Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Far too often, wineries present an expression christened as a “flagship” or “marquee” bottle with very little distinction from the remainder of its offerings. Do not hesitate or deliberate if you are ever fortunate to have in your presence a soul generous enough to offer to open a bottle. Extraordinary stuff.

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Drinkhacker

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Bottled in Bond Act dates to 1897 and established strict standards of quality for American whiskey that were much needed at that point in history. But in modern America, a bottled in bond designation does not carry remotely the same weight that it did in 1897. How did they do with their bottled in bond debut? 100 proof.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

” Founded in 2018 by Brian Polen and Brandon Doughan, Brooklyn Kura has always blended sake fundamentals with American craft brew creativity. So jump on the chance to snag a bottle when you can. But if you live outside their shipping region, you can also nab a bottle from Tippsy Sake. $55,

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 2, 2024

We review Hard Truth Bottled-In-Bond Wheated Bourbon, a 100-proof offering aged five years after being distilled from a mash bill of 69% corn, 19% wheat, and 12% malted barley. ” What’s in the bottle The bourbon highlighted in this review is the Hard Truth Bottled-In-Bond Wheated Bourbon. .” per 750 ml bottle.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The inaugural bottling called Edition 18, named for the 2018 vintage, is meant to look at climate change through the lens of Chardonnay. An exceptionally warm season with an early harvest, 2018 translated into riper fruit and spice character. Last year, Ruinart released the all-new Blanc Singulier.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 17, 2024

We review Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Spring 2024 Kentucky Straight Bourbon, aged for a decade and the thirteenth national release in the popular Heaven Hill decanter series. As it now does twice a year, going back for the first time to 2018, Heaven Hill likes to bring to market its Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond offerings.

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Drinkhacker

JULY 19, 2024

High West Bottled in Bond Rye – 80% rye and 20% malted rye, 4 years old (produced actually in 2018). B+ / $125 [ BUY IT NOW FROM CASKERS ] highwest.com The post Review: High West Bottled in Bond Rye and Bourye (2024) appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking. Reviewed: Batch 24B20.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 21, 2024

We review Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition, consisting of Heaven Hill bourbon from barrels produced in September 1999, emptied in March 2013 and put away until being bottled in February 2024. What’s on the review table here now, the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition, marks the third.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 20, 2024

Heaven Hill’s first 2024 release of the Old Fitzgerald bottled in bond series has arrived with extra-special vibes attached: This release commemorates the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the historic Bernheim Distillery (DSP-KY-1) in Louisville — and along with it the Old Fitzgerald brand. 100 proof.

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VinePair

AUGUST 26, 2024

And on August 11, the Guinness World Records association officially recognized what is possibly the mother of all vintage spirits: a bottle of 1696 Jules Robin Cognac owned by Cognac collector Lars Janssen in the Netherlands. Despite its age, the bottle has been preserved in remarkably great condition.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Augusta Distillery was founded in 2018 and has largely functioned as a bottler of exceptional sourced bourbon. As Augusta waits for in-house whiskey to come of age, the distillery continues to bottle Old Route 8 and Buckner’s, sourced from various origins. Like previous releases, both offerings are single barrel bottlings.

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Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

2013 Moet & Chandon Dom Perignon Champagne This 750-milliliter bottle of bubbly is very dry. This 750-milliliter bottle of Bettina Bryant Proprietary Reds accents of cinnamon, cranberry, mint, rose petal and sweet red cherry come from cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Overall, Wine Enthusiast gave it a 92 rating.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Amor built its reputation on stirred, bitter-oriented drinks, and this cocktail destination has 20 or more bottles of aperitif wines open at any one time. For those who like what they taste, there’s the option to take a bottle to go. Bring your own bottle to fill with vermouth or take one to go.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 7, 2025

When Grain and Barrel Spirits launched Chicken C**k Whiskey in 2018, the branding drew plenty of amused chatter. To get a great look at the base whiskey, Drinkhacker was provided with a bottle from the 15th batch of Chicken C**k Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon for review. 100 proof.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 11, 2024

The Brora Iris 50 Year Old 1972 became the most expensive bottle of whisky from the Brora distillery when it sold for £400,000 ($483,080) at the Distiller’s One Of One Auction, hosted by Sotheby’s. Photo: Sotheby’s/Distiller’s One Of One The old record for the most expensive bottle of Brora whisky was £54,450.

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Bottling Whiskey Wine 98

Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

Hana Makgeolli Since 2017, Alice Jun has been making both traditional and experimental makgeolli (Korean rice wine) and opened the Hana Makgeolli brewery, with business partner John Limb, in late 2018. More than 200 bottles expand the selection further, but don’t worry—they’re here to walk you through it.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But selecting one standout bottle from every subcategory of the spirit early each year offers a unique snapshot into what wowed us over the last 12 months. As part of this work, VinePairs tasting and editorial staff samples thousands of bottles every year. This helps us keep a finger on the pulse of whats new and exciting.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As is always the case, we reviewed a ton of whiskey this year more than 400 different bottles, by my count and picking out our ten favorites was an incredibly difficult task. While you’re preparing for the big reveal, feel free to indulge in some of our previous top 10 whiskey lists: 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , and 2017.

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 27, 2025

I went along to one of those tastings and ended up buying a couple of bottles. It included an image of the distillery and the whole bottle rather than just the label. So, I started in 2017 and filled my first barrels of Hogback whisky in 2018. The book focused on a smaller range, but with more information about the distillery.

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Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

2018 Tenute Lunelli Carapace Montefalco Sagrantino – Fruit-forward and quite dense, this Sagrantino’s focuses on a core full of raspberry and cherry but is accompanied by notes of tea leaf and blackberry compote emerging with time. Another 2 to 3 years in bottle would serve this well.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2018, it acquired the rights to make Malört from a Florida contract distiller that had been making the liqueur for around 40 years after the digestif’s previous distillery, Chicago’s Mar-Salle Distillery, shuttered in 1986. The drink provides Joly enough justification to put a bottle of Malort in Riff Raff’s well. “It

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

They are The Macallan £150,000 (estimated) TIME : SPACE 1940 84 Year Old + a 2018 5 Year Old, and £1,100 The Macallan TIME : SPACE Mastery, a no-age-statement expression comprised of whisky from 14 different cask types. The Macallan TIME : SPACE Price The 1940 84 Year Old, accompanied by the 2018 5 Year Old, make up one release: TIME : SPACE.

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VinePair

JUNE 13, 2024

When you’re shopping for bottles from Bordeaux , prices can get steep. That means Bordeaux and similarly prolific regions have name-brand appeal that allows their producers to price their wines higher, which can make it even harder to get your money’s worth at the bottle shop. At that price point, there is no better bottle of Bordeaux.”

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 22, 2024

Its current iteration, which opened on historic Mare Island in 2018 under the ownership of Napa Valley winemaker Dave Phinney, distills, ages, finishes, and bottles a range of brown spirits, including bourbon, whiskey, and rye. It makes these bottled in bond whiskeys so special. It is priced at $99.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 19, 2024

Its current iteration, which opened on historic Mare Island in 2018 under the ownership of Napa Valley winemaker Dave Phinney, distills, ages, finishes, and bottles a range of brown spirits, including bourbon, whiskey, and rye. It makes these bottled in bond whiskeys so special. It is priced at $99.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Amongst the oldest single malt expressions ever to be released by The Macallan, the Lalique 72 Year Old Whisky celebrates the opening of the new £140 million distillery and visitor’s centre in May 2018. Only 600 individually numbered Genesis Decanters were produced, bottled at 42% ABV. What Is The Macallan In Lalique 72 Year Old?

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 1, 2024

” The Basil Hayden 10 Year Old first hit the shelves in December 2018, and very quickly became a popular expression. Bottled at 40% ABV, the bourbon is “light-flavored enough to examine on the palate without any lingering harshness,” according to an earlier brand press release.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

But I took the leap, and I started living here full time here in 2018. So I’d open a really beautiful bottle, maybe a sparkling rosé like a pét-nat. I was driven by a need for a change and to get out of New York a bit. I didn’t have any connection to Paris other than having gone to a French pastry school in New York.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

And while it might now offer varietals like Pinot Noir , Merlot , Chardonnay , rosé , Prosecco , and more, it got its start producing Cabernet Sauvignon , which remains the top-selling bottle in the portfolio. Bottled at just 13.5 Bottled at 14.5 Bottled at 14.5 is sure to wow.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 16, 2024

India became as the UK’s largest market for Scotch whisky by volume in 2022, importing 219 million bottles according to figures published by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). A commemorative bottling, Paul John ‘Mars Orbiter’ was released in 2018, in celebration of India’s successful space mission launching a probe to Mars.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

While the series’ first installment featured sugar cane harvested in 2016 and 2017, the new expression’s sugar cane was exclusively harvested in Summer 2018. Only 5,418 70 millilter bottles will be available worldwide, with just 1,200 available at select premium retailers in the United States for a suggested retail price of $400.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 7, 2024

Today, bottles of Macallan sell from anywhere between $100 and $2.6 The expression was first bottled in the 1970s (by the likes of Campbell Hope & King and Gordon & Macphail) at varying strengths, including 70 proof and 100 proof expressions. million, and the brand is now catering more to investors than it is to drinkers.

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VinePair

JANUARY 22, 2025

As part of this work, VinePairs tasting and editorial staff samples thousands of bottles every year. Its a grape native to Austria and can be made to be rich and age-worthy, or fun and easy, like this liter bottle. This single-vineyard bottling from the Finger Lakes has a toasty nose with some brled pear and a hint of wet stone.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 25, 2024

When Macallan’s new £140 million distillery was built in 2018, famous coppersmith company Forsyths was commissioned to replicate the original distillery’s 21 existing stills, down to the last dent. The ongoing Archival Series envisions a 24-bottle collection commemorating the Macallan advertising campaigns from the 1970s to the 1990s.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 26, 2024

With around 300 different Blue Label bottlings, including limited editions and variant blends, Johnnie Walker frequently collaborates with traditional and contemporary artists to create distinctive, vibrant designs. Some releases are highly exclusive, with production runs as small as 100 bottles. ABV – with only 888 bottles produced.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This release, TIME : SPACE, contains both an 84-year-old 1940 vintage and a 2018 vintage bottled at five-years-old from the first year of production at The Macallan’s new Easter Elchies distillery. The 1940 vintage, bottled at 43.6

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Bottling 98

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The bourbon , which the Beam Suntory-owned distillery first launched in December 2018, has historically only been released in limited quantities on an annual basis. The expression’s new packaging includes a polished, dark gray label with gold-embossed lettering, though the bottle will still have the iconic, monogrammed Basil Hayden belt.

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