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Tamdhu Unveils 18-Year-Old

Speyside distiller Tamdhu has released an 18-year-old single malt with one caveat – it will only be available in China. Tamdhu Single Cask Aged 18 Years was matured in a first fill European oak Oloroso sherry cask, bottled at 54.5% alcohol by volume [109 proof] and sis said to contain notes of apple, cinnamon and […]

Aston Martin Collabs With Bowmore To Produce 52-Year-Old Single Malt

Aston Martin and Islay-based distillery, Bowmore, have collaborated to produce a 52-year-old single malt – called Bowmore ARC-52 – in a limited edition ‘futuristic vessel’. Bowmore ARC-52 has matured for 52 years in a pair of casks – 50% in American Oak Hogshead and 50% in a European Oak Butt – and is said to […]

Gold Spot Finds The Spot With Port-Matured Irish Whiskey

Gold Spot has released a limited edition single pot still whiskey matured in port wine casks. Gold Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey was matured for a minimum of nine years in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks along with Bordeaux wine casks and port pipes – sourced from Portugal’s Douro Valley – and […]

The Dalmore Introduces 21-Year-Old Single Malt

The Dalmore has released a limited edition 21-year-old single malt Scotch whisky as part of their Principal Collection. The Dalmore Principal Collection 21-year-old single malt was first rested in American white oak ex-bourbon barrels, then matured in sherry casks from Jerez, Spain, before being bottled at 43.8% alcohol by volume [87.6 proof] and is said […]

Diageo Unveils Third Prima & Ultima Series

Diageo has released the third collection of single malts in their Prima & Ultima series – dubbed “A Moment in Time” – including whiskies from both Port Ellen and Brora bottlings from the 1980s. Introduced during the global pandemic, in June 2020, the Prima & Ultima series comprise whiskies that are the first or last […]

Bushmills Offers Peaky Blinders-Themed Whiskey

Irish whiskey giant Bushmills has collaborated with Endemol Shine North America and Caryn Mandabach Productions to produce a limited edition Irish whiskey themed with the popular British Prohibition-era drama, “Peaky Blinders” – which is entering its final series – called Bushmills Prohibition Recipe Irish Whiskey. “Peaky Blinders” will begin its final series on June 10, […]

Heineken Presents The Closer

Opening a Heineken can have an influential effect on today’s society in “The Closer” – the name for a high-tech bottle opener that immediately shuts down all work applications when a bottle of Heineken is opened with it.

Coors Light Officially Announces The Unofficial Start Of Summer

Coors Light has officially announced the unofficial beginning of summer with a promotional campaign depicting typical summertime activities which can be enjoyed with the addition of some MolsonCoors products. The Coors Light promotion – entitled “The Official Beer of Everything Unofficial” – is focusing on the elusive 21- to 34-year-old market segment. The Coors Light […]

Royal Salute Gives Salute To Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Royal Salute is celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the release of a limited edition Scotch whisky appropriately dubbed the Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition, with a bottle design inspired by seven of the Queen’s ‘iconic’ brooches from her personal collection. Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition is a blend of aged whiskies from seven ghost […]

Laphroaig Reveals 2022 Cairdeas Edition

Laphroaig has released the 2022 edition of their Càirdeas whisky as part of this year’s Islay Fèis Ìle whisky festival. Laphroaig Càirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 was matured in first-fill Maker’s Mark Bourbon casks then aged in Laphroaig’s nearly-200-year-old Warehouse 1, bottled at 52.8% alcohol by volume [105.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]

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