I was just informed by Tullamore Dew’s PR company that a new 10 year old blend will be arriving in the U.S. in the September/October time frame. According to my PR contact:
The Tullamore Dew 10-Year-Old is simply a new addition to the Tullamore Dew family; they are only allocating for 900 cases in 2008 giving […]
Until recently, Diageo was reluctant to release special whiskies during the Islay Whisky Festival, which occurs annually at the end of May. That has all changed.
This year, they will be releasing two single cask bottlings, including a rare 1981 vintage Port Ellen of which there will be only about 200 bottles. It is the first […]
It’s time to take a brief break from all the Speyside whisky I’ve been writing about. The pioneering Canadian distiller, John Hall, at Kittling Ridge, will be releasing a new whisky this September called Forty Creek John K. Hall Double Barrel Reserve. I could tell you about it, but let’s get it straight from John:
I […]
This is the second of the two new limited release Tomintoul whiskies. I liked the Sherry Cask Finish 12 year old which I posted up here last Friday. This peaty one, however, tastes a little green. It is yet another example of younger whiskies lacking an age statement being released. Expect a lot more of this […]
I posted info last fall that this whisky would be released in 2008. Well, it’s now official. The press release (below) was just emailed to me. The press release doesn’t say where the whisky will be released initially, but I have inquired about this and will post up the information as soon as I get […]
Two new limited-edition Tomintoul whiskies are going into distribution in the U.S. I posted my review of one of them below. I’ll post the other one next Friday. The Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, reviewed below, really surprised me with how mature and richly flavored it was for being only 12 years old.
Tomintoul, Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, 12 year old, […]
WhiskyFest Chicago was this past Friday. One of the distilleries that impressed me was Tomatin.
Tomatin here in the U.S. has always been one of those quiet whiskies lurking in the background. If you were lucky to find a bottle, it would be the pleasant, but not overly inspiring, 12 year old.
That all changed the night […]
I got the samples on Friday, tasted them yesterday and wrote up the notes. My review of each is below.
I am seeing a pattern here with these younger vs. older whiskeys in Experimental Collection series. The younger expressions have generally been pretty good, while most of the older ones have been ages too long.
Buffalo Trace […]
Today I received a sample of the new Longrow 18 yr. old sent to me by the Springbank distillery. It’s the first 18 yr. old Longrow since the Legendary 1973 and 1974 vintages, which I love so much and still have in my possession. I wasted not time to open it up, taste it, and review it. […]
Keeping with a tradition that began in 2006, the Buffalo Trace distillery just announced the release of two new whiskeys from their “Experimental Collection” series. Once again, these are wine-finished whiskeys. Here’s the description of each, as described in the press release I received about 15 minutes ago:
CABERNET FRANC AGED AFTER SIX YEARS: This whiskey […]
