Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

By the late 50s Hood River Distillers had begun blending and bottling spirits for distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2013, Hood River Distillers purchased Lucid Absinthe Supérieure, the first genuine absinthe made with real Grand Wormwood to be legally available in the United States.

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Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

October 2024 brings Angel’s Envy’s first addition to their Signature Series line since their rum cask rye was launched in 2013. Owen Martin has artfully blended the finished product, with Triple Oak bottled at 92 proof. Angel’s Envy’s original flagship bourbon is bottled at 86.6 92 proof.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 6, 2024

We review Old Elk Cigar Cut Island Blend, a blend of Old Elk’s bourbon, rye, and wheat whiskeys finished in former Port, Sauternes, Sherry, and Rum barrels before being bottled at 111.7 It blends straight whiskeys finished in former Port, Sauternes, Sherry, and Rum barrels. This whiskey, bottled at 111.7

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 28, 2024

Ardnamurchan The style of liquid that the Ardnamurchan Distillery has been producing and has bottled in the last few years is classic Highland, but with a West Coast flavor making its way through. If you’re looking to treat yourself then I’d chase down the sherry cask or the rum cask releases. Let’s talk about them.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 9, 2024

India became 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). Beginning with the pioneer of Indian whisky, Amrut Distilleries , which released India’s first single malt bottling in 2004. Image via Whisky Auctioneer.

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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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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Rum & Rhubarb seasonal (East London Rarer rum, apple mint cordial, Idyll rhubarb & meadowsweet soda) was another big hit, giving a mojito a fruity spin that evokes strawberry more than rhubarb. Slightly smoky from the malt, the pear notes prop it up and let that gooseberry-driven coconut note to shine.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Each SMWS bottle features a two-part numerical code. The first number represents the distillery, assigned in the order the Society first bottled a cask from that distillery. means its the sixth cask bottled from distillery number 27, which corresponds to Springbank. What Do the SMWS Codes Mean? For example, a code of 27.6

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Good Spirits News

MAY 12, 2024

Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS), the original independent blender of unique aged, cask strength whiskey since 2013, recently launched the third offering in its Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Mizunara. The first two bourbon blends, which launched last Fall, included Amburana and A Tale of Two Islands Rum Finish. per 750ml bottle.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 29, 2024

Both whiskies were bottled at 46% ABV with an RRP of £52.99 (~$66). The spirit was then divided into Pedro Ximénez sherry casks (9 years) and Jamaican rum casks (10 years). The brand was launched in 2013 as a lightly peated expression (15 phenol parts per million). Just 74 bottles were yielded.

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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). John Distilleries was founded by Paul P.

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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. It’s bottled at 112 proof (56% ABV). Available September 2024. SRP $204.99) Octomore 15.2

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2024

Since the late ‘90s when he used to lobster claw bottles to speed-pour Long Island Iced Teas at TGI Fridays, he’s been hooked on the rush of delivering liquid happiness. Years of grabbing heavy bottles and shaking mixing tins had severely damaged the nerves in both hands, but like many bartenders, he soldiered through the pain.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 3, 2024

It is then matured for seven years in virgin American charred white oak and bottled at cask strength. Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller, Chris Fletcher, kept a careful eye on these barrels as they matured before the whiskey was bottled at 107 proof. The 6 Year Old is bottled at 50% ABV (or 100 proof). Click here to find out more.

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Good Spirits News

APRIL 5, 2024

Inspired by the pyramids and red clay found throughout Los Guachimontones in Jalisco, this tequila is presented in a red ceramic trapezoidal-shaped bottle. For this bottling, two bourbon mash bills were used — one with a high-rye 35% recipe and another with a moderate 18% rye recipe. Notably, the new bottle label glows in the dark.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 18, 2024

The distillery is located on a vast estate next to the Kentucky River and is home to numerous warehouses, a still room, a mash house, a bottling facility, and (of course) Buffalo Trace’s famous water tower. The National Historic Landmark Tour – Buffalo Trace Distillery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2013.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Shorter smuggling routes from Mexico and the Caribbean put more tequila and rum into American’s hands during its decade of Prohibition, and Americans’ preference for those spirits (as well as whiskey) persisted after repeal. But Pisco’s popularity in the U.S. The Pisco Sour landed in the U.S. million for the industry last year.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

RateBeer named Hill Farmstead the top brewery every year from 2013 through 2020, and by the end of the decade, most of the beer world simply took it as an immutable fact that this was the best brewery in the world. Funky, barrel-aged sours may not have as much pull in today’s market, but Lost Abbey’s impact cemented their status for me.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As much as any other spirit, it’s safe to say there’s a style of rum for everyone. Some bottles are specifically produced for cocktails; others, owing to the price tags that accompany them, demand to be sipped, whether neat, on the rocks, or proofed down to the drinker’s preference. After all, there’s a style of rum for everyone.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 26, 2024

We review Kentucky Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon (Batch 2), distilled from the sweet mash style and finished in ex-rum casks for a spell. The Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon offers a nice, balanced palate. Read the full article at Whiskey Review: Kentucky Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon (Batch 2)

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

In an innovative collaboration, American actor Nick Offerman has partnered with Islay’s oldest distillery, Lagavulin , to release a series of limited Offerman Edition bottlings. A Lagavulin Offerman 2 nd Edition bottling followed in 2021, launched for the US market and distillery visitors. Finish: A gentle chili spice to finish”.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

At Booker and Dax in 2013, my first day of work in the cocktail world saw me using a double beam scale to balance centrifuge rotors full of lime juice. We chatted rum styles and tropical drinks and I was immediately a fan — he wore his love for, and knowledge of, drinks and spirits on his sleeve then as he does to this day.

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VinePair

MAY 19, 2024

Shortly after publishing his satirical book “Broken Piano for President,” American author Patrick Wensink received a cease and desist letter from lawyer Christy Susman concerning the book’s cover, which is strikingly similar to the saloon-style labeling on Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey bottles.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

It specialized in agave spirits and drinks, or rum. On the consumer end, once the pandemic had receded somewhat and bars began to open again, it released a bottled-up need and desire. It was a classic cocktail bar, or a neo-speakeasy. It was a tiki/tropical bar or a haven for amaro.

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The Whisky Exchange

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This range of bottlings pops up once year to showcase different takes on whiskies from Diageo’s various Scottish distilleries. Stuart Morrison – the malt master behind the range – was on hand at the event to answer everyone’s questions, and give us an insight into how he created these remarkable bottlings.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 27, 2025

La Maison & Velier revived the old Papalin blended rum brand in 2013, and now LM&V is out with a follow up to its most recent release, a 2022 bottling of 7 year old juice. Papalin Jamaica High Ester Rum 5 Years Old Review You won’t miss the “high ester” tag, which is explosive right at the outset.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Shopping is tough, so if you’re considering a special bottle for a special someone in your life, look no further. Sure, Dad may be happy with another bottle of Maker’s Mark or Macallan single malt — but we think you can move the joyfulness needle just a bit more with something a little more exotic.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 9, 2025

Perhaps best known for highly aged Armagnac , Vermont-based Bhakta Spirits has gradually diversified to bottlings beyond brandy, ranging from rum to rye (often blended with brandy varieties or finished in brandy casks). Contrast that with the 2013 vintage , released in 2023, which came from a 99 percent corn mashbill.)

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 24, 2025

Predicting the best cask strength whiskies of 2025 is a bit of a gambledistilleries are tight-lipped about upcoming releases, and some of these bottles may never materialize. Benromach Cask Strength Vintage This 2013 vinatge is a favorite of mine. Peated, heavily sherry-matured, bottled at natural strengthand remarkably affordable.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In 1937 a more successful whisky, Kakubin (which means ‘Square Bottle’) followed and some bottles do occasionally go on sale on the auction market to this day. on Master of Malt and is limited to one bottle per customer. A lovely citrus note develops with more tropical fruit notes and a little rum.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Scotch Whisky Association ’s 2013 annual report declared that, unlike the EU, “there is no compulsory definition of whisky in India, and the Indian voluntary standard does not require whisky to be distilled from cereals to be matured”. What Defines Indian Whisky? What Are The Top Indian Single Malt Whisky Brands?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

All things told, each ranking takes into consideration more than a thousand bottles submitted and tasted. Almost two-thirds of the bottles retail for less than $100 — a commendable value considering each contains more than a dozen 2-ounce servings. That tasting included an initial long list of our favorite bottles from 2024.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 27, 2025

That is, until 2013, when they took a trip to Scotland and visited several distilleries there, according to their website, drawing particular inspiration from an unnamed distillery on Islay. Bottled at 43% ABV in 750mL bottles. The distillery is already set to open an expansion this summer.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

Price: $37 / 750 mL bottle The Free Spirits Company The California-based Free Spirits Company crafts five non-alcoholic alternatives to popular spirits bourbon , gin , tequila , red vermouth , and a red aperitif along with a collection of mocktails.

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