Dark Rum Finish which is a one-off
bottling with only 1888 bottles
available worldwide, 240 of which will
be available in the UK.
- 1st
May 2015
Win A Grants Signature Weekend
From this month Grants are
running a great promotion giving you
the chance to win your ultimate
weekend.
Look out for promotional packs in
from today and
if you haven't tried the whisky, which
is very good by the way, you may be
lucky and come across some sampling
which will be taking place in some
Tesco stores.
- 1st
May 2015
Laphroaig 15 Year Old 200th
Anniversary Edition
I am pleased to tell you
that to celebrate the
Laphroaig distillery's 200th anniversary the
distillery have
resurrected the once very popular
Laphroaig 15 year old. The new Laphroaig
15 Year Old 200th Anniversary
Edition will be available from this
month.
- 30th
April 2015
Ardbeg
Perpetuum Committee Distillery
Edition
The
release of the Ardbeg Perpetuum to
celebrate the Ardbeg distillery's 200th
anniversary will not be news to the
ardent Ardbeg fans amongst you, but did you
know that Ardbeg are releasing a very
limited Ardbeg Perpetuum Committee
Distillery Edition advance preview
bottling
exclusively for their most loyal fans.
- 30th
April 2015
Glenrothes Strikes Gold At The Asian
Spirits Masters 2015
Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits
owners of The Glenrothes Speyside
single malt whisky have announced
two of their expressions, The
Glenrothes Select Reserve and The
Glenrothes Vintage Reserve have been
awarded a Gold Medal at the Asian
Spirits Masters 2015 which is a
series of blind tasting
competitions, drawing entries in
from across the world.
- 30th
April 2015
Kilchoman 100% Islay 5th Edition
Just as summer approaches
Kilchoman have announced there 2nd
release of the year, the Kilchoman
100% Islay 5th Edition which is a
vatting of ex-bourbon barrels filled
in 2009 and 2010.
- 30th
April 2015
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 4
GlenDronach
this week launched Batch 4 of its
luscious Cask Strength Highland single
malt. GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 4
is bottled at 54.7% and is a release
17,806 bottles, just like the
earlier batches GlenDronach describe
it as a delicious, creamy sherry
bomb!
- 27th
April 2015
Scapa
Distillery Now Open To Visitors
The Scapa Distillery on the Orkney
Islands today opened its doors to
the public for the first time in its
130 year history. Visits to Scapa
include a tour of the traditional,
manually-operated production
methods, including the only whisky
Lomond still in Scotland, and a walk
along the front of the distillery to
see the Scapa Flow, the natural
harbour separating each of the
Orkney Islands.
- 24th
April 2015
Double
Gold For Old Pulteney At Top Whisky
Awards
Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky
is toasting scooping two prestigious
international accolades, a gold medal at the World
Whiskies Awards 2015, with both gold and
silver medals won at this year’s San
Francisco World Spirits Competition.
- 22nd
April 2015
Glenglassaugh Sloe Berry Liqueur
Re-launched
Just
in time for the approaching warmer
summer weather (I hope), The BenRiach
Distillery Company has re-packaged and
re-launched the Glenglassaugh Sloe Berry
Liqueur which it originally launched
back in 2012.
- 17th
April 2015
Compass Box Hedonism Quindecimus
15th Anniversary Limited Edition
Compass Box today released
the Compass Box Hedonism Quindecimus 15th Anniversary Limited
Edition, to mark 15 years of whisky
making for the company. Has it really
been 15 years, I still think of Compass
Box as being one of the fresh new whisky
brands.
- 14th
April 2015
Whisky Stramash 2015
Whisky Stramash returns for
its 4th year at the Surgeons’ Hall
in Edinburgh. This year sees the
addition of a Friday night event on
the 22nd May followed by the usual
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May
sessions.
- 13th
April 2015
Amrut
Naarangi
Amrut Naarangi, the new orange
flavoured single malt from Amrut,
but is it controversial? Will
this be the start of a new method to
flavour whisky and still be able to
call it whisky?
- 13th
April 2015
Amrut Greedy Angels Chairman's Reserve 10 Year Old
Amrut Distilleries, India,
have launched Amrut Greedy Angels Chairman’s Reserve 10 years old
which is a limited edition of only
320 bottles worldwide. This is the
first 10 year old single malt to
ever come out of India and is also
India’s most expensive whisky so
far.
- 9th
April 2015
New
Core Range BenRiach 10 Year Old
BenRiach have launched the BenRiach
10 year old, the first core range
whisky produced from spirit
distilled under The BenRiach
Distillery Company’s ownership.
- 9th
April 2015
UK's
Busiest Malt Whisky Ferry Wins
International Safety Award
Those
of you who visit Islay by ferry will be
pleased to hear that you are in safe
hands when you do so as the ferry you
are most likely to travel on,
the Caledonian MacBrayne’s MV Finlaggan
ferry has won an International Safety
Award with merit from the British Safety
Council.
- 9th
April 2015
Jura’s Tastival Schedule For Feis
Ile festival 2015
The Isle of Jura distillery
has announced a packed schedule of
tastings and tours for the Jura
Tastival 2015, inviting whisky fans
from across the globe to discover
the unique flavours of Jura as part
of the annual Feis Ile festival.
Tickets are now on sale for Jura’s
annual whisky festival, Tastival, a
two day island celebration on 27th &
28th May 2015. Part of the annual
Feis Ile festival.
- 2nd
April 2015
Bacardi Buys Angel’s Envy Bourbon
Bacardi Limited, the largest
privately held spirits company in
the world, has now entered the
American Bourbon market with the
purchase of Louisville-based Angel’s
Share Brands, its subsidiary,
Louisville Distilling Co., and its
Angel's Envy Bourbon.
- 2nd
April 2015
Jameson Empire Awards
Jameson Irish Whiskey
welcomed the Hollywood elite to
London this week, where the best
films and filmmakers of the past
year, as voted for by readers of
Empire magazine and global film
fans, were honoured at the 20th
Jameson Empire Awards.
- 1st
April 2015
Scotch Whisky Exports Down 7% In
2014
The figures were published
today for Scotch Whisky Exports in
2014, they show that the value of
Scotch whisky exports were down 7%
while the volume of exports was down
3% indicating a slight drop in the
average price paid for a bottle of
whisky but I doubt that many of you
have noticed this drop.
- 1st
April 2015
Tamdhu Has
Looks As Well As Taste
According to the World Whisky
Awards, Tamdhu whisky not only looks
good it tastes good also. The awards
which is run by the Whisky Magazine
recently recognised Tamdhu as a
whisky that’s got it all in terms of
taste and design with two major
awards for its 10 Year Old Speyside
Single Malt.
- 1st
April 2015
Glenmorangie and Ardbeg Whiskies
Scoop Top Whisky Awards
The
Glenmorangie Company have a few more
trophies to polish in their trophy
cabinet following the companies recent
triumphs at a couple of the top whisky
competitions. They have just picked up
two awards at this year’s World Whiskies
Awards in London and four double gold
medals at the 2015 San Francisco World
Spirits Competition.
- 1st
April 2015
Old Pulteney Raise Funds For The
Mission to Seafarers Charity
Look out for special charity packs
of Old Pulteney 12 Year Old which
will be on shelves in the UK and
other markets from May. The Maritime
Malt will donate £1 from every
bottle of Old Pulteney 12 Year Old
sold in 2015 to the The Mission to
Seafarers charity, with an aim of
raising £30,000.
- 31st
March 2015
Glenmorangie Sells The Scotch Malt
Whisky Society
The Glenmorangie Company has sold
the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
to a group of private investors
- 27th
March 2015
Win A Unique Limited Edition
Ballantine’s Finest Original Sin
Bottling
Ballantine’s Finest
this week launched a
collection of just 12 very unique limited edition
bottles, which have been hand painted by
the world’s leading GIF-ITI and fine
artist INSA. Ballantines are offering
visitors to the Original Sin bar in
East London the chance to win the
bottles via twitter.
- 25th
March 2015
Diageo To Provide Nutrition and
Alcohol Content Info Per Alcohol
Serving
Want to know whether the age,
ABV, type of cask used to mature
whisky make any significant
difference to the nutrition of the
whisky then your in luck Diageo have
committed to provide nutrition info
for every one of their whiskies.
- 25th
March 2015
BenRiach Named Icons Of Whisky
Global Distiller Of The Year 2015
The BenRiach Distillery
Company has been named Global Whisky
Distiller of the Year at the 2015
Icons of Whisky Awards.
- 25th
March 2015
Teeling Whiskey Continue To Pick Up
Top International Awards
Teeling Whiskey continues to
be recognised for its quality in the
Irish Whiskey category. The company
which was founded in 2012 has picked
up awards from the World Whiskies
Awards and San Francisco World
Spirits Competition.
- 23rd
March 2015
Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2015
The Kilchoman distillery
which is now in its 10th anniversary
year (how time fly's) have today
released their first new bottling of
the year the sherry cask matured
limited edition Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2015.
- 13th
March 2015
BenRiach Inspires Britain
The London Stock Exchange Group has
released its list of 1000 Companies to
Inspire Britain and The BenRiach
Distillery Company is featured for the
first time.
- 13th
March 2015
Bottle Your Own Jameson Select
Reserve Cask Strength Black Barrel
Fans
of Jameson Irish Whiskey will be pleased
to hear that you will be now be able
to "Bottle Your Own" whiskey when visiting the Old
Jameson Distillery, Dublin, and the
Jameson Experience Midleton in Cork. It
is no standard bottle of Jameson
which you get the chance to bottle,
the new initiative gives whiskey
fans the chance to personally fill a
bottle of Jameson Select Reserve
Cask Strength Black Barrel from a
live bourbon cask.
- 10th
March 2015
BenRiach Distillery Magnum Scotch
Cream Liqueur
With
the increasing popularity of flavoured
whiskies and Scotch cream liqueurs The
BenRiach Distillery Company has entered the
Scotch Cream Liqueur market with the launch of their Magnum Scotch
Cream Liqueur.
- 10th
March 2015
The Chivas Masters Cocktail
Competition 2015
Following the success of the
inaugural Chivas Masters Cocktail
Competition last year, Chivas are doing
it all again this year. Hong Kong will
be the first of 12 countries to hold
national finals, before the
competition culminates in a two-day
grand final in New York City in July
which will be judged by a
distinguished panel of leading
bartenders and industry experts.
- 6th
March 2015
The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve
Review
The Glenlivet Founder's
Reserve is the new whisky which is
replacing the Glenlivet 12 year old
in a number of markets. The
Glenlivet have complimented the
signature Glenlivet fruity notes we
are familiar with, with a creaminess
and sweetness from the addition of
First Fill American oak casks,
resulting in a very enjoyable easy
to drink exceptionally smooth single
malt whisky. This is what I thought
of it...
- 5th
March 2015
Arran
18 Year Old Limited Edition
Its finally here, Arran
whisky have announced the release of
a Arran 18 year old expression. As
fans of the island distillery will
know the Arran 18 year old
is the 3rd and final release in a
limited edition trilogy which has paved
the way for an official
bottling of Arran 18 year old joining
the Arran core range of whiskies this
spring.
- 26th
February 2015
Macallan The Worlds Most Expensive
Whisky
Guinness World Records name The
Macallan M Imperiale 6-litre Lalique
decanter the most expensive whisky
in the world sold at auction.
- 25th
February 2015
New
Look For William Grant's 25 Year Old
William Grant & Sons
excellent Grant's 25 Year Old
premium blended whisky launched back
in 2009 has
recently been
given a new look but don't worry it is
still the same Grant's 25 year old that
you will find in the bottle.
- 24th
February 2015
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Cities
Collection Dubai Edition
Johnnie Walker Blue Label honours
famous city landscapes of the world
with limited edition design
exclusive to travel retail. The
first edition in the collection is
the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Cities
Collection, Dubai Edition.
- 23rd
February 2015
Monkey Shoulder’s Ultimate Bartender
Championship 2015
Monkey
Shoulder tour the UK in search of
the next generation of bar owners
The winner gets a week-long pop bar
up at London. Cocktail Week, built,
stocked, and promoted by Monkey
Shoulder.
- 23rd
February 2015
Teeling Irish Single Grain Whiskey
Released In US
The
innovative bunch at the Teeling
Whiskey Company have already
released their award winning Teeling
Small Batch Rum Cask finished Irish
whiskey to critical acclaim in the
US and they have now announced they
are now launching their new Teeling
Single Grain Irish whiskey into the
American market.
- 20th
February 2015
Two
New BenRiach And A New GlenDronach
Cask Finish
The BenRiach
Distillery Company have unveiled
three new cask finish whiskies, from
the BenRiach distillery itself come
two intriguing single malts – the
BenRiach 15 year old Sauternes
finish and the BenRiach 18 year old
Albariza which is a peated whisky
finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry
casks from Southern Spain. From its
sister distillery GlenDronach comes
a new GlenDronach 18 year old
Marsala Cask Finish.
- 20th
February 2015
The Macallan 1824 Masters Series
The new Macallan 1824 Masters Series
Rare Cask, Reflexion, No.6 & M has
started appearing on the shelves of
the specialist whisky shops,
stunning packaged but with no age to
indicate its rarity will the new
whiskies be sought after by whisky
connoisseurs and collectors.
- 16th
February 2015
Highland Park Odin The Final
Valhalla Collection Release
Highland Park today released the 4th
and final instalment of the Valhalla
Collection, the Highland Park Odin
which takes its name from the leader
of the all Norse gods. I would
advise you not to hang around if you
want to get hold of a bottle or two.
- 10th
February 2015
Have A Look Inside Talisker,
Lagavulin, Cardhu & Glen Ord
Distilleries
Those of you who
have never had the chance to visit a
Scotch whisky distillery will be
pleased to hear that you can now
take a virtual tour around Talisker,
Lagavulin, Cardhu & Glen Ord
Distilleries.
- 9th
February 2015
The Glenrothes Extraordinary Cask
1968
Berry Bros & Rudd
owners of The Glenrothes single malt
whisky have announced the release of
The Glenrothes Extraordinary Cask
1968 Cask No. 13507 the third
edition in its rare Extraordinary
Cask Collection series.
- 3rd
February 2015
Redbreast Mano a Lámh
Fans of the superb Redbreast Single
Pot Still Irish whiskey will be pleased
to hear that they have announced the
release of the limited edition Redbreast Mano a Lámh, this
is the first expression released in the
Redbreast range which has been 100%
matured in sherry casks.
- 30th
January 2015
The New Aultmore Single Malt Whisky
Range
John Dewars & Co have
launched a whole new range of single
malts from the little heard from
Aultmore distillery,
the three new expressions in the
range are the
Aultmore 12 Year Old and
Aultmore 25 Year Old
and they have also launched the
Aultmore 21 Year Old which which
is exclusive to travel retail. This
is what I thought of the three new
whiskies...
- 29th
January 2015
GlenDronach Single Casks Batch 11
GlenDronach has today announced the release of Batch 11 of its very popular single cask bottlings, selected as always by Master Blender Billy Walker.
The nine new expressions range in
age from a 1996 distilled 18 year
old up to a very rare 1971 distilled
43 year old.
- 26th
January 2015
An
Evening of Scottish Virtuosity with
Georgie Bell and Stuart Brown
Murray Cohen, Order of the
Companions of the Quaich and our
very own
Scotch Malt Whisky Forum member,
Quaich1 reviews "An Evening of
Scottish Virtuosity" and the
whiskies presented during the
evening in Toronto last week by
Mortlach whisky ambassador Georgie
Bell and Diageo premium whisky
ambassador Stuart Brown.
The
whiskies were
Mortlach Rare Old,
Mortlach 18 Year Old,
Mortlach 25 Year Old,
John Walker & Sons Odyssey,
Glen
Ord 30 Year Old and
The Singleton of Glendullan 38 Year
Old.
- 23rd
January 2015
Smokehead Celebrates Gold Awards At
India's Prestigious Ambrosia Awards
Smokehead has always caused
debate amongst whisky drinkers as to
its distillery of origin but all
whisky drinkers who have a taste for
a peated Islay single malt agree
about one thing, it is a quality
dram. It appears that the mysterious
unnamed distillery Islay Single Malt
Scotch Whisky is now being noticed
in India, after picking up a duo of
Gold awards at this year’s
prestigious Ambrosia Awards.
- 22nd
January 2015
Jameson St. Patricks Day 2015
Limited Edition
Jameson has unveiled its 5th
annual limited edition bottle as it
gears up for St. Patrick’s Day 2015.
The Jameson St. Patricks Day 2015
Limited Edition was designed by
award-winning, Dublin-based
illustrator, Steve Simpson, the
bottle forms the flagship of
Jameson’s much-anticipated ‘Hello
Dublin’ celebrations in Dublin and
around the world this March.
- 15th
January 2015
Jameson Good Workers Great Whiskey
Limited Edition
Jameson Good Workers, Great Whiskey,
the first release in a new limited
edition series of innovative
packaging which celebrate the
whiskeys rich heritage.
This first release celebrates
the craftspeople at the Midleton
Distillery in County Cork where the
whiskey is produced today.
- 12th
January 2015
"Rock Oyster" Island Vatted Malt
From Douglas Laing
Douglas Laing & Co. the
Glasgow based whisky specialists
today announced the release of "Rock
Oyster" Island Vatted Malt Whisky.
Rock Oyster is a Small Batch
bottling created using a selection
of single malts sourced from
distilleries on the Islands of Jura,
Islay, Arran and Orkney.
- 9th
January 2015
Isle
of Skye Limited Edition 18 and 21
Year Old
Fans of the Isle of Skye
Blended Scotch Whisky will be pleased to
hear that to toast the start of Scotland’s Year of
Food and Drink they have announced the
launch of two new limited edition
expressions, an Isle of Skye 18
year old and Isle of Skye 21
Year Old.
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