J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey has launched The Battalion, a blended Irish Whiskey with mezcal and tequila cask influence. The Battalion is a 60% 9 Year old grain whiskey and 40% 13 Year old malt, finished for several months in mezcal and tequila casks, the first Irish whiskey so finished. It is then bottled 41% ABV. The Battalion is named in ...
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Writer’s Tears Gets A Brand Extension
Walsh Whiskey has created a new core expression for it’s Writers’ Tears range, which blends Irish single malt and single pot still whiskeys. Writer’s Tears Double Oak is a blend of the two whiskey styles aged in two types of wood, American and French Oak. It is triple-distilled, non-chill filtered and bottled at 46% ABV. Through its partnership with the ...
Read More »Bushmills Embarks On £60m Expansion Plan
Bushmills Distillery, the Irish Whiskey company that is located in County Antrim in (British) Northern Ireland and owned by Jose Cuervo, has announced a £60m investment plan to expand production. The plan would add a second, new £30m distillery to the existing plant and construct an additional 29 warehouses for maturing whiskey. There were no official objections raised to the ...
Read More »Red Spot 15 Year Old Irish Whiskey Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B When a whiskey becomes a cult dram, it is because it has that extra something special. But Red Spot was, until recently, something more than that; it was whiskey that disappeared in the ’60s, unknown to modern enthusiasts except as a vintage item, and one that left a mark for many. Red Spot is the ...
Read More »Knappogue Castle Launches A Marsala Cask Finish
Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey has announced the launch of the second iteration in their new Cask Finish Series, this being a 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey finished in Marco De Bartoli Marsala Casks from the region of Samperi in Sicily on Italy’s western-coast. With only 1,020 bottles set for production, the new limited release is expected to hit ...
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