By Richard Thomas Diageo’s Orphan Barrel series of American whiskeys has now reached its ninth release with Whoop & Holler American Whiskey. Distilled and aged at George Dickel Distillery in Cascade Hollow, Tennessee, Whoop & Holler is a 28 year old, making it the oldest installment in the Orphan Barrel series to date. The whiskey is described as having been ...

Clyde May’s Whiskey has introduced two new extra aged whiskeys: a non-chill filtered, 5 year old 92 proof straight bourbon and a 117 proof, cask strength 8 years old whiskey. These expressions have been released in September to coincide with both National Bourbon Month and the birthday of the brand’s namesake, Alabama moonshiner Clyde May. The Straight Bourbon Paying homage ...

The James Sedgwick’s Distillery in Wellington, South Africa, the only commercial whisky distillery in Africa and home to the internationally award-winning range of Three Ships and Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, will be opening to the public from 3 September on selected dates and times. A tourism boost for the town of Wellington and the Western Cape, tastings and tours are ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Yellow Rose Distilling started out a few years back by following the already tried and true path of the craft whiskeymaker: put out some product at once to build your brand while you get your micro-distillery up and running and your in-house products mature. In the case of Yellow Rose, that meant sourcing certain products, ...

South Africa’s Three Ships Whisky has launched a limited edition 10 Year Old Single Malt. The whisky follows the successful release of the first single malt, launched in 2003, and the collector’s tin series over a three year period in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Master distiller Andy Watts says this is the most powerful single malt he has produced to ...