The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The beauty of the term ‘American Style Whiskey’ is that it encompasses a wide range of whiskey styles. From American single malts to experimental spirits, American whiskeys can appeal to a very wide range of palates, and allow distilleries room for experimentation. Keep an eye out! 40 as the one destined for bottling.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 24, 2023

We’ve tempered our taste for four-figure spirits this time around, and while most of the whiskeys we picked for 2023 cost more than $100, only one lands in what we’d consider unicorn territory. As always, we’re revealing one whiskey each day over the next 10 days until we hit #1 on Christmas Eve. Want more selections?

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 12, 2024

The double-blind tasting competition is held annually and features everything from whiskey and bourbon to tequila and vodka. To name every gold medal winner in the American whiskey and bourbon categories would take a long time. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is named for George T. Stagg was at the helm of the O.F.C.

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VinePair

AUGUST 6, 2024

ZX Ventures, AB InBev’s growth and innovation unit, completed the initial purchase for an undisclosed amount in April 2018. Today, the site is widely regarded as the top whiskey retailer in the world, offering thousands of spirits across a handful of spirits categories including whiskey, rum, and gin.

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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.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Seagrass , arguably its most successful blend, calls to mind the oceanside with its rye finished in rum, Madeira, and apricot brandy barrels. These seem like whiskeys that would typically end up as part of Barrell’s sprawling Private Release line. More rum than bourbon, then. Because this isn’t just amburana finished whiskey.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 23, 2023

We’ve tempered our taste for four-figure spirits this time around, and while most of the whiskeys we picked for 2023 cost more than $100, only one lands in what we’d consider unicorn territory. As always, we’re revealing one whiskey each day over the next 10 days until we hit #1 on Christmas Eve. Want more selections?

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Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

First announced in December 2018 as a limited edition annual bottling for the holidays, as of fall 2024 it is a permanent addition to the core portfolio with availability year-round. It’s made with the same mash bill recipe as the flagship rye whiskey which was first released in 2011 — 95% rye and 5% malted barley. 10 years. (SRP

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Good Spirits News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The reserve rums in the blend were aged in oak barrels with varying levels of toast. Then the rum was additionally aged in Tawny 10 Port wine barrels for a period of time before bottling. The Dominican sugarcane used for the rum was harvested from Barceló’s own cane fields. Available February 13, 2024 nationally. (SRP

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 23, 2024

” It was added to the distillery’s core range in 2018, in celebration of distillery manager, Bobby Anderson’s, 18-year anniversary at the distillery. In 2024, Speyburn unveiled a brand refresh, including two new expressions: a bourbon cask and rum cask finish. In the US, prices usually exceed $100.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 3, 2024

(image via Hard Truth) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Since its start in distilling back in 2015, Indiana’s Hard Truth distillery has primarily focused on being a whiskey producer, more specifically, a maker of bourbon. per 750 ml bottle.

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VinePair

MARCH 27, 2024

Rum makers have offered emulations of legendary releases even the most fanatic of tiki enthusiasts have never encountered. We’ve used modern whiskey production methods to reimagine a flavor profile that we found in a bottle from yesteryear,” he says. It’s true, whiskey in the bottle does not age in the way wine does,” Saxon says.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 16, 2024

The majority of Indian spirits labeled as ‘whisky’ are closer to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), and are marketed to domestic Indian consumers. 2018 The first annual Paul John Christmas Edition bottling is released.

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Good Spirits News

MARCH 15, 2024

Campari Cask Tales is being sold as a 3-pack 1L set with this Bourbon Finish, a Tequila Finish, and a Rum Finish via ReserveBar.com. SRP $495 for the 3-pack set) CAMPARI CASK TALES RUM FINISH Campari Cask Tales is a limited edition collection featuring the brand’s iconic bitter liqueur finished in unique barrels from across the globe.

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Good Spirits News

AUGUST 2, 2024

15 Stars 11 Year Three Kings This limited edition expression from 15 Stars is a blend of three styles of straight whiskeys: wheat, rye, and bourbon. SRP $79) Planteray Mister Fogg Navy Rum This limited edition navy rum was created by Maison Ferrand owner and Planteray Master Blender Alexandre Gabriel.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 15, 2024

Raisins, quince jelly, very old rum. In 2018, one came to auction and failed to attract any bids. Second go after some breathing, one hour and a half later, from the very same glass (no refill!): the nose gets quite similar to a very old Sauternes or a Sélection de Grains Nobles (by Zind-Humbrecht, no need to say). 98 points (record!)

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VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

When asked to think about the world’s most popular spirit, American minds will likely drift to liquors like vodka or whiskey , maybe even rum if they’re being ambitious. Should they put it next to the rum? So most would likely be shocked to learn that the spirit claiming the No. There’s no baijiu section,’” Sandhaus explains.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 31, 2024

Stewart looked back on the creation of DoubleWood on its 25th anniversary in 2018, telling Master of Malt: “My biggest achievement with Balvenie is certainly Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old. The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The Malt Master oversees the whole process.

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VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Those skills were put to the test in 2018 when Haley won the National Championship of Speed Rack , the country’s preeminent speed bartending competition. She built her chops at Dutch Kills and Fresh Kills — bars that she described as providing “foundational training that was built to make me fast and accurate.”

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Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Angel’s Envy Triple Oak Triple Oak joins the brand’s Signature Series which also includes the Port Wine Barrel finished bourbon released in 2011 and Caribbean Rum Cask finished rye released in 2013. However, this release was made with whiskey pulled from the 5th or 6th floor rather than the top floor.

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VinePair

JUNE 28, 2024

Tip Top Proper Cocktails Gin Martini When Tip Top launched in 2018, it quickly garnered favor for its lineup, which now includes 11 cans.This Martini is among the best of the bunch, and ideal for those who prefer their spec on the drier side as gin is the definite star here.

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

Once restricted to a handful of botanical waters, alcohol-free options have expanded to include ready-to-drink (RTD) mocktails in large and small formats, convincing base “spirits” that mimic the profiles of traditional whiskey, gin, and apéritivos, and party-friendly formulas that offer a different kind of buzz. Agrestis Brooklyn-based St.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 31, 2024

Stewart looked back on the creation of DoubleWood on its 25th anniversary in 2018, telling Master of Malt: “My biggest achievement with Balvenie is certainly Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old. The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The Malt Master oversees the whole process.

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This vatting was then finished in casks from BCS’s 2018 Tale of Two Islands Rum, a Jamaican rum which was matured in peated Islay single malt barrels. Inspired by Zhou Guanyu — the first Chinese F1 driver — the whiskey was also finished in lychee and oolong tea barrels. It was bottled at cask strength. (SRP

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

SRP $97.99) GEORGE DICKEL 18 YEAR BOURBON Dickel Bourbon was first introduced in 2021 as a permanent 8 year offering to the brand’s portfolio in order to showcase whiskeys made at the distillery that had more of a bourbon profile. SRP $49.99) TRAVERSE CITY WHISKEY CO. Only 400 cases were produced.

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Tequila Rum Bottling Liqueur 40

The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 31, 2024

Stewart looked back on the creation of DoubleWood on its 25th anniversary in 2018, telling Master of Malt: “My biggest achievement with Balvenie is certainly Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old. The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The Malt Master oversees the whole process.

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Old Liquors Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

When you work hard all day with your head and know you must work again the next day what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane like Whiskey? Before an attack who can say anything that gives you the momentary well being that rum does? But that’s another story Originally posted 2018-01-30 09:35:49.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

EDITION successfully developed the first Punch Room for The London EDITION in Fall 2013, catapulting itself to the top of the international cocktail scene, and the concept was then expanded to Shanghai and Barcelona in 2018, Madrid and Tampa in 2022, and Rome, Singapore and Ginza in 2023. The bar has been recognised as No.4

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Enlisting special guests to help guide the tours, Wayne (Author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and frequent spirits contributor for The Atlantic, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH, The Daily Beast , and Garden & Gun ) and co. will lead a series of tours, including: Absinthe Tour Bourbon St. &

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Enlisting special guests to help guide the tours, Wayne (Author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and frequent spirits contributor for The Atlantic, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH, The Daily Beast , and Garden & Gun ) and co. will lead a series of tours, including: Absinthe Tour Bourbon St. &

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In addition to single malt whiskies, the SMWS also bottles grain whiskies, rums, and American whiskies, denoted by prefixes “G”, “R”, and “B” respectively. It is renowned for its smooth and honeyed Irish whiskey. 158 Yuza Distillery Japan Yuza, established in 2018, produces a light and fruity whisky.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 23, 2024

The majority of Indian spirits labeled as ‘whisky’ are closer to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), and are marketed to domestic Indian consumers. The Camikara cane juice rum brand was launched in 2022.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 6, 2024

The majority of India’s distilled spirits labelled and sold in the domestic market as ‘whisky’ are closer in consistency to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL).

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 11, 2024

Introduced in the 1960s, McDowell’s is amongst the largest umbrella spirits brands in the world, marketing varieties of whisky, brandy, and rum. 1 light and dark rum variants joined the range, after launch in 1990-91. In 2018, the brand’s rename was announced as Mr. Dowell’s No. McDowell’s No.1 By 1968, McDowell’s No.1

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The World Whiskies Awards unveiled their top picks in the American blended whiskey category in 2024, spotlighting a diverse array of masterfully crafted spirits. From historic Kentucky distillers to bold innovators across the United States, this years winners showcase the artistry and experimentation driving the evolution of American whiskey.

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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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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 10, 2024

TL;DR Johnnie Walker Black Label Triple Cask builds on the classic Black Label by finishing in bourbon, scotch whisky, and Caribbean rum casks, adding extra complexity but dropping the 12-year age statement. Christopher Null – Drink Hacker Christopher Null of review site, Drink Hacker, sampled the Triple Cask in 2018 as well.

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