Monday, March 10, 2014

Lion Gets a Taste for Whisky

Lion Gets a Taste for Whisky
U.K. private equity firm Lion Capital is among a wide range of suitors preparing bids for Scottish whisky company Whyte & Mackay, according to ...

Adelaide's premium whisky venture sours

Adelaide's premium whisky venture sours
What started as a dream business to make high quality whisky in Adelaide has turned sour, with its founding partners heading to the Supreme Court in ...

Whisky distillery planned for Cardrona site


Otago Daily Times
Whisky distillery planned for Cardrona site
A Wanaka woman has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery in the Cardrona Valley. Desiree Reid told the Otago Daily Times at the weekend she sold ...

From Land and Sea – Seafood and Whisky Celebrated Together In Scottish and English Capitals

From Land and Sea – Seafood and Whisky Celebrated Together In Scottish and English Capitals
In a first of its kind collaboration, industry trade body Seafood Scotland and The Scotch Malt Whisky Society have joined together to put on seafood ...

Hiram Walker president taking Canadian whiskey global


Windsor Star (blog)
Hiram Walker president taking Canadian whiskey global
Hiram Walker and Sons president, Patrick O'Driscoll, speaks Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, during a news conference announcing $9 million will be invested ...

CLASSIC MALTS - 2013 SPECIAL RELEASES

CLASSIC MALTS - 2013 SPECIAL RELEASES

A super treat from Diageo's vault! A Master of Whisky will take you on this extremely rare and limited tasting of malts: Lagavulin 37, Port Ellen 34, Brora 35 and Talisker 1985.

Apple Isle's whisky makes a splash internationally

Apple Isle's whisky makes a splash internationally
From the central highlands, Nant Distillery's best single malt whisky, ... Last month, Lark was voted Australia's best distillery and won best single malt at ...

Toasting an unusual form of investment

Toasting an unusual form of investment
The thirst shown for Scotch not just in emerging economies but established ... Andy Simpson, whose Whisky Highland consultancy values private ...

Scotch industry puts pressure on Osborne


Scotsman
Scotch industry puts pressure on Osborne
THE Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and Chancellor George Osborne are heading for a showdown over the industry's hopes of a pre-referendum ...

Dramz, first single malt whisky bar launched in Delhi

Dramz, first single malt whisky bar launched in Delhi
First single malt whisky bar and lounge in the country, Dramz, was launched in Delhi. Situated behind the iconic monument, Qutab Minar, Dramz ...

Whisky firm looks to future


Otago Daily Times
Whisky firm looks to future
Just a week after attaining one of the top honours in the whisky world, the New Zealand Whisky Company is planning to ensure a rosy future for both ...

St. Patrick's Day libations: Margaret Swaine's spirits review

St. Patrick's Day libations: Margaret Swaine's spirits review
This Pot Still Blend Irish Whiskey recently won “Best Blend in Ireland” at the Irish Whiskey Awards. Evocative of the style of whiskey enjoyed during the ...

Glenfiddich Names Canadian Prize Winners for 2014 Whiskey Distillery Residency


In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)
Glenfiddich Names Canadian Prize Winners for 2014 Whiskey Distillery Residency
In its twelfth year, the internationally-regarded Glenfiddich Residency, which takes place at Scotland's Glenfiddich distillery, is breaking the frame by ...

Delmonico whiskey list is an absolute killer

Delmonico whiskey list is an absolute killer
“We joke that we may be the best-kept secret on the Strip,” Delmonico beverage manager Max Solano says of the restaurant's massive whiskey ..

60 Year Old Scotch launched for under £1000


The Spirits Business
60 Year Old Scotch launched for under £1000
Online retailer Master of Malt has bottled a 60 Year Old Speyside single malt whisky for its Secret Bottlings series, which is available for under £1,000.

Booze Friday: Ron Burgundy Blended Scotch Whisky


Forbes
Booze Friday: Ron Burgundy Blended Scotch Whisky
With the possible exception of Ghostbusters Cereal, food and beverage tie-ins to big blockbuster films tend to exhibit uniformly low quality. They exist ...

Buffalo Trace Extended Drying Time Bourbon

Buffalo Trace Extended Drying Time Bourbon | Uncrate
Buffalo Trace Extended Drying Time Bourbon. Buffalo Trace continues to innovate with their Experimental Collection and the most recent release, ...

Four things I learned about bourbon

Four things I learned about bourbon
He concluded by saying his job was done if folks remembered that bourbon doesn't have to come from Bourbon County, but reviewed a few ...

Drinking Bourbon From Sean Brock's Private Stash

Drinking Bourbon From Sean Brock's Private Stash
“That's a good twenty grand of corn-flavored water,” Sean Brock says as he pours me a drink from another bottle of bourbon. He's got several vintage ...

Jamie Baxter leaves COLD for new London distillery


The Spirits Business
Jamie Baxter leaves COLD for new London distillery
Alongside a London dry gin, vodka and whisky aged on site, the ELLC also plans to import rum from Demerara Distillers in Guyana. Baxter, who ...

From Junee licorice to Scottish whiskey

From Junee licorice to Scottish whiskey
Islay is one of the famed homes of Scotland's most famous whisky distilleries, off the Scottish mainland's south-western coast - where daylight lasts ...

Suntory releases NAS Yamazaki and Hakushu whiskies


The Spirits Business
Suntory releases NAS Yamazaki and Hakushu whiskies
Suntory is releasing two no-age-statement Distiller's Reserve whiskies from its Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries it's calling the “next chapter of ...

New UK spiced malt targets younger whisky fans


The Spirits Business
New UK spiced malt targets younger whisky fans
New spirit brand Albion Racing Club is targeting a younger generation of whisky drinkers in the UK with its British Spiced Malt.

Islay, Scotland: A whisky pilgrimage in the Hebrides


Toronto Star
Islay, Scotland: A whisky pilgrimage in the Hebrides
Longtime scotch enthusiasts, my wife, Johanna, and I were able to make our pilgrimage to this most revered of whisky producing regions last summer.

Distillery Makes Whiskey From Beer


Paste Magazine
Distillery Makes Whiskey From Beer
The Seven Stills of SF, a distillery in San Francisco, has created a whiskey out of craft beer. In their Chocasmoke whiskey, the distillery added 20% ...

Multnomah Whiskey Library's Alan Davis and Jake Heil on Three-Hour Waits and Ladder-Climbing

Multnomah Whiskey Library's Alan Davis and Jake Heil on Three-Hour Waits and Ladder-Climbing
Due to these wait times, not only has the Whiskey Library hired a manager specifically to run the door, but coming this spring and summer, the bar will ...

Chattanooga Whiskey, Chattanooga Film Festival seek short films about not texting in movies

Chattanooga Whiskey, Chattanooga Film Festival seek short films about not texting in movies
Leaders with the Chattanooga Film Festival and Chattanooga Whiskey Company are seeking short videos about why moviegoers should not text ...

Hops and Barley: Whiskey and beer go hand in hand

Hops and Barley: Whiskey and beer go hand in hand
Jeff Baker ponders the similarities between beer and whiskey and wonders why there aren't more collaborations among makers of each. / Free Press ...