The Whiskey Wash

MAY 1, 2024

The TAG Global Spirits Awards 2024 judges have named the ‘Best In Show’ bourbons and American whiskeys. Previously, I broke down the best American whiskeys and bourbons as named in the 2023 TAG Global Spirits Awards. Looking for more award-winning whiskeys? Check out the rest of my Awards Series.

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Whiskey Bottling Vodka Gin 116

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 3, 2024

The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2024 In this year’s competition, there were 787 Double Gold medal winners across all categories including bourbon, whiskey, gin, vodka, and liqueurs. The whiskey contains rye whiskeys aged up to 17 years old, with the youngest whiskey being 12 years old, hence the age statement.

Whiskey 116

Whiskey Bottling Vodka Gin 116

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 21, 2024

The competition was held as part of Tennessee Whiskey Week , held by the Tennessee Whiskey Trail. The cocktail featured Old Dominick’s Gin and Acme’s Hot Chicken Spice. It featured Company Distilling’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished with Maple Wood.

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Whiskey Promoter Promotion Gin 98

The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

R&B Distillers was founded in 2014 by Alasdair Day and Bill Dobbie, who quickly established the first legal distillery on the island of Raasay in 2017. The distillery has also produced Isle of Raasay Gin, which went on sale in 2019. The inaugural whisky release from Isle of Raasay Distillery hit the shelves in 2020.

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Gin Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 105

Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

(SRP $64.99) Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8 (2024 Special Release) Like the 2021 and 2022 Special Releases, this bottling features Tennessee whiskey which was aged on Coy Hill, the highest hill on Jack Daniel’s property in Lynchburg. It’s a 100% rye whiskey aged for six years in new American oak barrels.

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Whiskey Gin Bottling Wine 75

VinePair

MAY 9, 2024

From 2017 to 2022, craft spirits sales went from $3.7 Crucially, this is all occurring just as many distilleries finally have a substantial volume of mature whiskey ready for sale, but fewer outlets for it. s One Eight Distilling, which made bourbon , rye , gin , and vodka , shut its doors at the end of March. billion to $7.9

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Craft Beer Inventory Beer Whiskey 119

VinePair

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Five years before the games were set to kick off, both brands traded new-make whiskey from their distilleries and left them to age in the other’s maturation warehouse. At the Tsunuki distillery, the brand also distills a gin. The gin is exclusively produced in small batches. Mars also operates a winery near Mount Fuji.

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Gin Wine IPA Infusions 98

A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Copyright A Bar Above Well, another year has come and gone, and we’re already swapping out summer rum for winter whiskey. Rex Whiskey is the perfect bottle to add to your bar for the holidays with its warm aromas of apple, toffee, and red wine. Whiskey lovers will thank you ten fold for such a thoughtful gift!

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Bar Bar Tools Zero-Proof Mocktails 130

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 19, 2024

Innovations included a new bottling line, an updated wood quality policy, and gin distillation. Shop Bruichladdich Included in the wide range of Bruichladdich available on the Whiskey Wash Shop is this Bruichladdich 37 Year Old Legacy Series. With limited funds but a lot of passion, Bruichladdich was resurrected.

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Bottling Whiskey Gin Scotch Whiskey 105

Drink Me

MAY 29, 2023

Old Elk takes its name from a whiskey brand that was intended to go into production but stopped short in the face of Prohibition. A strong name for a whiskey from Colorado where the elk population is the biggest in the United States. Metze knew his whiskey and he knew had to make good stuff at high volumes.

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High Volume Whiskey Liquor Vodka 52

Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

THE CABINET BARREL PROOF AMERICAN WHISKEY (2023 RELEASE) The Cabinet is a blend of straight rye and bourbon whiskeys from Proof & Wood Ventures. Each whiskey in the blend was distilled in Indiana and then aged, blended, and bottled in Kentucky. Also included are two straight bourbon whiskeys distilled in 2016 and 2017.

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Stout Gin Whiskey Bottling 40

Barina Craft

JULY 17, 2023

Scotland is the birthplace of golf, home to its own unique whisky (that’s the Scottish spelling, American whiskeys include the ‘e’) and the country with the most current Open Championship venues at five. The four English golf clubs in The Open’s modern rotation are Royal Lytham & St. Garnish with lemon zest twist.

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Club Liqueur Brandy Simple Syrup 52

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Absinthe is a lot like gin, a distilled spirit with botanicals. Because of the delicious Sazerac made with rye whiskey, we rest our verte, pre coloring phase, in ex rye oak barrels for about 4 months. Inspired by Empress Gin, Absinthia knew that if butterfly pea flower worked in gin, it would work in Absinthe.

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Digestif Gin Liquor Alcohol 246

The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 2, 2025

Under the leadership of Leonard and his father, Ian Macleod has gone from strength to strength, acquiring the Glengoyne Distillery in 2003, Tamdhu in 2011, Edinburgh Gin in 2016, and Rosebank in 2017. This investment from Ian Macleod Distillers was a huge milestone for the company, which has resurrected The King of the Lowlands.

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Gin Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 52

Cheers

APRIL 29, 2024

Whiskey and tequila enjoyed another year of growth in 2023, albeit at numbers more “solid” than “explosive.” Our biggest release this past year is Jefferson’s Tropics: Aged in Humidity,” says Craig Johnson, head of the American Whiskey Collective at Pernod Ricard, speaking for the Fast Track brand Jefferson’s Bourbon.

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Tequila Vodka Gin Alcohol 105

Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. As always, watch this space for our top whiskeys of the year list in mid-December, which will offer even more solid picks.

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Alcohol Rum Vodka Gin 105

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 3, 2025

has unveiled its second annual Archive Release, offering whiskey collectors a chance to acquire some of the distillery’s most limited and historically significant bottles from past years. Historic First Releases Among Offerings The collection includes Copperworks’ historic Release 001, the distillery’s very first whiskey.

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Gin Whiskey Stout Bottling 53

VinePair

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Credit: Jeff Brown Foraging has been a staple of True Laurels menu development since the bar opened in 2017. When Nicholas and chef David opened True Laurel together in 2017, the bar became a platform to synthesize everything hed learned in a long and winding career both in and out of hospitality.

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Tinctures Muddling Bar Gin 105

VinePair

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Maybe 20 percent of them will order the Defying Gravi-Tea, an Elphaba -hued green tea cocktail with Irish whiskey , ginger syrup, lemon and mint; or Witch’s Brew, a Malibu rum-spiked soy milk horchata with orgeat and cinnamon served in a tulip glass. At a given theater, some 150 to 330 people will be seated and served all in one go.

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Liquor Bar Beer Wine 111

Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Skrewball Baster Set features seven 50ml shot basters, a wooden holder, and a gravy boat for filling with Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey—all for just $11.28 Each Skrewball Shot Baster is designed to deliver the perfect single serve of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey, complete with a baster bulb shaped like Skrewball’s iconic sheep logo.

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Whiskey Gin Liqueur Tequila 241

The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A second update occurred in 2017, as the SMWS further redesigned its bottle labels to better highlight whisky styles and bottlings from different regions. SMWS Today The SMWS now bottles around 500 casks a year, diversifying its spirit range to also include single grain, world whiskies, rum, gin, cognac, and other spirits.

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Bottling Beer Bar Club 98

VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s all very tantalizing, esoteric, somewhat mysterious stuff and it’s no wonder so many people (myself included) were eager to read more about this far-flung company that was making neither whiskey nor gin nor vodka but, instead, “freeform spirits.” Since you made it this far, it must be because you’re a little curious.

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Bartending Bartender Liquor Bar 119