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Ricky Gervais Collabs With Ellers Farm Distillery To Let The Spirits Out Of Dutch Barn

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UK-based actor and comedian Ricky Gervais [“The Office”] has become the latest celebrity to collaborate with a distillery – this time, UK-based [North Yorkshire] Ellers Farm Distillery – to promote products that will include a single malt whisky. With his investment, Gervais becomes co-owner of the distillery. B Corp-certified Ellers Farm Distillery’s current main claim […]

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Berry Bros. & Rudd Selects And Releases 24-Year Old Laphroaig

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London-based spirits merchant Berry Bros & Rudd selected and released a 24-year-old whisky from Islay distillery Laphroaig to commemorate BB&R’s 325th anniversary. Along with the Islay characteristic peaty notes – here identified as bonfire ash, coal soot and, of course, peat smoke – the Laphroaig 24-Year-Old is also said to offer notes of mango, pineapple […]

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Lagavulin, Salud And Starward Collab On Whisky

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Diageo-owned Lavagulin casks have been used by Australia’s Starward to create a limited edition whisky – Starward x Lagavulin – to be distributed by Dutch distributor Salud Spirits. Starward x Lagavulin combines Starward’s single malt matured in red wine barrels for two-and-a-half years before spending another 18 months in peated Lagavulin Scotch barrels and is […]

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Port Askaig Opens Gateway To Islay With Trio Of Whiskies

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Islay distillery Port Askaig has released a trio of whiskies to debut their new range touting ‘the gateway to Islay’. The range consists of Port Askaig 8 Years Old, Port Askaig Cask Strength and the Port Askaig 17 Years Old. Port Askaig 8 Years Old was matured for more than five years, bottled at 45.8% […]

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Midleton Makes Foray Into Very Rare Range With Foret de Troncais

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Irish Distillers-owned Midleton Distillery has released Midleton Very Rare Forêt de Tronçais – Irish whiskey finished in rare French Tronçais oak casks originating from the French forest of the same name – as an addition to their Very Rare range of whiskies. The forest was established in the 1600s to sustainably supply oak for building […]

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The Macallan Melds With McCartneys For Meadow Whiskies

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The Macallan has collaborated with sisters Stella and Mary McCartney to create The Macallan Harmony Collection Amber Meadow and Green Meadow – a pair of single malt whiskies inspired by the McCartneys’ shared memories of the Scottish countryside. The Macallan Harmony Collection Amber Meadow was matured in a combination of sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks, […]

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Buffalo Trace Rolls Out 2023 Antique Collection

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Buffalo Trace has released five bourbons and whiskies to comprise their 2023 Antique Collection. Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare was aged for 19 years and three months, bottled at 50.1% alcohol by volume (101 proof) and is said to offer notes of caramel, cherry and dark chocolate. Buffalo Trace George T Stagg Bourbon was aged 15 […]

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The English Distillery Gets Sherry Cask Matured

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The English Distillery has released Sherry Cask Matured to their core single malt whisky range lineup. The English Distillery Sherry Cask Matured is an unpeated single malt, fully matured in PX sherry casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to offer notes of cherry, honey, toffee and vanilla. The English […]

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Angel’s Envy Doubles Down

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Angel’s Envy doubled down on their latest release with a pair of bourbons – a lower proof bourbon along with a limited cask strength rye combining Sauternes and toasted oak finishes – as part of their 12th annual Cask Strength Bourbon Angel’s Envy 12th Edition Cask Strength Bourbon was bottled at 59.1% alcohol by volume […]

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Glasgow Goes Small [Batch]

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The Glasgow Distillery has released a trio of single malt whiskies finished in Cognac, Tokaji and Innis & Gunn Golden Beer casks for their small-batch series. The Glasgow 1770 Triple Distilled Cognac Cask Finish was matured a minimum of five years, initially in ex-bourbon casks for nearly three of those years before being finished for […]

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