Fans of the highly anticipated Van Winkle line of bourbons will be excited to learn the annual release is coming soon. Yields from the barrels are typically low due to the evaporation during the long aging cycle, and this year is no exception. While the amount of 10, 12 and 15-year bourbon will be about the same as previous years, ...
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Highland Park Starts A New Cask Strength Series
Orkney based distillery, Highland Park, has introduced a cask strength edition to its award-winning single malt Scotch whisky range. Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.1 will be available globally from September 2020. The ‘straight from the cask’ whisky, is whisky in its purest form, with no water added after maturation which gives the whisky a robust and intense flavor with ...
Read More »Old Forester Marks 150th Anniversary In Style
In 1870, George Garvin Brown changed the spirits industry forever when he sealed and sold his whisky – Old Forester – exclusively in a glass bottle. Each bottle was adorned with his signature, a personal guarantee of the brand’s quality and consistency. Today, 150 years later, Old Forester announces the upcoming release of Old Forester 150th Anniversary Bourbon to commemorate ...
Read More »WhistlePig Boss Hog VII Reaches For Teakwood
The seventh installment of WhistlePig’s Boss Hog series, Magellan’s Atlantic, is poised for release. The new batch is single barrel, cask strength whiskey was aged for 17 years before finishing in two sets: Sherry butts and casks made from teak sourced from South America. Teak is a particularly exotic choice for a whiskey cask; this may be the first time ...
Read More »King of Kentucky Bourbon Review (2020)
By Richard Thomas Rating: A I suppose if Brown-Forman was going to bring a new brand into the already packed-thick autumn bourbon release season, reviving King of Kentucky was the best choice they could make. Now it’s in the third year, and it has already built a sterling reputation. The inaugural batch was a 14 year old that earned an ...
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