Gordon & MacPhail is set to unveil a special single malt whisky from 1948 – the year of his birth – to honor King Charles III’s Coronation in May. The Private Collection 1948 from Glen Grant Distillery was filled into a first-fill Sherry cask on 10th April 1948 by Gordon & MacPhail. Only 281 bottles …
Texas’s Milam & Greene has unveiled Bobcat Single Barrel Bourbon, the second release in the Wildlife Collection, a limited-edition series of cask-strength, single-barrel whiskies. The Milam & Greene Wildlife Collection showcases the effects of Texas Hill Country weather on aging whiskey and honors the local Texas wildlife that thrives in this beautiful, but often challenging …
Heaven’s Door Spirits, the whiskey brand founded by Bob Dylan, has announced its plans to open a new distillery in Pleasureville, Kentucky. Located on over 160 acres of rolling hills astride Six Mile Creek, the picturesque property was once owned by Squire Boone, the brother of legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone. Geographically, Pleasureville is due north …
Buffalo Trace Distillery continues its exploration into oak tree varietals with the latest release in its Old Charter Oak collection, Spanish Oak Bourbon. Harvested from the forests of northern Spain, the trees used in this year’s experiment were made into staves that were seasoned outdoors before becoming the barrels that aged this unique whiskey. Spanish …
Do you ever find yourself wanting to celebrate with a smooth glass of whiskey but feeling confined in your local bar’s selection? The good news is, there are plenty of surprising venues across the UK that offer an extensive range of whiskeys for everyone to enjoy. From trendy London clubs and distinguished country pubs to …
By Richard Thomas The whiskey release calendar often sees a flurry of activity in the early and middle springtime, following the conclusion of the Holidays. Summers aren’t quite the doldrums the season used to be, but even so it is slower than what come before and what follows, the red hot autumnal period. So, here …
Glengoyne has announced a brand extension (i.e. new regular release whisky) to their line of single malts, Glengoyne 15 Year Old. As Scotland’s slowest distilled single malt whisky, Glengoyne new make has a light and fruity signature spirit style. To complement this, the new 15 Year Old marries together whiskies matured in bourbon and sherry …
As a rule, if a series comes out in serialized batches through the year, the first batches arrive while it is still late winter. Which is to say, January or February. But here we are in April, and batch #1, 2023 of Booker’s is just now arriving. “Charlie’s Batch” is named for Charlie Hutchens, the …
By Randall H. Borkus Average Rating: A Last month saw Michter’s Distillery release a new edition of its 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon. That is a big deal because unlike most of its peer labels, Michter’s 10 Year Old doesn’t necessarily come out every year, and it wasn’t shipped in 2022. Michter’s President Joseph J. …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Jim Beam has been making it easy for me to be a contrarian these last few years, because in the midst of whiskeydom’s own Big Lie — the so-called “Bourbon Shortage — they keep slapping age statements onto things, as well as introducing new middle-aged expressions. The latest example was …
