Four Roses Distillery Cuts The Ribbon On New 45,000-Square-Foot Aging Warehouse Bourbon By Robert Ham / January 4, 2021 Four Roses recently cut the ribbon on a new 45,000-square-foot warehouse facility that will accommodate more than 24,000 barrels of bourbon. Continue reading > Share
Hillrock Distillery Partners With Hard Rockers Motörhead For Limited Release Bourbon Bourbon By Robert Ham / January 2, 2021 Heavy rock band Motörhead recently teamed with Hillrock Estate Distillery on a limited batch of cask strength bourbon decorated with the band’s official logo and packaged in a bespoke Ace of Spades gift box. Continue reading > Share
Catoctin Creek Distilling Does A Whiskey With Shock-Rockers GWAR American By Robert Ham / January 1, 2021 Catoctin Creek Distilling out of Virginia recently announced an unusual partner for their forthcoming rye whiskey release: heavy metal band GWAR. Continue reading > Share
Kentucky’s Heaven Hill Distillery Has Filled Its Nine Millionth Barrel of Whiskey Bourbon By Robert Ham / January 1, 2021 Heaven Hill Distillery, producers of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey since 1935, recently announced that they had filled their nine millionth bourbon barrel. Continue reading > Share
Tobermory Distillery Recently Released A Historically Inspired Rioja Cask Finish Whisky Scotch By Robert Ham / December 31, 2020 Ledaig Sinclair Series Rioja Cask Finish is a new release from Scotland’s Tobermory distillery that’s been made using heavily peated barley and matured in ex-bourbon casks before resting for 18 months in Spanish Rioja casks. Continue reading > Share
England’s Bimber Has Two Whisky Additions To Their Small Batch Collection World By Robert Ham / December 30, 2020 Five years after founding, England’s Bimber Distillery shows little signs of slowing down, having recently added a couple new whiskies to their Small Batch offerings. Continue reading > Share
Barrell Bourbon Announces Final Bottling of 2020: Batch 027 Bourbon By Robert Ham / December 30, 2020 Barrel Craft Spirits, the independent distillers based in Louisville, Kentucky, recently announced their final bottling of 2020: Barrell Bourbon Batch 027. Continue reading > Share
Glen Scotia Has Introduced A Rare 30 Year Old Single Malt Release Scotch By Robert Ham / December 29, 2020 The recently released Glen Scotia Aged 30 Years was created using a single distillation from 1989 that has been maturing in European Oak hogshead sherry casks. Continue reading > Share
Israel’s M&H Distillery Has A New Cask Ownership Program World By Robert Ham / December 29, 2020 M&H out of Israel has begun offering a limited number of private casks, in different sizes – choose from Bourbon, STR or Ex-Islay casks – that can be purchased as a collector’s item, a business proposition, a historical heirloom or a special gift. Continue reading > Share
Scottish Researchers Using Blockchain Tech To Combat Fake Rare Whisky Scotch By Robert Ham / December 28, 2020 SUERC researchers at the University of Glasgow fit intelligent Everledger anti-tamper bottle closures to rare whiskies of which they have been tasked with authenticating the provenance by leading brands, retailers, auction houses and collectors. Continue reading > Share
Kentucky’s New Law Allowing Online Sales Of Spirits Goes Into Effect Bourbon By Robert Ham / December 27, 2020 A little bit of history for the Kentucky whiskey industry was made in mid-December with the state’s first-ever online order for a bottle of bourbon. Continue reading > Share
New Mad River Distillers Rye Whiskey Finished in Silver Oak Red Wine Barrels American By Robert Ham / December 23, 2020 Vermont’s Mad River Distillers recently announced a collaboration with CaskForce, a Boston-based retailer that curates cask- finished whiskey, to create a new limited release rye whiskey that has been finished in red wine barrels. Continue reading > Share