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Templeton Gets Fortitude

Iowa-based Templeton Distillery has released a bourbon called Fortitude – their first non-rye whiskey product since opening six years ago in the town of Templeton, Iowa. Templeton Fortitude is produced with a mash bill of 55% corn, 40% rye and 5% malted barley, matured in first-fill American oak barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]

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Glenmorangie Unveils 25-Year-Old

Glenmorangie has released a 25-year-old Scotch whisky single malt – Glenmorangie Pommard Cask Finish – but will only be available in the UK…for now. Glenmorangie Pommard Cask Finish was finished in Pommard casks in 2008, bottled at 51.8% [103.6 proof] and is said to offer notes of apples, cherries, ginger, lemons and plums. Only 1,000 […]

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Michter’s 10-Year-Old Gets Delayed Release

Michter’s distillery is releasing the 2024 batch of their vaunted 10-year-old bourbon after initially withholding its release in 2022 due to low supply and has now released it two years in a row. Michter’s Distillery initially withheld release of the 2022 batch as the distillery managed the low supply stock and released the 10-year-old rye […]

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Redbreast Reveals Cuatro Barriles Edition

Irish whiskey distiller Midleton and Redbreast has released single pot still blend Cuatro Barriles Edition – the latest addition to their Iberian Series. Redbreast Cuatro Barriles Edition is an Irish whiskey blended from four cask types – ex-bourbon, Oloroso sherry butts, Portuguese tawny Port hogsheads, and European virgin oak – bottled at 46% alcohol by […]

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The Dalmore Reveals The Collectible And The Rare

The Dalmore has collaborated with Scottish design museum V&A Dundee and released a pair of whiskies – The Collectible and The Rare – for their Luminary Series. The Dalmore The Rare is a 49-year-old Highland single malt and it lives up to its name as only three were created for the whisky matured in ex-bourbon […]

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Woodford Reserve Doubles Down With Triple Finish And Batch Proof

Brown-Forman-owned Woodford Reserve has released a pair of bourbons – Sonoma Triple Finish and Batch Proof Series 121.2 – for travel retail venues. Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Sonoma Triple Finish is finished in former Sonoma County Pinot Noir, brandy, and bourbon barrels previously used for aging red wine and is said to offer notes of […]

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Torabhaig Produces Hill Of Peat

Isle of Skye-based Torabhaig Distillery has released a Hill of Peat – otherwise known as Cnoc Na Mòine (Gaelic for ‘hill of peat) – as the third installment in their Legacy Series. Torabhaig Cnoc Na Moine was matured in a combination of Pedro Ximenéz and Oloroso sherry-seasoned casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 […]

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Jack And Ginger Come To The Party

Jack Daniel’s is bringing Jack and Ginger – in the form of Jack & Ginger Ale canned cocktail – to the party as the latest addition to the Tennessee distilling behemoth’s roster of ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails. Jack & Ginger Ale, is available at 7% alcohol by volume [14 proof] with a single 355ml can being […]

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Yellowstone Reveals Rum Cask Finish Bourbon

Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery has released a Yellowstone Rum Cask Finish Bourbon as part of their Special Finishes Collection. Yellowstone Rum Cask Finish was matured for four years, finished in Cuban rum casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to offer notes of cloves, crème brûlée, honey and tobacco. Yellowstone […]

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Lochlea Unleashes Ploughing Edition

Lochlea has released Ploughing Edition Second Crop – a peated single malt that was aged in former Islay casks. Lochlea Ploughing Edition Second Crop was bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of apple, summer hay and, of course, the smoky traces of peat embers. Lochlea Ploughing Edition […]

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