The Teeling Whiskey Company, one of Ireland’s rare independent whiskey companies, has just released a new bottling of Single Malt Irish whiskey. Single Malts (previously recognized almost exclusively as a product from Ireland’s peaty neighbors to the north) require the whiskey be made of 100% malted barley from one single distillery. The result …
A lovely sailor’s companion with perfumes of apple, cherry, vanilla flower, and delicate silhouettes of smoke and peat. Clean and polished on the palate, flavors of apricot, caramel, and cocoa powder further map out this graceful whisky. –JA
The first full weekend of autumn in San Francisco kicked off in festive fashion, as the annual Craft Spirits Carnival returned to Fort Mason Park, with more than 100 spirits brands in participation. Distilled varieties ranging from smoky mescals to anise-laden absinthes flooded the 50,000 square foot Festival Pavilion back-dropped by the …
This fall, one of the fastest growing bourbons in America – Bulleit – is partnering with Noble Denim on an exciting new project. As companies who both know good things take time – be it aging bourbon or breaking in high quality raw denim – this collaboration will be the …
Only 775 decanters of this liquid gold are available come their release this November. Each bottle runs for $16,000 and commemorates the 140th anniversary of the Louis XIII Cognac. The flask is a contemporary take on the original metal container used by Paul-Émile Rémy Martin when he first bottled his cognac …
In true Latino style, it was during a grand 150th Anniversary party in Puerto Rico that the decision was made to dip into Bacardi’s extensive and rare private rum reserve, to launch the ultra premium Facundo Rum Collection. The project has been under development secretly for the past few years and has resulted …
Just as the name hints at, Diageo’s new Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company delves deep into the dark, damp recesses of both operating and boarded up old distilleries, looking for rare, orphaned barrels of American Whiskey. To mark their grand entrance into this intriguing, treasure hunting project, Orphan Barrel has discovered and …
“I love Colorado and I love drinking whiskey.” We’ll drink to that. In an industry loaded with maniacal marketing maneuvers it’s refreshing to encounter such a genuine vision like that of distilling veteran Jess Graber. His just launched TINCUP American Whiskey is a rugged blend of midwestern rye, corn and malt cut with …
The Macallan, one of the world’s most collectable whiskies, has become synonymous with rare, special releases and other small production run bottlings. One of the most recent is The Macallan “M”, composed from seven distinct casks selected after two years of searching through The Macallan’s vast cellars of over 195,000 barrels. Contained …
Like the formidable Rocky Mountains and the bracingly crisp spring water they’re based on, the Spring44 Spirits cast an air of purity even at first glance. Minimalist but elegant, the bottles are graced with simple graphics alluding to their origins- nature. We’ve heard this story before, and couldn’t help recalling the merits …
Tequila meets bourbon whiskey in a brilliant madcap experiment gone oh-so-right. In a lineup called Expresiones del Corazon de Agave, Sazerac Rye Tequila Añejo is aged 24 months in Sazerac Rye 18 whiskey barrels. And as Bourbon enthusiasts will attest, these aren’t just any whiskey barrels; in 2010, Corazon acquired the …
Something of a cult legend in Ireland, Redbreast Single Pot Still Whiskey is quickly achieving the same elusive status in the U.S. To be a single pot still whiskey, malted barley is combined with un-malted barley. It was a very traditional method of making whiskey in Ireland and although it …