Among the latest batch of Single Malts of Scotland releases there’s this Glenburgie 1998 , from a distillery that deserves more fame.

Glenburgie 17 yo 1998 (54,1%, Single Malts of Scotland 2016, bourbon hogshead #9914, 275 btl.)

Nose: orchard fruits at first, then more tangerines and stewed rhubarb. Creamy white chocolate and toffee. Mint. Hints of dusty spices. Hints of vanilla. Great combination of fruitiness and creamy notes. Mouth: a very thick, creamy, almost waxy texture, full of peaches, pink grapefruit and a hint of passion fruits. Icing sugar, tarte tatin, berries. Coconut cream and a hint of...

There’s a flurry of activity with Highland Park distillery in the last few months. It’s like they are the hyperactive kid in the playground – too many single casks to different markets, stores or occasions, rebranding the core 12/18 year old whiskies with a new labels and viking theme, new expressions (Valkyrie and Magnus ) but the dust didn’t settle down yet as there’s another new Highland Park whisky coming – Highland Park Full Volume  according to the new label that popped up in the TTB Database.

This time we have age statement – it’s a 17-18 Year Old whisky, and from...

Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask Tomintoul 1989 (25 year old) 49.1%

Sherry/ Code: OMC2465/ Dist: Aug 1989 Btl: Feb 2015/ Tasted: Mar 2015

Lightly sulphured, hard and murky aromas of wet cardboard, boiled sweets, barley and manure.

The palate pretty much mirrors the nose. Wet cardboard, straw, coffee and sulphur. Murky, dirty with dried out pulped fruit and a grubby coffee’d finish.

Hunter Laing Hepburns Choice Tomintoul 2006 (10 year old) 46%

Bourbon/ Code: HEP0203/ Dist: Apr 2006 Btl: juni 2016?/ Tasted: juli 2016

Fresh and crisp with sour cherries and nose tickling spices. A touch of fragrant barley, grass, minerals and an almost sour dough...

By Susannah Skiver Barton

This week, discover a couple of under-the-radar scotches— Tullibardine and Wolfburn —a series of new whiskeys from Texas, and if you’re feeling flush, a five-figure, half-century Tamdhu .

Tamdhu 50 year old

Style: Single malt scotch Origin: Speyside Proof: 55.6% ABV Price: $20,000 Release: april 2017 Availability: 100 bottles for the world

Need to know: A single cask whisky that matured for 50 years in a first-fill European oak sherry butt, this is the oldest Tamdhu ever released and celebrates the distillery’s 120 ^th anniversary. It was distilled in november 1963 and bottled in mars 2017.

Whisky...

major Ken Behrens and Templeton Rye cofounder Keith Kerkhoff broke ground on the Templeton Distillery on april 5th, 2017.

After years of bottling sourced whiskey blended with a proprietary formula of added flavors to create its unique taste profile, Templeton Rye will soon be distilling. Cofounder Keith Kerkhoff and Templeton, Iowa major Ken Behrens broke ground on a distillery in the town on april 5 ^th . The 34,500-square-foot facility will have a capacity of 500,000 proof gallons, and the site includes a warehouse that can store up to 40,000 barrels. It’s projected to be complete in about 18 months.

The distillery marks a...

The Tully Tavern at Fenway Park

By Susannah Skiver Barton

Tullamore D.E.W. is now the official Irish whiskey of the Boston Red Sox . The partnership means that not only will Tully be available throughout Fenway Park, it will also host special events and promotions throughout the baseball season for the next three years.

As of last week’s opening day, the Tully Tavern, located in the right field grandstand, is open to all ticketholders. The Irish pub-style venue serves Tullamore D.E.W. whiskeys and the Monster Mule, an Irish whiskey take on the Moscow Mule mixing Tullamore D.E.W., ginger beer, and...

By Susannah Skiver Barton

Woodford Reserve —the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby—has unveiled its latest $1,000 Mint Julep Cup. Now in its 12th year, the annual promotion raises funds for equine-related charities—in 2017, the beneficiary is the Kentucky Derby Museum.

This year’s cup pays tribute to the Derby’s origins in British horse racing. After Churchill Downs founder Meriwether Lewis Clark attended the Epsom Derby in England in 1872, he was inspired to launch the Kentucky Derby in the same high-society vein. Created by Louisville-based jeweler From the Vault, the $1,000 Mint Julep Cup’s design and recommended recipe are based on the theme “The...

Let’s be honest: we’ve ended up in gin overload, haven’t we? On average, we get sent information on more than 50 new gins every month, and that’s in addition to the 450 gins we already sell. Sometimes it’s impossible to know where to begin, but every now and then a new one comes along that makes us sit up and pay attention. The gin in question is Hibernation , and we visited its home, in a very wet and very remote part of Wales. It was worth the journey.

For brothers Danny and Pete Cameron, founders of Dyfi Distillery in...

Nuts are the quintessential snack to eat with drinks, but they’re rarely talked about as a food pairing. From salted peanuts in a dive bar to hand-selected honey-roasted cashews in a gastropub to plain almonds with a pre-dinner glass of sherry, a handful of nuts is perfect to munch on while you sip something nice. But how well do they work with whisky?

Japan: a nutty epiphany

Nuts are the favourite whisky accompaniment of Whisky Exchange director Sukhinder Singh. It started for him about 15 years ago during a trip to Japan, with a bowl of simply roasted, unsalted nuts sat on...

Highland Park rebranding

Highland Park will be presenting a reworked branding and new bottle design on april 28th. In the last couple of weeks, a few clues have showed up. First of all the new logo , which has the distillery name in a new font .

This new logo was also seen on several approved labels in the TTB Colas database. From those we can conclude that most expressions will get a nickname besides their age statement:

• Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour
• Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride

Also the 18 Year Old will...