Gordon & MacPhail has unveiled a new addition to its Private Collection: Gordon & MacPhail 1948 from Glen Grant Distillery. At 70 years old, it is the oldest expression from the Speyside distillery ever bottled by anyone. The latest release closely follows the acclaimed 50-year-old Gordon & MacPhail 1968 from Caol Ila Distillery, the oldest single malt ever bottled from ...

Food and soft drinks giant PepsiCo has taken action to block the Gatlinburg-area legal moonshine distiller Ole Smoky from trademarking “Ole Smoky Mountain Dew Moonshine.” “Mountain dew” is a dictionary synonym for moonshine, and Pepsi’s own Mountain Dew soft drink has roots in moonshing. The brand originated in the 1930s as a lemon-lime soda marketed for mixing with liquor that, ...

Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky has launched a limited edition 15-Year-Old Single Grain Whisky exclusive to Big5 Duty Free Cape Town International and OR Tambo International Airports, and The James Sedgwick Distillery in Wellington. Only 3600 bottles have been made available with the first bottles sold signed by Founder Distiller, Andy Watts. Crafted at the James Sedgwick Distillery in Wellington about ...

New Riff Distilling today announced that it will share barrels that formerly held New Riff Bourbon with 34 of the state’s top craft brewers on January 16. It marks New Riff Distilling’s first participation in the Kentucky Guild of Brewers’ Kentucky Craft Bash, where a single distillery donates barrels to be given a new life by brewers who will use ...

Old Forester will introduce Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye Whisky, the distillery’s first new grain recipe in nearly 150 years. Old Forester Rye will be available nationwide beginning February 1. “Our signature bourbon recipe has done this brand proud through Prohibition, World Wars and changing consumer palates,” said Campbell Brown, Old Forester President and great-great grandson of founder George Garvin ...