Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Compass Box releases second Great King Street blend


The Spirits Business
Compass Box releases second Great King Street blend
Described as a blended Scotch whisky “like no other on the market today”, The Glasgow Blend is made from 67% Islay, Highland and Speyside malt ...

Balcones Distilling making $15 million move with or without founder


Waco Tribune-Herald
Balcones Distilling making $15 million move with or without founder
Balcones employee Tyler Nystrom samples a whiskey during the distillation process at the current facility. Balcones Distilling is moving forward with a ...

Explore Global whiskey market that is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.45% to 2018

Explore Global whiskey market that is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.45% to 2018
The Global Whiskey market comprises of five major segments: Scotch Whiskey, US Whiskey, Canadian Whiskey, Irish Whiskey, and Other Whiskey.

From monks and ancient wells to reviving Dublin whiskey


Irish Independent
From monks and ancient wells to reviving Dublin whiskey
Last year, more than 6.2 million cases of Irish whiskey were exported to over 100 countries around the world. This figure is set to double by 2020 and ...

Rare Bottle Of The Balvenie Fifty Is Centerpiece Of $2900 Per Guest Dinner At Cullen's


Houston Chronicle
Rare Bottle Of The Balvenie Fifty Is Centerpiece Of $2900 Per Guest Dinner At Cullen's
HOUSTON, Oct. 20, 2014 /Nassau News Live/ — An extraordinary bottle of The Balvenie Fifty, a single malt Scotch whisky valued at $38,000, will be ...

Bottle of The Glenlivet single malt whiskey to go on sale in Australia for $25000


Courier Mail
Bottle of The Glenlivet single malt whiskey to go on sale in Australia for $25000
AT $25,000 a bottle, a wee dram of this special scotch is about all most of us ... to obtain a single bottle of 50-year-old The Glenlivet single malt whisky.

Production starts at new Chivas distillery

Production starts at new Chivas distillery
Laurent Lacassagne, chairman and CEO of Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, comments: “As global ...

Interview: Diageo's Head Of Whiskies, Nick Morgan

Interview: Diageo's Head Of Whiskies, Nick Morgan
SND senior editor Daniel Marsteller recently interviewed Diageo head of whiskies Nick Morgan to get his take on the rapidly developing market for ...

Whiskey Set to Vanquish Vodka in US Sales

Whiskey Set to Vanquish Vodka in US Sales
Even though vodka still has a hold on volume, whiskey is projected to wrest the sales title away this year, according to Euromonitor data cited by ...

Phoenix Heavy Metal Bands Enter the Whiskey Game

Phoenix Heavy Metal Bands Enter the Whiskey Game
The Headbanger American Gold whiskey, as described by Hoffman Cellars, is "a unique blend of White Whiskey (a.k.a. White Dog) and aged Whiskey ...

Start-up company claims it can age your whiskey by three years in just 24 hours


The Independent
Start-up company claims it can age your whiskey by three years in just 24 hours
A new start-up company purporting to help whiskey drinkers age their favourite tipple in just 24 hours has raised over $130,000 to help make the idea ...

Writer Robert Hicks launches Battlefield Bourbon


The Tennessean
Writer Robert Hicks launches Battlefield Bourbon
Robert Hicks, author of best-selling Civil War drama “The Widow of the South,” boxes up the first bottles of his Battlefield Bourbon. (Photo: Submitted ).

We asked, 'Best Bourbon Bar in New Orleans'? You said, 'Avenue Pub'


The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
We asked, 'Best Bourbon Bar in New Orleans'? You said, 'Avenue Pub'
Watts explained that the Avenue Pub's menu shoots for variety all around — not just in the types of bourbon, but also the price points so that it reflects ...

Why Is It So Hard To Recommend A Bourbon?


Louisville.com (press release) (registration)
Why Is It So Hard To Recommend A Bourbon?
People ask me to recommend bourbons pretty regularly, either in person or via social media. The more I learn about bourbon the harder this is to do.

Bourbon academy teaches flavors, history of Kentucky's signature drink

Bourbon academy teaches flavors, history of Kentucky's signature drink
The Filson's Bourbon Academy is an eight-hour educational seminar and tasting at the Filson Historical Society on South Third Street in downtown ...

Cleveland Whiskey unveils 2014 edition of Christmas Bourbon (photo gallery): Kristel's CLE


The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Cleveland Whiskey unveils 2014 edition of Christmas Bourbon (photo gallery): Kristel's CLE
25th St., Saturday where they held an open house party to unveil their 2014 edition of Christmas Bourbon. Their newest bottle will not be sold in stores ...

New book takes reader through all forms of whiskey

New book takes reader through all forms of whiskey
... the form of Scotch, bourbon, Irish, Canadian, Japanese, or craft — than “Tasting Whiskey,” written by Whisky Advocate managing editor Lew Bryson.

Auchentoshan releases American Oak expression


The Drinks Report
Auchentoshan releases American Oak expression
Auchentoshan American Oak is the latest release from the single malt Lowland Scotch whisky distillery known for its triple distillation process. The new ...

Bowmore Small Batch evokes Islay character


The Drinks Report
Bowmore Small Batch evokes Islay character
Islay distillery Morrison Bowmore has introduced Bowmore Small Batch, a single malt Scotch whisky that has been exclusively matured in first and ...

Whiskey that tastes like "a burning hospital"

Whiskey that tastes like "a burning hospital"
One Scotch whisky distillery is advertising its product by telling everyone how awful it tastes. In a campaign that seems to break all the rules of ...

French Fancy for Scottish Food and Drink

French Fancy for Scottish Food and Drink
“I warmly welcome Remy Cointreau Group to the Scottish Whisky Industry and look forward to finding out what plans the company may have for its ...

United Spirits swings to quarterly loss


Livemint
United Spirits swings to quarterly loss
United Spirits, owner of popular whisky brands such as McDowell's No.1 and Bagpiper, was late in reporting its first-quarter earnings as the company ...

'Can do' spirit wins through


Stuff.co.nz
'Can do' spirit wins through
The Lawrys reckon it's the right moment to launch a Canterbury "born and bred" whisky brand, grounded in the best Canterbury barley and water.

New look for Isle of Arran core whisky range

New look for Isle of Arran core whisky range
It offers us so many perfect conditions for making top quality whisky and as so many of our expressions are inspired by the legends and landscapes of ...

Distilling the truth about a champion of whisky

Distilling the truth about a champion of whisky
“Of the history, geography, literature, philosophy, morals, use and abuse, praise and scorn of whisky volumes might be written. They will not be written ...

Whisky Sessions: Drams for the jams


Manchester Evening News
Whisky Sessions: Drams for the jams
Eddie is the ambassador for Paul John, a brand which makes Whisky in Goa, India. In the humid tropical conditions of the Indian sub-continent, whisky ...