The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Between 2019-2024, Nick Offerman collaborated with Lagavulin to release four Offerman Edition expressions, each 11 Years Old and bottled at 46% ABV, featuring cask finishes including Guiness, Charred Oak, and ex-Caribbean rum. The Offerman Charred Oak Edition was the first to be released across both the US and UK whisky markets.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 21, 2024

When the Navy was conducting voyages in the Caribbean in the 16 and 1700s they found themselves a plentiful supply of rum. With a much longer shelf life than beer, rum became the sailors’ first choice of tipple. The rum and lemon/lime juice concoction became known as ‘Grog’. Essentially, hungover.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 9, 2024

In the build-up to whatever Euros game you’re watching (hopefully it still involves England at this point), nothing will hit the spot better than a beautifully fresh and tart combination of rum, sugar, and lime juice. You can also get very experimental with rum in this drink. Dark Rum Peach Schnapps Orange Juice.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 28, 2024

Big Peat Thropaigeach is a 48% ABV Islay blended malt which has been finished in ex-Rum casks to impart a tropical influence. The striking bottle features a screen-printed design that features Big Peat (the brand’s Ileach Fisherman mascot) dressed as a pirate, representing the use of Caribbean rum casks in the whisky maturation.

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Rum Bottling Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 95

The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 23, 2024

In 2024, Speyburn unveiled a brand refresh, including two new expressions: a bourbon cask and rum cask finish. Speyburn has long flown under the radar, and is not necessarily a household name amongst scotch whisky lovers the world over. In 1991, it changed ownership and became part of Inver House.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 4, 2024

Gohar, who uses food as her creative medium, crafted a 200-inch long birthday cake for the distillery, slices of which were served alongside The Glenlivet Rum and Bourbon Fusion Cask Selection. The cake, which was the centerpiece of the event, was a vanilla sponge filled with scotch-infused apricot and peach jam.

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Rum Infusions Bottling Scotch Whiskey 40

The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

It also has an interesting collection in its Stories Series that features peated stocks, Caroni rum cask finishes, and full European oak maturations – all with fun little twists on them. The Balvenie has become a serious contender for ‘ultra-pemium’ category leads. The distillery has plenty of entry-level, available bottles.

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Rum Bottling Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 80

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 29, 2024

This new single malt scotch whisky was distilled from lightly peated barley. The spirit was then divided into Pedro Ximénez sherry casks (9 years) and Jamaican rum casks (10 years). 34) and a Tomintoul 55 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Release No.36). The resulting single malt is lively with a hint of smoke.

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Rum Bottling Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 105

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 27, 2024

Founded in 2016, The Orkney Distillery, located in Kirkwall on Orkney, has long harbored ambitions to diversify its spirits profile with whisky and rum. Following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the distillery was granted licenses to distill rum and whisky in 2023. The distillery has also begun rum distillation as of January 2024.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2024

However, by the 1980s, consumers had begun to favor white spirits such as white rum and vodka. This massive oversupply with decreasing demand resulted in multiple distillery closures and a general decline in the sale of scotch whisky. The period was known as The Whisky Loch. Superb, very superb. Mouth: ho-ho-ho!

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This particular release combines Speyside single malts from undisclosed distilleries, finished in ex-FourSquare Barbados rum casks. Mossburn, an independent bottler and owner of Torabhaig Distillery on the Isle of Skye, is known for its passion and creativity in cask-strength blended malts.

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Wine Rum Bottling Alcohol 104

The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 21, 2024

It will explore a selection of rums and whiskies hailing from coastal landscapes across the globe. The whiskies in Glens & Valleys explore Scotland’s landscape “from the foothills of the Grampian mountains to the Valley of the Garioch.” Spirits Curator at Berry Bros. &

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Infusions Bottling Rum Wine 95

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 15, 2024

Raisins, quince jelly, very old rum. 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). A complete catalogue of aromas and flavours. 98 points (record!)

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 31, 2024

The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The cask used for finishing will usually have previously held a different type of spirit, wine, or other liquid. Sherry casks are the most common, but there are plenty of examples of other cask varieties being used.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 18, 2024

The family behind it is Hunter Laing, one of the most long-living bottlers of independent whisky, rum, and now bourbon, too. The distillery looks clean and modern but also utilizes worm-tub condensers – something of a more old-school approach.

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Bottling Rum Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 88

The Whiskey Wash

JULY 4, 2024

They also distill their own gin with a goal of having whisky in the future, but for those of you who want even more jaw-dropping stuff, check out their Wee Mongrel Rum Maple Syrup edition. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Scotch Malt Whisky Society celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023.

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Bottling Rum Gin Scotch Whiskey 85

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 11, 2024

The whisky was also matured in “a three-cask finish of bold provenance”, with the liquid divided tin three different types of casks for finishing: Bordeaux wine, Calvados, and Guatemalan rum. The Midnight Malt is a single malt scotch whisky matured in first-fill oloroso sherry and American oak casks for three decades.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Finally, rum is produced using sugar cane, which does not contain gluten. Similarly, gin, which is usually a wheat-based spirit, is flavored with botanicals that shouldn’t contain gluten – any which did would be removed during the distillation process.

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Beer Whiskey Alcohol Liqueur 52

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 31, 2024

Their Sherry Cask, Rum Cask, Grand Cru Wine Cask (Paul Lanois), heavily peated single barrels, unpeated single barrels, exceptional ex-bourbon casks release – it has all been rather stunning and extremely transparent with their cask selections and vintages of their whiskies.

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Bottling Rum Alcohol Wine 106

The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 27, 2024

Smuggling was a global trade from the 1600s onwards, helped in part by the smuggling of rum out of the Caribbean across the world. Variety is the spice of life, and even with its reputation, Islay has variations on distillery styles to make us water at the mouth for as long as we’d like.

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Firstly, the popularity of blended scotch whiskies, previously high and reliable, began to decline. Increasingly, the public (both domestically and abroad) began to favour lighter spirits such as rum and vodka. Whisky became a drink of the past and did not appeal to a younger generation.

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High Volume Vodka Rum Scotch Whiskey 52

The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Whisky & Spirits Books The world of whisky is fascinating and complex, and these handy books will hook any whisky enthusiast, and leave them with a better understanding of the spirit.

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Craft Cocktails Rum Bitters Whiskey 85

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 13, 2024

Pierre and Miquelon imported 119,000 gallons of scotch in 1922, an enormous amount considering the territories’ combined population was six thousand people. From these countries, vessels laden with scotch whisky departed for America.

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Liquor Alcohol Whiskey Rum 104