In an attempt to “make malt whisky more accessible,” the Wemyss Vintage Malts company just introduced two new whiskies to the U.S.
In the same vein as the Jon, Mark and Robbo (JMR) label several years back, Wemyss Vintage Malt marries a blend of malts and gives them names that describe what the whisky tastes like.
The […]
While touring Speyside distilleries last month, my wife Amy and I really enjoyed a dram of Cutty Sark 25 year old–a whisky not available in the U.S. Here’s how I described it in my blog a few weeks ago:
Glenrothes is a key component to the Cutty Sark blend. I tasted the Cutty 25 year old […]
I had a few idle moments last night and thought I’d sip on a few Bowmore whiskies from my back bar (between lengthy commercial interruptions of the season finale of “House”).
If the new Black Bowmore is a little too steep for you at $4,500 a bottle, one alternative is the very delicious 1971 vintage 34 […]
I was speaking with my friend who imports Burn Stewart whiskies into the U.S., and he told me about two new expressions slated for later this year.
The first one is a Tobermory 15 year old, bottled at 92.6 proof. It’s expected release date in the U.S. is July and will retail for about $120. It […]
After touring BenRiach in the morning, I followed it up with a tour of Benromach in the afternoon. You could say I had a case of the “Bens” that day. (Sorry.)
Although the distillery began operations in 1898, it was closed from 1983-1998. There will always be a 15 year gap in production (and in the […]
Being promoted as “A new whisky for a new generation”, Skyy Spirits, the U.S. importer for Cutty Sark, just announced the release of an new Cutty Sark blended malt Scotch whisky. (A blended malt, for those who are confused, contains no grain whisky like most traditional blended Scotch Whisky. It’s only a blend of different […]
Balvenie just introduced a new whisky, called Signature. It’s a 12 year old to celebrate Master Distiller David Stewart’s 45 years in the whisky business. That’s the good new. The bad news (for my U.S. readers) is that it will not be sold in the U.S in 2008. You will have to cross the pond […]
The world’s smokiest whisky has just been bottled. (Thanks to Islayblog.com for letting me know.) Bruichladdich’s Octomore, a whisky clocking in at 80 ppm phenol, was bottled for those individuals wise enough to purchase Octomore futures back in 2002.
That’s great for the futures owners (I am not one), but what about the rest of us poor […]
With 52,000 casks of whisky maturing in 29 different warehouses, Glenfarclas doesn’t have a shortage of older whiskies like many other distilleries I visited in Speyside whose whiskies have been largely allocated to go into blends. In fact, Glenfarclas decided to prove this point, loud and clear, by introducing “The Family Casks” this past September. […]
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 […]
