Betty Booze – the brainchild of actress Blake Lively [“Gossip Girl”] – has expanded from their tonic-and-mixer beginnings in 2021 to their ready-to-drink [RTD] cocktail range which has collaborated with Wrexham Association Football Club (AFC) players, the Welsh club team co-owned by Lively’s husband, actor Ryan Reynolds [“Deadpool”] whose documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham” has […]
Speyside whisky producer Glen Moray has released Twisted Vine – a single malt whisky matured in Cognac casks – as an an addition to Glen Moray’s range of whiskies matured in ex-cognac casks. Glen Moray Twisted Vine was bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to offer notes of coffee, nuts, […]
Jack Daniel’s has gone high rye in their latest addition to their now-four strong Single Barrel Collection with the high alcohol volume Barrel Proof Rye, which has been bottled straight from the barrel. Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof Rye was matured in new, American white oak barrels, touts a grain bill of 70% rye, 18% corn […]
Scotland-based luxury hotel+spa Gleneagles has released a quartet of single malt whiskies as a series called Pursuits, inspired by four countryside activities – falconry, fishing, horse riding and shooting – offered at the estate [never mind golf, which will have Gleneagles as the host the International Pro-Am golf tournament later this year]. Each of the […]
Midleton, County Cork-based Irish whiskey makers Method and Madness have released a new Irish whiskey finished in Quercus Garryana white oak casks. Method and Madness Garryana Oak Edition Irish whiskey has been triple distilled from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley [originally matured in ex-bourbon American oak casks] and finished between four and 12 […]
Luxco-owned Ezra Brooks has added a pair of products to their line-up – a rye whiskey and a bourbon cream liqueur. Ezra Brooks 99 Straight Rye Whiskey contains a 51% rye mash bill, is bottled at 49.5% alcohol by volume [99 proof] and is said to offer notes of chocolate, leather and vanilla. Ezra Brooks […]
Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker has employed actress Hannah Waddingham [‘Ted Lasso’] to promote the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup and encourage people to watch women’s sports this summer. Waddingham stars in a promotional video for Johnnie Walker ahead of the Women’s World Cup, which begins tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand and runs through August 20, […]
Redbreast has supplemented their Dream Cask Series with Port to Port Edition – a 27-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey produced at Midleton Distillery in Cork. Redbreast Dream Cask Port to Port Edition combines a pair of whiskies aged separately in bourbon and ruby Port casks for 27 and 28 years respectively, before being joined […]
Halewood Artisanal Spirits-owned Bankhall Distillery was established in 2019 and has produced their first English single malt whisky from their distillery in Blackpool in the UK. Bankhall Distillery Single Malt Whisky is a three-year-old single barrel whisky matured in charred new American oak casks, bottled at cask strength of 57.7%, alcohol by volume [115.4 proof] […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their peated bourbon – a bourbon made with peated malt – as part of their Experimental Collection. Buffalo Trace Experimental Peated Bourbon uses smoked peated malt, was matured for nearly 10 years in new charred white oak casks before being bottled at 45% alcohol by volume [90 proof] and is […]
