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Dingle Distillery has launched its very first regular whiskey expression, Dingle Single Malt, a milestone in the distillery’s history and a huge step forward in its growth journey. In doing so it becomes one of few Irish distilleries to produce a core single malt product made entirely with its own spirit. Some 50,000 bottles of the triple distilled, non-chill filtered ...

This month Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. returns to the Bottled in Bond category with George Dickel Bottled in Bond Distilling Season Spring 2007, a limited-offering 13-year-old whisky. Following the releases of the brand’s top-rated and award-winning Fall 2005 and Fall 2008 whiskies, the third release in the series marks the first offering from a spring distilling season. With this latest ...

This World Whisky Day, Hoist A Dram That Takes You Places By Richard Thomas World Whisky Day falls on the third Saturday of May, so this 10th installment of the celebratory date will fall on May 15th for 2021. Although many will mark the occasion by hoisting a familiar go-to, I see these “drinks holidays” as a great excuse to ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B For ten years now, coinciding with the whiskey boom, a constant theme in the industry has been new entrants looking for ways to shortcut Father Time. The classic way of producing a mature American whiskey requires between four and ten years in the barrel, and although some new distillers have taken that route, many more ...

By Emma Briones Rating: D- So, people are changing the way they consume alcohol. Some even go for low-alcohol and no-alcohol versions of classic drinks. And brands, then, have to innovate. To do so, they try new finishes or new timings. And then, there’s Ballantine’s, who decides to create Ballantine’s Light. This is not a whisky. At least according to ...