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Compass Box today announces its latest limited edition release, Delilah’s XXV. Named after Chicago’s famous punk rock whisky bar, Delilah’s, the new Scotch Whisky is the result of a second collaboration between owner Mike Miller and Whiskymaker John Glaser. In celebration of the bar’s forthcoming 25th Anniversary in August, the whisky is based around a parcel of the original Compass ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Charbay is an odd duck, even in the world of whiskey-making micro-distillers, and it’s not easy to do something truly unusual in the innovative world of craft distilling. Charbay is one of the outfits making whiskey from beer, which in and of itself is not unique. Shared equipment and the fact that at one early ...

Plans have been announced for a new distillery at Craggan, near Grantown-on-Spey. It would become the first new malt whisky distillery to be built in the Cairngorms National Park since its creation in 2003. The multi million pound investment by Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd is expected to become a major tourist attraction and significant local employer. Speymalt is the parent ...

Brown-Forman is returning to its past and releasing a new bourbon brand based on an old name, King of Kentucky.  Hitting shelves June 29, the first release of King of Kentucky will be a limited, 14-year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon.  Available only in Kentucky, the first release will produce approximately 1000 bottles with a suggested retail price of $199. King ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Beam Suntory upped their game in the Knob Creek brand by extending its rye line. Earlier this year, they released a 115 proof single barrel version of that whiskey; now they have followed up on it by releasing a cask strength (119.6 proof), 9 year old rendition. Between the two, one would have a near ...