By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Coffee and coffee houses have been and remain trendy for the “it crowd,” and sometimes beyond. Specialty coffee has awaken millennials all around Europe, hungry for a hot or cold beverage that can be enjoyable and also look great on social media (and thank God we are already past the avocado-coffee trend!). The combination of ...

Hitting shelves this month is a 10 Year Old version of Basil Hayden, the high rye, premium expression from Jim Beam. Like the basic expression, Basil Hayden 10 Year Old is bottled at a lighter 80 proof. The original Basil Hayden was an 8 year old bourbon, basically an older version of Old Granddad. That age statement was removed in ...

Single malt Scotch whisky creator Gordon & MacPhail has released two new additions to its ‘Private Collection’ range: a 64-Years-Old single malt from Glenlivet Distillery and a landmark 50-Years-Old from Caol Ila Distillery, the oldest Caol Ila single malt ever released. The newly redesigned ‘Private Collection’ range encompasses rare and exclusive single malt whiskies from celebrated, little-known, or closed distilleries, ...

Edinburgh-based Scottish whisky broker and independent bottler Cask 88 have unveiled their second series of Scottish single cask whiskies, all finished in quarter casks to produce liquid with a more robust flavor profile. The Eighty Eight Series features small batch expressions from Bunnahabhain, Highland Park, Caol Ila and Bladnoch, and offers whisky enthusiasts the opportunity to explore the impact of ...

Rhetoric Bourbon is arguably the most interesting project to come out of the Orphan Barrel series of ultra-aged North American whiskeys from Diageo. The idea was to take a stock of already quite old bourbon, and release some each year to create a steadily older, vertical series. The series started with Rhetoric 20 Year Old, and each year that has ...