Monthly Roundup: These Were the 42 Top Whiskeys Released in October 2023
October was a huge month for new whiskeys, with more than 40 significant releases dropping, including the lauded Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Wild Turkey’s most expensive whiskey ever and much more. In the latest installment of our monthly roundup, we’re here to get you up to speed on all of the top whiskeys released last month that you need to know about.
42 Top Whiskeys Released in October 2023
Editor’s note: The following whiskeys are not ranked in any particular order.
42. Buffalo Trace Releases Prohibition Collection, Featuring George T. Stagg and Other Whiskeys Lost to Time
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Buffalo Trace, the longest continuously operating distillery in the U.S., released “Prohibition Collection.” This five-bottle collection celebrates bygone whiskeys that were produced legally by the distillery during the age of Prohibition. The inaugural collection pays tribute to brands that have disappeared — until now. The 375-milliliter bottles are inspired by the original packaging of the whiskeys, and the entire collection hosts a suggested retail price of $1,000.
The expressions pay tribute to brands crafted at the George T. Stagg Distillery for the 13-year period from 1920 to 1933: Old Stagg, Golden Wedding, Three Features, Walnut Hill and George T. Stagg Spiritus Frumenti.
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41. Old Forester Acquires a Taste for Texas With 2nd Edition of King Ranch Bourbon
Old Forester announced the second annual launch of its limited-edition King Ranch release. The whiskey is available exclusively in Texas and has a suggested retail price of $90. The expression is part of a partnership with Texas-based King Ranch, which has a long history that dates back to 1853 and is the largest ranch in the U.S.
The bourbon celebrates the legacy of the brand and ranch, which have over 300 years of history combined, and was bottled at 105 proof from a proprietary batch of Old Forester bourbon that was aged in heavily charred barrels. After the bourbon was aged, it was finished through King Ranch mesquite charcoal. The charcoal was made from mesquite trees that grew on the property.
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40. Cast of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Debuts New Irish-American Whiskey, Brings it to Bars Across the US
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Four Walls, the whiskey brand founded by three cast members of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenny and Charlie Day, unveiled a new expression: Four Walls Irish American Whiskey.
The gang debuted the Four Walls Brand in June 2022 with two Irish whiskeys: Four Walls Bartender’s Blend Limited Edition and Four Walls Cask Strength Single Barrel Collector’s Edition. The whiskeys were priced at $89.95 and $999.95 respectively, and the actors donated 100% of the proceeds from the debut collection to aid the hospitality industry in Pennsylvania.
This time around, the brand is introducing a more accessible product. Four Walls Irish American Whiskey is heading to bars across the U.S. and is available from the Four Walls website for $34.99.
Bottled at 80 proof, Four Walls Irish American Whiskey is a blend of grain and malt Irish whiskeys and American rye whiskey.
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39. Pro Golfer Kevin Kisner Collaborates With Chicken Cock Whiskey on a High-Proof Bourbon
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Chicken Cock Whiskey announced a high-proof bourbon released as part of a collaboration with PGA TOUR professional golfer Kevin Kisner. This is the first launch in the brand’s Reserve Cask Program for the year, and the expression hosts a suggested retail price of $150.
The Reserve Cask Program offers the opportunity for “like-minded partners” to choose a barrel from Chicken Cock Whiskey. Kisner’s release is the inaugural expression in the series roll-out.
For the first offering, Master Distiller Gregg Snyder carefully selected 22 of Chicken Cock Whiskey’s best 8-year-old bourbon barrels. Kisner tasted and chose his personal favorite from the selection, favoring a bourbon with a mashbill of 80% corn, 11.5% rye and 8.5% malted barley. The whiskey is bottled at 123.2 proof.
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38. Heaven’s Door Pays Homage to Founder Bob Dylan’s Birthplace With Release of a Minnesota Bourbon
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Heaven’s Door, the whiskey brand co-founded by musician Bob Dylan, announced a new whiskey. “Homesick Blues” is a Minnesota wheated bourbon that pays homage to Dylan’s birthplace — Duluth, Minnesota — and the upcoming biography covering Dylan’s life, “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up The Medicine.”
The 7-year-old wheated bourbon was aged in Minnesota’s North Country and bottled at a cask-strength proof of 122.7.
According to Heaven’s Door, the harsh climate of Minnesota’s North County has wild temperatures fluctuating from 116 degrees to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which lent “an unparalleled character” to the whiskey aging in it.
A limited-edition bundle with the book, whiskey and a custom box with a copy of Bob Dylan’s original handwritten lyrics to “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” were released, but the whiskey and book can also be purchased individually through HeavensDoor.com. Delivery of the whiskey was timed to match the official release of the book on Oct. 24.
The bundle is available here for $149.99, while the whiskey alone can be ordered here for $79.99.
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37. Birds Enter the Booze Game: Eagles Debut Locally Made Bourbon and Vodka to Offer Football Fans a Taste of Philadelphia
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The Philadelphia Eagles now have their very own bourbon and vodka — under the name of a new brand named Bird Gang — thanks to a partnership with BOTLD and WeHolden. The spirits are locally made and sold in the Philadelphia area.
The brand, called Bird Gang Spirits, rolled out the inaugural expressions, which are labeled in kelly green as a nod to the team’s colors. Bird Gang’s vodka is priced at $28 and whiskey at $38 per 750-milliliter bottle. The spirits can be purchased from BOTLD’s Center City Philadelphia shop at 119 South 18th Street and online at BOTLD.com for in-state delivery.
Bird Gang Bourbon is bottled at 82 proof and according to the brand hosts “rich and robust notes of corn, rye and a hint of malted barley.”
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36. Just 150 Sets Are Available of The Dalmore’s New 3-Whisky Collection
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The Dalmore announced the launch of The Cask Curation Series, which is the first set in a coordinated rollout of rare whiskey collections slated to take place over the next four years. The inaugural set celebrates sherry cask aging and the important part it plays at The Dalmore.
Just 150 sets of the first set are available for purchase.
The series is meant to honor partners of The Dalmore. This particular collection celebrates the winemakers of González Byass in Jerez, Spain and their 80-year relationship with the distillery based in the Scottish Highlands.
This collection comprises a 26-year-old, 28-year-old and 40-year-old expression, packaged in a distinctive case made of Florentine leather. All of the whiskies were drawn at cask strength and are non-chill filtered.
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35. High West Rolls Out 11th Edition of Wildly Popular ‘A Midwinter Night’s Dram’ Whiskey
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Park City, Utah, distillery High West announced the annual release of A Midwinter Night’s Dram.
This expression is made from High West’s Rendezvous Rye whisky and is finished in ruby and tawny port barrels.
Check out our initial impressions of this year’s A Midwinter Night’s Dram in the video below.
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34. The Founder of Rabbit Hole Distillery Unveils an ‘Irreverent’ S’Mores Flavored Whiskey
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Pernod Ricard and whiskey entrepreneur Kaveh Zamanian — best known for founding Rabbit Hole Distillery — announced the release of Mash and Mallow, a s’mores-flavored whiskey, on Wednesday. Bottled at 70 proof, the flavored whiskey is said to have flavors of chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker.
The expression is made from a blend of 97% corn whiskey and 3% rye whiskey with added flavors.
Mash and Mallow has a suggested retail price of $33.
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33. The Latest Whisky in The Macallan’s Fine and Rare Collection Celebrates a Big Year for Hollywood and the Scotch Brand Alike
The Macallan launched its most recent expression within the Speyside brand’s Fine and Rare Collection. The whisky was drawn from a single cask that dates back to 1997.
The expression was matured in a European oak first-fill sherry butt over a 26-year period. Just 538 bottles are available.
Macallan’s 1997 Fine and Rare expression hosts a label that depicts the cask number, distillation year and bottling year. The age, ABV (54.8%) and volume are written by hand, as is the standard for the collection.
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32. WhistlePig Releases Rye Whiskey Selected by the Late Musician Robbie Robertson to Celebrate 45th Anniversary of ‘The Last Waltz’
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WhistlePig Whiskey announced the release of a new 12-year-old rye whiskey selected by Robbie Robertson, guitarist, songwriter and singer of Canadian-American rock ‘n’ roll outfit The Band.
Bottled at 86 proof, WhistlePig 12 Rye Whiskey – Robbie’s Blend features finishing in three wine barrels: 76% Madeira, 19% Port and 5% Sauternes.
Robertson died Aug. 9, not long after selecting this whiskey with WhistlePig.
Robbie’s Blend is a tribute to both Robertson and, with Thanksgiving approaching, “The Last Waltz,” a concert The Band played on Thanksgiving Day of 1976 in San Francisco. Over the course of the show, The Band was joined by more than a dozen guests, including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr and Neil Young.
“The Last Waltz” also became an album, and WhistlePig 12 Rye Whiskey – Robbie’s Blend bottles were dipped in wax that includes melted vinyl from that album.
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31. Redbreast Recreates an Irish Whiskey That Hasn’t Been Made in 50 Years in Latest Blended Release
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Redbreast created a 10 Year Old blended Irish whiskey expression from a resurrected recipe that was archived for half a century. The recipe was partially composed of a 10-year-old Gilbey’s expression, which hasn’t been made in 50 years.
The 10 Year Old Distillery Edition hosts a percentage of 43% ABV and can be bought for a suggested retail price of $131 at the Midleton Distillery Experience and Jameson Distillery in Dublin.
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30. TINCUP Releases 2nd 14-Year-Old Whiskey in Limited ‘Fourteener’ Series Honoring Colorado’s Highest Mountain Peaks
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TINCUP Mountain Whiskey released the second expression in the TINCUP Fourteener Series on Oct. 11.
Each year, the brand releases a limited-edition, 14-year-old whiskey dedicated to Colorado’s “14ers” — mountains at least 14,000 feet tall.
2023’s TINCUP Fourteener honors the 14,271-foot Quandary Peak, one of the state’s most popular 14ers to hike. The series debuted with last year’s initial offering, which was dedicated to Long’s Peak, the tallest mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park at 14,259 feet.
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29. Widow Jane’s Latest ‘The Vaults’ Whiskey is an Exploration of Aging Time and the ‘Unique Oak Choices On The Character of Bourbon’
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Brooklyn-based whiskey brand Widow Jane announced its annual launch of The Vaults. The 2023 release is what the brand describes as “a collection of the distillery’s oldest and rarest whiskeys.”
The Vaults 2023 contains a blend of Tennesee and Indiana whiskeys, aged for a minimum of 15 years. The whiskeys were blended in small batches and finished in Chinquapin Oak barrels.
The 99-proof expression was non-chill filtered and blended with limestone mineral water from the storied Rosendale Mines in New York, which is coincidentally where the Widow Jane brand gets its namesake.
The 2023 release of The Vaults hosts a suggested retail price of $249. It is available for purchase in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
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28. Starward Unveils ‘Rich, Dark, and Delicious’ Stout Cask-Aged Whisky, Just in Time for Autumn Imbibing
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Starward Australian Whisky announced the release of a stout cask-finished limited-release whisky expression. Many members of the Starward Whisky team are former brewers, and the brand claims this expression honors the two disciplines of craft brewing and distilling.
Starward Stout Cask hosts a 52% ABV and a suggested retail price of $100.
The Starward Team hand-selected whisky that matured in the brand’s red wine and Apera barrels. Apera is a type of Australian sherry
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27. 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Contains the Oldest Eagle Rare Bourbon Ever
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Buffalo Trace released its heralded Antique Collection this month, featuring the usual suspects, George T. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old and Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old.
We’ve got plenty of 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection video content over on our YouTube channel, including a review of each bottle and a ranking of all of this year’s expressions. Click here to check out the YouTube channel.
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26. Yellowstone Debuts Special Finishes Whiskey Collection
Lebanon, Kentucky-based whiskey brand Limestone Branch announced the rollout of the Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection. The inaugural offering is a bourbon finished in a barrel made from five different staves: high toast, American oak double-toast, vanilla, rick house and spice rack.
The bourbon was aged for four years and bottled at 100 proof. Yellowstone Toasted hosts a suggested retail price of $50 per 750-milliliter bottle.
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25. Texas Distillery Milam and Greene Releases High-Proof Bourbon Paying Homage to the Bats Roosting in Its Rickhouses
Milam and Greene announced the rollout of the latest bourbon within its 2023 Wildlife Collection, and the release could not be more perfectly timed as Halloween draws near. The Texas-based distillery’s latest expression is a single-barrel bourbon that is a liquid ode to the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat.
The single-barrel bourbon clocks in at 126.8 proof and was bottled at cask strength.
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24. The Macallan Taps Renowned Fashion Designer Stella McCartney for Latest Scotch Release
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The Macallan added two new expressions to The Harmony Collection in partnership with The McCartney sisters. The latest whisky editions reflect both Stella and Mary McCartney’s childhood experiences in the Scottish countryside. The partnership between the whisky maker and the famous sisters was announced in July, and the two expressions are the latest offerings resulting from the collaboration.
Stella McCartney is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer who focuses on sustainable, luxury fashion. Her sister, Mary McCartney, is a photographer and documentary filmmaker. The duo collaborated with the Speyside Distillery on two expressions: Green Meadow and Amber Meadow. This joint venture marks the first time both sisters worked together on a project.
Amber Meadow is available The Macallan Estate Bar, The Macallan Online Boutique and in select retailers, bars and restaurants around the world for a suggested retail price of $210. It is expected to hit the U.S. in December.
Green Meadow, on the other hand, is available in The Macallan Airport Boutiques and key airports around the world starting this month for a suggested retail price of $185.
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23. Nelson’s Green Brier Announces New Rye Whiskey
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Nelson’s Green Brier announced the launch of a new rye whiskey expression, a first for the resurrected Tennessee-based distillery.
According to the release, the expression hosts a 92.5 proof and a suggested retail price of $37. It is described as a bourbon-lovers rye, with a balance of spicy and sweeter, bourbon-driven qualities.
In addition to rolling out new rye, Nelson Bros debuted a release in the brand’s cask series, a Cognac cask-finished whiskey.
Both bottles are available at Nashville Distillery Mercantile and will roll out in markets across the U.S. in due course.
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22. Barrell Craft Spirits Goes in New Direction With Latest Bourbon
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Barrell Craft Spirits, the pioneering American blender of whiskey, announced something new for the brand: its first bourbon to be bottled below cask strength.
Barrell Foundation Bourbon is a blend of 8-year-old Kentucky bourbon; 5-, 6- and 9-year-old Indiana bourbons; 8-year-old Tennessee bourbon; and 5- and 6-year-old Maryland bourbons.
Bottled at 100 proof, Barrell Foundation Bourbon has a mashbill of 73% corn, 23% rye and 4% malted barley.
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21. North Carolina Distillery Launches Highly Limited Bourbon to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Panthers’ 1st NFC Championship
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North Carolina distillery Southern Star announced the release of a limited-edition whiskey selected from six distinctive barrels of Southern Star Paragon. The release celebrates the Carolina Panthers’ 2003 season, during which the team won its first NFC Championship. Fewer than 1,000 bottles are available.
The bottles have bespoke Carolina Panthers labels and are hand-numbered. The first 150 bottles will go on sale starting at 10 a.m.. CST on Friday, October 20.
The Paragon single-barrel bourbon is distilled from a mashbill of 70% corn, 16% wheat and 14% malted barley. The whiskeys are offered at a cask strength ABVs that fluctuate by the barrel. The whiskey has a suggested retail price of $100.
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20. Beam’s Latest Booker’s Bourbon is a Liquid Ode to a Tender Moment Before the Death of a Distilling Legend
James B. Beam Co. unveiled the third Booker’s Bourbon release of 2023: the “Mighty Fine Batch.”
Bottled at 126.6 proof, this cask-strength expression was aged for seven years, one month and 10 days.
Booker’s Bourbon Mighty Fine Batch was made from different barrels with seven production dates. The barrels were aged in six different warehouses.
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19. Pinhook Bourbon’s New Whiskey Is its Rarest Release Ever
Pinhook Bourbon announced the release of its latest whiskey: Vertical Series Bourbon 8-Year. Described as “different from any other sipper in the Pinhoook collection,” this whiskey is Pinhook’s most limited-edition release yet, according to the brand.
The Vertical Series 8-Year Bourbon is blended from 120 barrels and has a suggested retail price of $89.99.
Bottled at 114.6 proof, Pinhook Vertical Series 8-Year Bourbon is distilled from a mashbill of 75% corn, 20.5% rye and 4.5% malted barley.
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18. Brown-Forman’s Regal Release Returns: The 6th Edition of Rare, Coveted King of Kentucky Bourbon Is Older Than Ever
Brown-Forman released King of Kentucky, a rare annual bourbon release, for the sixth time.
The 2023 expression is a 16-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon, and just 3,800 bottles are available for purchase with a suggested retail price of $300.
Each year, Brown-Forman releases a single-barrel King of Kentucky offering at barrel strength.
Morris chose one lot of barrels from 2007 for this year’s release, which clocks in at 125.8 proof.
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17. WhistlePig Founder Raj Bhakta’s Latest Expression Blends Rye With Ancient Armagnac
BHAKTA Spirits announced the release of its newest flagship expression, BHAKTA 1928. The expression is a blend of straight rye whiskey, XO Calvados and Armagnac. The name, 1928, refers to the oldest vintage of Armagnac used in the blend.
The new release hosts a suggested retail price of $69.
The BHAKTA 1928 blend is 60% American rye whiskey, 30% Calvados and 10% vintage Armagnac. The Armagnacs used in the blend are vintages from 1928, 1941, 1962, 1973 and 1996.
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16. Woodford Reserve’s 2023 Master’s Collection Pays Homage to Northern California’s Wine Scene
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Woodford Reserve announced the launch of its fall 2023 Master’s Collection release: the Sonoma Triple Finish. The expression was finished in a combination of Sonoma County pinot noir and brandy barrels, as well as ex-bourbon barrels that were used to age red wine. The 2023 Master’s Collection hosts a suggested retail price of $150.
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15. Martial Artist and Action Star Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka ‘The Muscles From Brussels’, Launches Irish Whiskey Brand
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Martial artist and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is entering the world of Irish whiskey with his new brand, Old Oak Whiskey.
The brand offers two expressions, a 3-year-old Irish whiskey with a suggested retail price of $40 and a Jamaican rum reserve Irish whiskey with a suggested retail price of $50.
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14. Deanston Combines ‘the Essence of the Scottish and Mexican Highlands’ With 15-Year-Old Scotch Finished in Tequila Casks
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Highlands scotch whisky producer Deanston Distillery announced a limited-edition whisky: Deanston 15 Year Old Tequila Cask Finish Scotch Whisky.
The new release is available now from select U.S. retailers and online from ReserveBar for a suggested retail price of $279.99.
Deanston aged this whisky for 13 years in oak hogsheads and then finished it for two years in casks that once held tequila from the Jaliscan Highlands in Mexico.
Bottled at 102 proof, this single malt “blends the essence of the Scottish and Mexican Highlands,” according to Deanston. The distillery says the maturation process gives the whisky “fruity and floral” characteristics while allowing it to retain its signature Deanston notes.
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13. ‘This Is Only Round 1’: Floyd Mayweather Enters Booze Game With Launch of Whisky and Champagne Brands
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Floyd Mayweather Jr., the undefeated American boxing champion, announced the launch of two alcohol brands: Good Money Canadian Whisky and Le Bon Argent Champagne.
Good Money Whisky launches with two Canadian whiskies: 5-year and 10-year expressions.
The brand describes the 5-year-old whisky as possessing spiced and tropical fruit aromas, with caramelized orchard fruit. The brand describes it as a daily drinker due to its “refined smoothness.”
Good Money’s 10-year-old whisky was crafted with what the brand refers to as the “highest quality rye” and was aged for ten years in American Oak casks. Good Money describes it has having aromas of butterscotch, spice and vanilla with a citrus-laden finish.
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12. Tamdhu Releases Latest American Oak Oloroso Sherry Cask Expression
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Tamdhu announced the third launch of its limited-edition release, Quercus Alba Distinction III. The whisky is an homage to first-fill American oak Oloroso sherry casks.
Quercus alba is the scientific name for White Oak. This expression of Tamdhu is aged in white oak harvested from the forests of North America. The oak is then imported into Spain, where the staves air-dry in the Mediterranean climate.
The barrels are toasted and Oloroso sherry-seasoned before voyaging to Speyside.
Bottled at 48% ABV, this whisky is available for purchase in the U.K., U.S., Australia, Germany, China and the Netherlands at a suggested retail price of $85.
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11. Laphroaig Debuts Elements Series To ‘Bring A Little Bit of Our Rugged Island’ to Fans Everywhere
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Laphroaig announced the launch of the Elements Series. The brand claims the series is meant to highlight the production process at the Islay distillery.
The Elements Series launched with Elements 1.0, a product of three experiments.
Elements 1.0 was made from a combination of cloudy and semi-cloudy wort. The distillers implemented an 8.5 and 11-ton mash in the whisky-making process, honoring Laphroaig’s production process both from the past and present. Finally, the whisky is exclusively composed of Islay malt.
The 58.6%-ABV scotch is the first in the series, with more expressions to follow in 2024.
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10. Balcones Distilling Celebrates 15th Anniversary With Debut of Cataleja Single Malt Whiskey
Waco, Texas-based whiskey producer Balcones Distilling announced the release of its new Cataleja Texas Single Malt Whiskey, coinciding with the distillery’s 15th anniversary.
Distilled from 100% Golden Promise Malted Barley, Balcones Cateleja Texas Single Malt was first aged for three years in Texas in barrels previously used to age Kentucky bourbon, then was transferred to ex-Sherry Solera casks from Moscatel, Amontillado Dulce, Oloroso and Palo Cortado Spanish wine cellars. Then, the whiskey was moved back into “neutral barrels.” The maturation process then concluded with “two additional rounds of refill single malts through the decommissioned casks,” according to Balcones.
Balcones Cataleja Texas Single Malt has a suggested retail price of $125 and will be available for a limited time from select retailers in Texas, California, Illinois, Colorado, New York and Florida, plus online from ReserveBar.
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9. WhistlePig’s 10th ‘Boss Hog’ Rye Whiskey Features 2 Inventive, Unorthodox Barrel Finishes
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Vermont distillery WhistlePig Whiskey announced the 10th release in its priciest and most experimental series: The Boss Hog.
WhistlePig The Boss Hog X: The Commandments is rye whiskey aged in new oak barrels and sourced from Canada. WhistlePig finished this limited-edition whiskey in two unusual types of barrels. The first finishing barrel contained an unorthodox spirit that WhistlePig distilled from rye and whey and infused with aromatic resins from Boswellia and Commiphora trees.
Bottled between 105.3 and 107 proof, WhistlePig The Boss Hog X: The Commandments has a suggested retail price of $599.99 per 750-milliliter bottle. It is available starting Tuesday from bars, restaurants and liquor stores across the U.S.
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8. Scotch Malt Whisky Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary By Releasing One of Its Oldest Expressions Yet
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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society announced that in honor of its 40th anniversary, the group would release a rare, limited-edition offering: a 40-year-old single malt scotch from a single cask.
Society Cask Number 12.79 is one of the oldest single malt scotch whiskies the society has released. It was aged in an ex-bourbon barrel and dates back to April 1983, right around the time of the society’s inception. According to the brand, the team hand-chose the cask in 2018 and transferred it to a refilled Spanish oak sherry hogshead.
The Society Cask Number 12.79 expression bottle hosts a suggested retail price of $3,995.
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7. Grammy Winner Michael Bublé Unveils Unorthodox Whiskey Brand Fraser and Thompson
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Grammy-winning singer Michael Bublé announced the launch of his whiskey brand, Fraser and Thompson. The brand debuts in partnership with Bublé’s friend, Paul Cirka, the master distiller and blender behind Canadian whisky producer Cirka Distilleries.
In what the brand is touting as an industry-first “North American Whiskey” style, Fraser and Thompson blends Canadian whisky with Kentucky bourbon.
Fraser and Thompson North American Whiskey is blended and bottled by Heaven Hill in Bardstown, Kentucky. Bottled at 42% ABV, the whiskey is available in limited quantities in the U.S. and select international markets, including Canada, for a suggested retail price of $29.99, as well as online from ReserveBar.
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6. Islay Scotch Whisky Distillery’s Latest Release Is the Result of ‘Highly Extreme’ Cask Treatment
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Ardbeg announced the release of a new expression on Tuesday: Ardbeg Anamorphic. This scotch whisky is the result of what the Islay-based brand refers to as a “highly extreme,” cask treatment process.
The whisky is bottled at 48.2% ABV and is only available online for Ardbeg Committee Members. A small amount of the whisky is available for purchase in person at the Islay distillery.
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5. Scotch Brand Ballantine’s Expands Esports Presence With Dota 2-Themed Whisky
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Scotch whisky brand Ballantine’s is continuing its momentum within the gaming and Esports space with the Chinese launch of two “Dota 2”-themed whiskies.
The whiskies were a part of a collaboration with Valve, a gaming company. The limited-edition expressions were launched with the company in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena title.
Ballantine’s is also set to release a short film, featuring the Dota 2 characters on a quest to procure some whisky.
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4. Buffalo Trace Debuts 25-Year-Old Edition of Eagle Rare
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3. Rabbit Hole Continues Distillery Series With Limited Release of Seasong Bourbon Finished in Rum Casks
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Louisville, Kentucky-based distillery Rabbit Hole announced the release of a limited-edition Kentucky straight bourbon finished in rum casks: Seasong.
Rabbit Hole Seasong is the latest whiskey in the brand’s Distillery series, a collection of limited-edition, small-batch, cask-strength whiskeys.
Only 2,176 bottles of Seasong are available for purchase exclusively at Rabbit Hole Distillery in Louisville, and a limited quantity of bottles will be available online through rabbitholedistillery.com, where bottles can be shipped to Kentucky, Arkansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Washington, D.C.
Bottled at 108.4 proof, Seasong has a suggested retail price of $50 per 375-milliliter bottle.
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2. Wild Turkey Celebrates Heritage With Generations Bourbon, its Most Expensive Whiskey Ever
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Kentucky whiskey producer Wild Turkey announced the release of the first collaboration between three generations of the Russell family. The Wild Turkey distilling team of grandfather, son and grandson Jimmy, Eddie and Bruce Russell crafted this bourbon together. Fittingly, it’s named Wild Turkey Generations.
Jimmy and Eddie Russell are co-master distillers, while Bruce Russell was recently appointed associate blender. Jimmy Russell is the longest-tenured master distiller in the entire spirits world, according to Wild Turkey.
Bottled at 120.8 proof, Wild Turkey Generations is a blend of -, 12-, 14- and 15-year-old bourbons presented in a bottle etched with the signatures of all three Russells.
Whiskey Raiders Chief Spirits Critic Jay West managed to get his hands on a bottle of Wild Turkey Generations a few weeks before it was announced. Check out his thoughts after first tasting it in the below video.
1. Hard Truth Drops 4 Rye Whiskeys Each Featuring a Different Barrel Finish
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Indiana whiskey producer Hard Truth Distilling Co. announced the release of four new whiskeys, which together comprise the Barrel Finished Reserve collection.
The Barrel Finished Reserve series takes Hard Truth’s Sweet Mash Rye — distilled from a mashbill of 94% rye and 6% malted barley — and finishes them in different barrels. Each whiskey has a suggested retail price of $99.99 per 750-milliliter bottle. Barrel Finished Reserve will be an annual release.
The debut expressions comprise Pedro Ximénez Sherry, Pedro Ximénez Brandy, Sauternes and Cognac.
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