Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Whisky Galore - and Prices to Match


Wine-Searcher
Whisky Galore - and Prices to Match
Scotland exports $7 billion worth of whisky each year and Irish whiskey has seen such growth in the past decade that distilleries can't keep up.

Whiskey Tenders: Bourbon Heritage Month

Whiskey Tenders: Bourbon Heritage Month
OT: Some say the popularity of bourbon/whiskey has been rejuvenated in ... You're also looking at Irish whiskey sales coming from 2% of the market ...

Building Boom: With Irish Whiskey On Fire, New Distilleries Are Sprouting

Building Boom: With Irish Whiskey On Fire, New Distilleries Are Sprouting
In the forlorn Liberties section of Dublin, once home to textile mills and long before that whiskey making, brothers Stephen and Jack Teeling are ...

Two distilleries plan new special-edition bourbons


Lexington Herald Leader
Two distilleries plan new special-edition bourbons
Louisville-based Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF-B) said in a news release yesterday that it's again releasing and Old Forester birthday bourbon to ...

Time to invest in bourbon? Jack Daniel's is to start selling whiskey by the barrel


Spear's WMS
Time to invest in bourbon? Jack Daniel's is to start selling whiskey by the barrel
Calling all whiskey connoisseurs: Jack Daniel's is now offering you the chance to buy a barrel of its bourbon. And it's definitely a sound investment, ...

6-day festival to celebrate Kentucky bourbon

6-day festival to celebrate Kentucky bourbon
Events will range from the Great Kentucky Bourbon Tasting & Gala to the World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay. Festival-goers can also learn ...

10 Reasons to Celebrate Bourbon Heritage Month

10 Reasons to Celebrate Bourbon Heritage Month
September is “Bourbon Heritage Month.” And unlike all those fake, PR-driven holidays you see in your Twitter feed, this one is real and carries a ...

Tomatin Scotch distillery increases Sherry focus


The Spirits Business
Tomatin Scotch distillery increases Sherry focus
Highland Scotch whisky distillery Tomatin has released a number of new limited editions aged in Sherry butts, four from a brand new range and ...

Scots' independence could boost whisky sales

Scots' independence could boost whisky sales
Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, has said that Scottish independence would boost industries such as Scotch whisky due to ...

Home-brewed hooch


The West Australian
Home-brewed hooch
In Australia, whiskey must spend two years in barrels before it can be sold as whiskey, and the Whipper Snapper's first expression is not due to be ...

West Overton museum tells story of Overholt family, distillery

West Overton museum tells story of Overholt family, distillery
“What makes this museum really unique is how we use the broader subject of whiskey to tell the story of how the Overholts used it to build their lives ...

5 American Distilleries Making Whiskey You Can Trust


Men's Journal
5 American Distilleries Making Whiskey You Can Trust
These are strange and great times for American whiskey. A list has been quietly making rounds among aficionados that many popular "small-batch" ...

UK: Nisa Whisky Wins ISC Award

UK: Nisa Whisky Wins ISC Award
Nisa has won international acclaim for its own label whisky Banoch Brae, which secured a silver medal in the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) ...

Lakes Distillery sets up Connoissuers Club with chance to own a personal cask

Lakes Distillery sets up Connoissuers Club with chance to own a personal cask
England's largest whisky distillery, The Lakes Distillery near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, is to produce 60 Connoisseurs' Club oak sherry casks, ...

Locals still concerned about plans to expand Beith whisky bond

Locals still concerned about plans to expand Beith whisky bond
PLANS to expand the whisky maturation bond at Willowyard near Beith continue to dismay local residents. Chivas Brothers plan to erect 14 new bond ...

One more for the road: Whisky industry fears prospect of Scottish independence

One more for the road: Whisky industry fears prospect of Scottish independence
For Scotland, whisky is serious business. Scotch whisky exports are worth four times the country's food exports. The tipple represents a staggering ...

Management quarrel threatens Waco's popular Balcones whisky distillery

Management quarrel threatens Waco's popular Balcones whisky distillery
Balcones' Chip Tate stands in the company's warehouse. The distillery is transforming the old Fireproof Storage building at 11th Street and Mary ...

Diageo Global Travel opens Johnnie Walker Houses in Mumbai and Taipei


MoodieReport
Diageo Global Travel opens Johnnie Walker Houses in Mumbai and Taipei
The Johnnie Walker Houses are our global embassies for luxury Scotch whisky and we are proud to extend this world class experience to our Indian ...

Glasgow Distillery Company raises city spirits after 100 years


BeverageDaily.com
Glasgow Distillery Company raises city spirits after 100 years
Given single malt whisky's aging requirements ('Scotch whisky' requires at least three years), GDC plans to launch Makar Glasgow Gin in Scotland ...

SABMiller's Fyfe's Blended Scotch

SABMiller's Fyfe's Blended Scotch
SABMiller has partnered with Tanzania Distilleries Ltd to launch its first blended Scotch whisky brand. Fyfe's Blended Scotch was released in ...

'Space Whisky' to Return After Space Station Voyage


Techly
'Space Whisky' to Return After Space Station Voyage
As one of the experiments installed in the station's NanoRacks system, the samples were sent into space by the scotch whisky company Ardbeg to see ...

Scotch logisitcs provider builds three new warehouses

Scotch logisitcs provider builds three new warehouses
Carntyne Transport, logistics provider to the Scotch whisky industry, has expanded its warehousing facilities by more than 100,000 sq ft to cope with ...

Poll 'helps food and drink sector'

Poll 'helps food and drink sector'
Asked about concerns over independence from some parts of the whisky industry, including the future of taxation under independence, Mr Salmond ...

Beyond the Taste

Beyond the Taste
How deep are your pockets? Glencairn glasses specially designed in Scotland for sampling whisky sit on a barrel that once aged whisky at the Koval ...

Strong demand for $25K whisky: Angove

Strong demand for $25K whisky: Angove
Six bottles of Glenfarclas 60 Year Old valued at $24,500 RRP each are due to arrive in Australia in coming weeks. Distributed in Australia by Angove ...

Japan Distills a World-class Whisky Tradition


Nippon.com
Japan Distills a World-class Whisky Tradition
Whisky may have its roots in Scotland, but for nearly a century Japan has been distilling its own brands of the popular spirit. In recent years Japanese ...

Edrington to establish new whiskey distribution unit in India

Edrington to establish new whiskey distribution unit in India
The equal partnership Edrington Kyndal Group will bottle, market and distribute blended Scotch whiskey brand Cutty Sark across the country.