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The Balvenie to Release DoubleWood 17 Year Old
In celebration of The Balvenie’s David Stewart, the longest serving Malt Master in the business and who has worked at The Balvenie since 1962, The Balvenie is releasing The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old. David Stewart has been credited with creating the first whisky to be finished in a barrel other than the one it …
Diageo announces Talisker Dark Storm
Diageo has announced the release of Talisker Dark Storm, the smokiest whisky produced by the Skye distillery to date. Created exclusively for travel retail, Talisker Dark Storm is a 45.8%abv Single malt Scotch matured in heavily charred oak casks for flavours of “blackcurrant, liquorice and powerful smoke”. The release follows that of Talisker Storm, which …
Jack Daniel’s Unaged Rye a sign of things to come
Brown-Forman Australia is hopeful of receiving further allocations of Jack Daniel’s small batch products following an overwhelming response to last week’s release of Jack Daniel’s Unaged Tennessee Rye. Brown-Forman Australia senior brand manager Matt Harada told TheShout the Unaged Rye represents the outpost’s first successful attempt to get small batch products out of the US. …
US beverage testers give Gold Medal to top selling Tasmanian whisky
Sullivans Cove, Tasmania’s super-premium single malt, was recently awarded a gold medal by the Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago. This award, from one of the world’s leading independent beverage reviewers, was given to the distillery’s Double Cask expression. It adds to Sullivans Cove’s list of prestigious international awards, which includes three Liquid Gold Awards from …
MOFO!
Going to MOFO? Did you know there will be a Tasmanian Whisky Bar there? Well, now you do! 🙂 Selling bottles of small-batch, single-malt whisky from six producers – Lark Distillery, Tasmania Distillery (Sullivans Cove whisky), Old Hobart Distillery (Overeem whisky), William McHenry & Sons Distillery and Belgrove Distillery, Whisky Tasmania (Hellyers Road whisky). Click …
The Great Whisky Exposition!
If you love your malt whisky, then this is the event for you! Join us and a stack of TWAS people there. More information at www.mwsoa.org.au. All enquiries to chair@mwsoa.org.au.
Macallan unveil the 1824 Series…
The Macallan, distributed by Maxxium UK, has unveiled The 1824 Series, a range which features two of the whisky’s “key strengths” oak sherry casks and natural colour. Bob Dalgarno, The Macallan Whisky Maker, has created four expressions by identifying the natural colour formed during maturation in different casks types to create the character informed by …
Famed Islay Distillery Names Latest Whisky “Ardbog”
The famed peat bogs of the Hebridean island of Islay are set to be celebrated after it was announced Ardbeg, the Ultimate Islay Malt, has named its new whisky… Ardbog. Ardbog follows the highly acclaimed 2012 Limited Edition Ardbeg Galileo, which scooped the ‘World’s Best Single Malt’ at the World Whisky Awards 2013. Ardbeg – …
Karuizawa 1960 “Worlds oldest and rarest Japanese Whisky”
Number One Drinks Co has released 41 bottles of Karuizawa 1960 Cask #5627, the “world’s oldest and rarest Japanese whisky”, at £12,500 each. Each bottle of Karuizawa 1960 Cask #5627 is worth £12,500 each Aged in sherry oak hogsheads and bottled at 53.2% abv, Karuizawa 1960 is presented in a case modeled after traditional Japanese …
Talisker introduces new port-finished single malt whisky
Following the successful launch of Talisker Storm in March, the famous single malt scotch whisky from the Isle of Skye is now acquiring another new family member, this time enriched by double maturation in port cask wood. It has been named Talisker Port Ruighe, after the principal town and port on the Isle of Skye, …
