| on May 17th, 2012%  NEWS WIRE: FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY – The latest in the Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Bourbon Collection from Buffalo Trace Distillery is an extraordinary barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered rye recipe bourbon. Weighing in at a hefty 134.5 proof, this small batch bourbon was aged for seven years on the sixth floor of Buffalo Trace’s Warehouse C, built by Colonel Taylor in 1881.
When your experience this uncut and unfiltered Bourbon, “an aroma of cooked, berries meets the nose, followed by a rich caramel and slightly floral smell. The taste is bold – full of spice that fills the mouth with a distinct flavor of toasty vanilla, dried oak and pepper. The finish is long and satisfying with a powerful rye character and lingering hints of fruit.” The Barrel Proof Bourbon is the fourth in the line of the E. H. Taylor, Jr. collection of whiskeys to be released over the next few years. It joins the Old Fashioned Sour Mash Bourbon, Single Barrel Bourbon and Warehouse C Tornado Surviving Bourbon released within the past year. Like the previous three releases, this Barrel Proof Bourbon will have very limited availability and will be packaged in a vintage label and canister reminiscent of Taylor’s bottles nearly one hundred years ago Taylor is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the bourbon industry, fighting for the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, nearly three decades after he purchased the distillery that is known today as the Buffalo Trace Distillery. During his time, Taylor implemented several innovative methods still used today by Buffalo Trace, such as climate controlled aging warehouses. In addition to his bourbon interests, Taylor had political ties. He was the great-nephew of President Zachary Taylor and elected the mayor of Frankfort, state representative to the Kentucky General Assembly and a member of the State Senate. The Col. E.H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof Bourbon will be available in June. Suggested retail pricing is $69.99 for a 750 ml bottle. About Buffalo Trace Distillery Buffalo Trace Distillery is a family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. The Distillery’s rich distilling tradition dates back to 1787 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee. Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Distillery has won seven distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Malt Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. It was named Whisky Magazine 2010 World Icons of Whisky “Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year.” Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 200 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. . . . Technorati Tags: bourbon, bourbon whiskey, buffalo trace distillery, E.H. Taylor, malt advocate magazine, single barrel bourbon, small batch bourbon, sour mash bourbon, Wine Enthusiast Magazine on May 14th, 2012%  News Wire – Whether celebrating the birth of a child, helping a buddy christen that new boat or simply enjoying the fact you finally made a pot of chili to rival your old man’s, there are certain moments in life so special, they warrant a drink as rare as the moment itself. Catering to those moments, Crown Royal will soon be introducing the second variant to its Extra Rare Whisky Series – Crown Royal XR, made from the remaining whiskies of the renowned LaSalle Distillery.
Developed by Crown Royal Master Blender Andrew MacKay, the exquisite 80 proof blend (40% ABV) is crafted with a small reserve of the final batch of LaSalle whiskies to create a refined fusion of dried fruits and honey in a harmonious balance with the spicy notes of Canadian rye. The aroma of this Crown Royal XR conjures hints of pear with complimentary floral bouquet notes. The honeyed pear maintains upon first taste and is joined by tones of dried apricot and raisins midpalate. The finish is exquisite with an elegant touch of cocoa and brown sugar. This blend is special for MacKay as he spent his earlier years learning his craft at the LaSalle Distillery. It also marks the second extra rare whisky for the brand after releasing the original, crafted from the Waterloo Distillery whiskies, in 2006. As part of this on-going Series, each Crown Royal XR blend will be created from a batch of rare whiskies and available for a limited time. The new Crown Royal XR will be available nationwide for a suggested retail price of $129.99 for a 750 ml bottle beginning in early June. · An online product review in advance of national distribution to give them a sneak peek before it hits shelves · Inclusion in a Father’s Day gift guide so readers can give Dad something as rare as pops himself · Any long lead features you’re working on involving rare spirits or front of book, top-end product suggestions. This would also be great for 2012 holiday gift guides! . . . on April 19th, 2012%  The Monsieur Hayden Cocktail
By Rob Pate The film stars Hollywood A-lister and Basil Hayden’s super fan, Jerry Ferrara, who knows that the first step to thinking like a man, is drinking like one! Which is why he loves drinking Basil Hayden’s Bourbon, especially the Basil Hayden’s Monsieur Hayden, which is inspired by the Boulevardier, a classic bourbon cocktail enjoyed by men around the world for decades. The Monsieur Hayden is the perfect cocktail to mix up before a night on the town with your boys or if you’re staying in and mixing up some romance! Jerry Ferrara loves the trademark spicy finish of Basil Hayden’s so much that he’s made Basil Hayden’s his whiskey. So this weekend, sit back and have a “manly” cocktail or two and follow Jerry’s lead by making Basil Hayden’s your whiskey. Basil Hayden’s Monsieur Hayden, (Created by Rob Pate) INGREDIENTS:
1 part Basil Hayden’s® Bourbon
1 part Cocci Americano
1 part Campari®
1/4 part Ginger Juice PREPARATION:
1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake.
2. Strain into a cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with a cherry. . . . Technorati Tags: basil hayden's, classic bourbon, cocktail, cocktail glass, cocktail shaker, cocktails, garnish, ingredients on April 18th, 2012%  Get Some Libation Education
Jack & Zac have a lot in common. We both put a high premium on friendship, loyalty, craftsmanship, and responsibility. That’s why we’ve teamed up to start a “drinking school” and it’s not what you think it is. If you’re wondering what’s a drinking school? Well, it’s a place to do a little thinking about drinking. And to keep it upbeat, Zac Brown Band is helping us out. If you’re ready to enroll, watch one of our videos featuring Zac Brown Band to earn a JD Drinking School badge and to learn how to score a certificate for a free BeMyDD ride to and from a Zac Brown Band concert for you and up to three friends.* Or sign up to be a designated driver yourself. *Class space is limited. There are a limited number of free certificates for a BeMyDD ride available during a select number of Zac Brown Band tour stops. So sign up now! Master Distiller’s Collection Debuting this Summer Jack Daniel’s is releasing the first bottle in a new series – the Master Distiller’s collection. Each year a different Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller will be honored beginning with Jack himself and ending with our seventh Master Distiller, Jeff Arnett. Each bottle includes an original gift box featuring each Master Distiller’s portrait as well as a unique design inspired by their legacy. The first bottle in the Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller’s collection will be released in Tennessee, as well as duty-free venues mid-summer. The series will be offered in select states in 2013. Jack & Zac Gear has Arrived!Ready to join the tour? Visit the Zac Brown Band webstore to purchase official Jack & Zac gear. And enter the promo code JACKANDZAC for 20% off Jack & Zac t-shirts. The code is only good until May 18. So, visit today and be sure to tell your friends! *JACKANDZAC promo code is good for one use per customer. No minimum or maximum purchase is required. . . . Technorati Tags: craftsmanship, jack daniel, master distiller, Tennessee, Whiskey, zac brown band on April 14th, 2012%  World’s Best Seller vs. America’s #1
by Matt Goldstein & Amy K. Haight The Glenfiddich 12 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky is the number 1 selling single malt scotch in the world, it’s also the most awarded single malt scotch in the world, while the Glenlivet 12 Year is the number 1 selling single malt in the United States. We thought we’d have theses classic mainstream scotches go head to head in a blind taste test. Of course we had a favorite going but we were wondering if the other could pull off the upset. A Glenfiddich executive told us that the reason that the Glenlivet is the number 1 single malt in the United States is because in the 1950’s, the Glenlivet had a major marketing campaign in the United States and that the brand has been a rock ever since. Of course, Glenfiddich is not too far behind. Tasting Notes of the Glenfiddich 12 Year Single Malt:With a golden brown color and reddish tint, the Glenfiddich is sweet with notes of caramel, honey but slightly sour, bitter, complex, and slightly dry. Very solid. .  Tasting Notes of the Glenlivet 12 Year Single Malt:
The Glenlivet is sweet, thick, delicious, slightly complex and very similar but with just a bit more bight. It’s a bit stronger with a bit more alcohol taste. Pretty damn good. Although the competition was very close, the Glenfiddich 12 Year was the unanimous choice for its beautifully sweet flavor. Glenfiddich has a more enjoyable mouth feel, with a smooth thick finish and no burn whatsoever. Normally, we like bite and don’t always choose the smoothest spirit as the winner but in this case the nod goes to Glenfiddich. Don’t get us wrong, we like the Glenlivet and feel that both single malts are overlooked by many Scotch whisky snobs. Both single malts have very solid ranges and some other their other years can compete with the best single malts in the world. . . . Technorati Tags: best single malt, blind taste test, Competition, glenfiddich, glenfiddich 12 year single malt scotch whisky, Glenlivet, marketing, tasting notes, united states, Winner on April 3rd, 2012%  Hand Selected By Balvenie’s Malt Master of 50 Years
By Matt Goldstein & Amy K. Haight With 103 single malt distilleries in Scotland there are only 5 which are still family owned. Speyside in Scotland has 48 of these distilleries, the highest per capita in the world and the Balvenie has the most diverse and prestigious range if not in all of Speyside, perhaps in all of Scotland. The only distillery with its own cooperage on site, the Balvenie grows its own barley, uses traditional floor maltings and has its own coopersmith on site. This hand crafted artisan style is unprecedented in single malt scotch production. Now, the Malt Master for over 50 years, Dave Stewart, has hand selected 10 of their best casks to create the Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3. Hand pumped from the cask, the ranges in years of the 10 whiskies are from 22 to 44 years. The Balvenie Tun 1401 is a cask strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky at plus 50% ABV. Tasting Notes of the Tun 1401 Batch #3Slightly peated, with legs in the glass, and flavors of butterscotch, this smooth and complex whisky has a dry mouth feel and slightly bitter flavor. Smooth, warm complex, dry and sweet, this is simply one of the best single malts in the world period. The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3 comes with our absolute highest recommendation possible. . . . Technorati Tags: Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3, barley, best single malt, cask strength, complex, cooperage, Distilleries, hand crafted, hand pumped, highland, masterpiece, one of the best, single malt scotch, single malt scotch whisky, single malts, speyside, tasting notes on March 29th, 2012%  As festivities start to got underway for St. Patrick’s Day, there was never a better time to show a little love for the sweet brown elixir that many a reveler will enjoy over the holiday weekend… Irish Whiskey. You might be interested to know that Ireland’s Taoiseach, who is in the US hosting several events in honor of the holiday, met up with Matt Shattock, President and CEO of Beam in Chicago to chat about Ireland and the success of Irish Whiskey as the fastest-growing spirits category in America. Beam, which recently acquired Ireland’s Cooley Distillery – producer of several award-winning Irish whisky brands – announced earlier this week they would be significantly increasing their import of Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey in honor of the St. Patrick’s Day.
. . . on March 28th, 2012%  Louisville, Kentucky – Louisville Distilling Company recently launched Angel’s Envy, a super-premium bourbon of uncompromising character and quality. The highly anticipated small batch artisan bourbon is the culmination of Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson’s storied career. One of the original pioneers of the premium bourbon and whiskey categories in the U.S., Lincoln came out of retirement to create the world’s finest bourbon on his own terms – with a simple desire to enjoy the art of making whiskey. The Master Distiller, which many have called a living legend, brings with him more than 40 years of experience, having worked on world-class brands, such as Woodford Reserve and Jack Daniels.
The Louisville Distilling Company gave Lincoln complete creative freedom to create his bourbon, his own way. He chose to return to the original way of producing whiskey – making decisions based on the specific taste profile he wants to achieve. He will use locally sourced, non-GMO grains, Kentucky limestone water and hand-chosen port barrels shipped directly from Portugal. Each batch-or Expression, as Lincoln calls it-will be guided by his hand and allowed to develop naturally, creating nuances in the bourbon from year to year. This year’s release is Expression 10/10, which possesses a warm spirit, lacking any hint of edginess with ephemeral hints of port wine and a rich amber hue. The Expression is distilled for an unparalleled smoothness, aged for 4-6 years in American white oak barrels and finished in hand-selected port casks for an incremental 3-6 months. The final result is exceptionally smooth, nuanced and refined bourbon. “Angel’s Envy is a lot of things,” says Lincoln Henderson, Master Distiller, Angel’s Envy. “It’s my life’s work. It’s a whiskey of incomparable smoothness. It takes into account over 200 years of bourbon heritage and mingles it with over 400 years of port wine heritage. And it’s something I’m going to let develop each year so every batch will be a natural expression of the distiller’s craft.” The bottle will be as iconic as the bourbon inside. Made from perfume-grade glass in Italy and ceramic stamped with our iconic wings, the bottle is hand-filled, corked and crated in Louisville, Kentucky. As far as the name, it’s well accepted in bourbon circles that each distillery owes a percentage of the bourbon in their barrels to the angels – known as the Angel’s Share. But, Lincoln sat the angels down and got them to agree that they could take a larger share if they agreed to leave behind something even better. The result is Angel’s Envy. Angel’s Envy is available in the following markets: Louisville, New York/New Jersey, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, Madison/Milwaukee, Baltimore, Portland, Washington, DC, Detroit and Boulder/Denver. The suggested retail price for a 750ml bottle, which may vary by market, is $44.99. Angel’s Envy is 86.6 proof and 43.3% alcohol by volume. Technorati Tags: 6 years, american white oak barrels, angel's envy bourbon, artisan, bourbon, casks, distillery, exceptionally smooth, Jack Daniels, kentucky louisville, Louisville, master distiller, woodford reserve on March 24th, 2012%  The Number 1 Selling and Most Awarded Single Malt in the World!
By Matt Goldstein The Glrenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky is celebrating 125 years. The world’s most awarded single malt and also number one selling single malt was first sipped on Christmas Day in 1887 when William Grants and his sons let the first few drops come out of their copper pot stills. Gaelic for Valley of the Deer, Glenfiddich is now traveling the United States with a special single malt to celebrate. Last year, Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador Heather Greene rolled an actual whisky cask around the iconic landmarks in Philadelphia, inviting passersby to inscribe their aspirations and dreams on them. After traveling across the U.S., the casks were sent to the Glenfiddich distillery in Scotland, where they were used to complete the aging process of a special limited edition bottling—one that will has been made in part by the thousands of Americans who touched and signed our special Dream casks. Of course, because we are a member of the “media,” we get to tast this beautiful single malt free of charge, among millions of other whiskies, vodka’s, tequila’s rums, beers wines and champagnes that the spirit companies give me. Life is awesome! Glenfiddich broke a world record last week with an auction of the first U.S. bottle of the world’s most valuable single malt scotch whisky—selling to a whisky collector for an astronomical $94,000! . . . Technorati Tags: copper pot still, gaelic, glenfiddich, glenfiddich distillery, limited edition, Scotch, scotch whisky, scotland, single malt scotch, single malt scotch whisky, william grant on March 17th, 2012%  Happy St. Patty’s Day!
By Matt Goldstein, Amy K. Haight & Kevin Hussey About a year and a half ago when my cousin Sari and her fiancé Kevin got married, Kevin’s father bought the groomsmen a bottle of Bushmills 21 Year Irish whiskey which meant a lot to us because Kevin’s father came right off the boat from Ireland and is a bartender at an Irish bar in Manhattan called Desmond’s. It was a great moment and a beautiful wedding. Unfortunately I was so hung over from the rehearsal that it was difficult to even look at the battle. Honestly, when I woke up the morning of the wedding I didn’t think I would be able to go to the actual wedding. Even more unfortunate, the groomsman and I crushed the bottle before Kevin could even get a taste. So when Bushmills sent us a sample of each of their whiskey’s we thought it would be fitting to taste the 21 year with Kevin since he missed out on the beautiful gesture from his father. The Bushmills 21 Year Malt Irish Whiskey is aged for a minimum of 19 years in Oloroso Sherry and Bourbon seasoned casks, then transferred to Madeira casks for the final 2 years of the whiskeys maturation. The Bushmills 21 year is perhaps the most complex Irish whiskey but smooth, sweet, syrupy and oaky. It’s sweet, soft, fruity and simply one of the best Irish Whiskeys in the world period. The Bushmills 21 Year comes with one of our highest recommendations but it also comes with a steep price tag, about $100. We definitely recommend this over the comparatively priced Jameson 21 year. Bushmill’s uses 100% malted barley to make their whiskey and the Old Bushmills Distillery is about 100 miles northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland and has been making whiskey in the same area for more than 400 years. . . . Technorati Tags: barley, best irish whiskeys, bushmills, bushmills 21, complex, distillery, Ireland, irish bar, irish whiskey, madeira, malted barley, maturation, northern ireland, old bushmills distillery, oloroso sherry, one of the best Page 1 of 1412345...10...»Last » | |
NEWS WIRE: FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY – The latest in the Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Bourbon Collection from Buffalo Trace Distillery is an extraordinary barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered rye recipe bourbon. Weighing in at a hefty 134.5 proof, this small batch bourbon was aged for seven years on the sixth floor of Buffalo Trace’s Warehouse C, built by Colonel Taylor in 1881.
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