The Lost Distillery Company, a boutique Scotch producer committed to creating handcrafted whiskies styled on long-closed distilleries, has announced the launch of three new whiskies in the U.S. market. The new blended malt whiskies, Benachie, Towiemore, and Lossit, are a part of the Classic Selection. During the last century, nearly half of all Scotch whisky distilleries were forced to close due ...

From October 2016, The Glenlivet is releasing the second edition in its series of 50 year old single malt Scotch whiskies: The Glenlivet Winchester Collection Vintage 1966. Only 100 bottles of this extremely aged single malt, matured in an exceptional sherry cask (just the one cask), will be released, priced with a staggering sticker price of $25,000 each. Created by ...

Chivas Regal has introduced its first vatted malt, or blend of only malt whiskies, into its line: Chivas Regal Ultis. Chivas Regal Ultis uses only five of Chivas Regal’s most precious, signature single malts from Speyside, Scotland, and represents the style and diversity of this prestigious, world-renowned whisky region. The latest release has been crafted with hand-selected malts from Tormore, ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Although small barrel whisk(e)y aging is most often associated with the American craft distillery movement, it’s not entirely unknown in Scotland. The Scots and Irish whiskey industry already had a rich tradition of using a wide variety of used casks for maturing their whiskies, a tradition due largely to a lack of local timber for ...

Independent bottler Wemyss Malts has released a bountiful crop of twelve new single cask whiskies ranging from 14 to 27 years old. These whiskies were selected and named after the aromas and flavors associated with a harvest festival or a pantry of autumnal fare discovered within by the Wemyss tasting panel. Each bottling has a descriptive name illustrating the whisky’s ...