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To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ range, family-owned whisky creator Gordon & MacPhail is expanding the range with a series of single malts aged 30 years and above. George Urquhart pioneered the ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ range in 1968, at a time when few whiskies were bottled as single malts. Presenting these new releases as a range effectively invented ...

Slane Distillery celebrated a major milestone last week when it filled its first barrel. The inaugural cask contains new make malt whiskey using barley harvested on the Slane Castle Estate, filled into a Sherry hogshead. “This is an important milestone for any new distillery, but one we are especially grateful for at Slane Distillery,” says Alan Buckley, Assistant Manager, Slane ...

The Baltimore Whiskey Company, makers of Epoch Rye, announced last week that they will open their new distilling facility in the Union Collective on September 15th, and when they do it will be under a new name: Baltimore Spirits Company. The new name will better convey the company’s commitment to their diverse line of products, which in addition to whiskey ...

Last week, a threshold was crossed that should make whiskey enthusiasts everywhere quiver with dread, especially if they are world whisk(e)y enthusiasts. At Bonhams Whisky Sale in Hong Kong, a city already noted as a buzzing whisky auction marketplace, a bottle of Yamazaki 50 Year Old sold for a staggering $343,318 (HK$2,695,000). The bottle became the most expensive in Japanese ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Among the staples of the “Bourbon’s Big Autumn,” or the batch of much anticipated releases that come out every Fall, is Parker’s Heritage from Heaven Hill. This year will see the twelfth installment in a line that has had some memorable releases and has always been interesting. On paper, this year’s release will probably come ...