Eugene, Oregon-based Wolf Spirit Distillery has released their Puncher’s Chance® Bourbon in conjunction with the company’s first-ever television spot – entitled “Take Your Shot” – in their role as the official bourbon of the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Wolf Spirit Distillery was founded in 2017 in a building which formerly housed a laundromat in Eugene […]
The Macallan has collaborated with the Roca Brothers to release Distil Your World New York – a limited edition single malt whisky and documentary showcasing the city. The Macallan Distil Your World New York limited edition single malt whisky was matured in a combination of six European and American oak casks and is said to […]
WhiskyCritic had the recent opportunity to taste a dollop or two of Walsh Whiskey’s The Irishman 12-Year-Old Single Malt Irish whiskey and WC can issue a pleasant report. Walsh Whiskey was founded in 1999 and is perhaps most notable for their “Writers Tears” series of Irish whiskies produced along with The Irishman at their distillery […]
UK-based auction house Bonhams is putting a bottle of Yamazaki 50-Year-Old First Release on the block in an upcoming auction. Yamazaki 50-Year-Old First Release was launched in 2005 and only 50 bottles were originally released, of which only a mere 12 bottles are thought to still be intact. One of those 12 bottles will go […]
Vermont-based rye whiskey producer Whistlepig has launched a UK-based cocktail competition for bartenders called No History No Rules, which challenges bartenders to create a cocktail with Whistlepig 10 Years Old whiskey. Whistlepig’s No History No Rules UK cocktail competition will begin with five regional heats – in London, Scotland, northern and southern regions plus the […]
Speyside distillery GlenAllachie has released a pair of whiskies – an eight-year-old single malt and a 15-year-old blend. GlenAllachie 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky was aged in both Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry puncheons, along with virgin oak casks and red wine barriques, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is […]
Anheuser-Busch has begun the National Recycling League in 10 ballparks around the country to coincide with the start of the 2022 Major League Baseball baseball season. Anheuser-Busch’s army of volunteer “Recycling Hawkers” will patrol the 10 ballparks collecting used bottles, cans and cups for the company’s longtime nonprofit partner, Keep America Beautiful. A-B will also […]
Irish whiskey brand Flying Tumbler is flying “across the pond” and will now be available in the USA, starting with Massachusetts. Founded in 2020 and named after a pigeon breed, Flying Tumbler has three Irish whiskies: their inaugural effort, The Bird, followed by The Tippler and The Roller – all of which will be made […]
London-based bottler Berry Bros & Rudd has released a single cask single malt from Scotland’s Hebridean Isle of Raasay Distillery, which only recently began production in September 2017. The 2017 Raasay single cask #23 spent three years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel, then was split for six months into two sherry casks – ex-Oloroso and […]
Isle of Skye distillery Talisker has released a limited edition triple cask-matured 27-year-old single malt called Elements. Talisker Elements was first matured in refill casks, then in heavily-charred casks, and then for a third and final time in old European oak puncheons, before being bottled 58% alcohol by volume [116 proof] and is said to […]
