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Blinking Owl Distillery is set to release a limited edition bottled-in-bond bourbon, a rare single barrel expression available only to customers in California. The Batch 1, Barrel 2 Blinking Owl Bourbon derives its name from its origins. The whiskey comes from the first batch that the Santa Ana, California distillers produced when they opened their doors around four years ago. The release is dubbed “Birthday Bourbon” as the first Blinking Owl barrel was filled on September 29, 2016, the bir...

Legendary Scotch whisky purveyors Ballentine’s are giving a visual overhaul to the iconic bottle for a limited edition offering with the help of renowned pop artist Joshua Vides. The rectangular bottles, originally created to help hide them in briefcases during the Prohibition era, will be covered in Vides’ signature stark black-and-white pointillist design for this limited edition release. As part of this campaign, Vides will apply a similar aesthetic to a series of pop-up bars in cities a...

MGP, the largest distiller of rye whiskey in the U.S., is kicking off the new year with the announcement of their 2021 Rossville Union Single Barrel Program. It is a continuation of a program they first launched last year. For this year this rye whiskey has had its Single Barrel releases expanded to include three mash bills, offered at cask strength. Retailers in 14 participating states, and the District of Columbia, will be able to connect virtually with the distillery team at MGP to select an...

Wigle Whiskey Helps Celebrate Groundhog Day With Limited Whiskey Release Wigle Whiskey Helps Celebrate Groundhog Day With Limited Whiskey Release Pennsylvania distillers Wigle Whiskey are joining forces with the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to produce a limited edition whiskey to celebrate Groundhog Day. The new release is a maple barrel finished straight rye whiskey named Phil’s Shadow in honor of Punxsutawney Phil, the famed groundhog that, for the past 135 years, has been forecasting the ea...

Suntory To Release Two Limited Edition Japanese Whiskies In May Suntory To Release Two Limited Edition Japanese Whiskies In May On May 25th, Suntory Whisky will make available two limited release whiskies: Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021 and Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky Limited Edition 2021. Both are variations on two whiskies in Suntory’s regular range, with each meant to be given as a gift to a fellow whisky lover. The 43% ABV Blossom Harmony release blends Suntory’s Hibiki whisky with whisky ...

Woodford Reserve, the Kentucky distillery that has been producing bourbon for over 200 years, has announced the re-release of its Double Double Oaked Bourbon expression. This 2020 edition of their Double Double Oaked Bourbon is part of master distiller Chris Morris’ ongoing Distillery Series, an occasional drop of limited edition bottles that has, in the past, included 2017’s Pinot Noir Finished Rye and last year’s Five Wood. Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked Bourbon (image via Woodfor...

Coalition Whiskey Releases Three Rye Whiskeys Finished In Bordeaux Barrels Coalition Whiskey Releases Three Rye Whiskeys Finished In Bordeaux Barrels Leonid Yangarber, the former CEO of Russian Standard USA, has joined forces with Ludwig Vanneron, a wine expert, and Steve Thompson, the president of TSS Brands, to introduce Coalition Whiskey, a new Kentucky straight rye whiskey that has been finished in Bordeaux wine barrels. This new company has released four bottles into the world so far. Thre...

Vice President Kamala Harris Honored With New MADAM Whiskey Vice President Kamala Harris Honored With New MADAM Whiskey In honor of the recent inauguration of the first female vice-president of the United States, D.C.-based distillers Republic Restoratives has released MADAM, a blend of 7 year old bourbon and 5 year old rye that features a portrait of Kamala Harris on each bottle. This new expression is a collaboration with Lex Marie, a visual artist from the D.C. area who painted the portrait ...

Pursuit Spirits Releases Limited Batch Blend Using Whiskey From Three U.S. Distilleries Pursuit Spirits Releases Limited Batch Blend Using Whiskey From Three U.S. Distilleries Pursuit Spirits has announced the release of Pursuit United, a new small batch blend of straight bourbon whiskeys. This new non-chill filtered batch was created using mashbills from three different distilleries: Kentucky’s Bardstown Bourbon Company, New York’s Finger Lakes Distilling, and an unnamed Tennessee distille...

Frey Ranch Distillery Has A New Single Barrel Bourbon Program Frey Ranch Distillery Has A New Single Barrel Bourbon Program Nevada’s Frey Ranch Distillery recently launched a new Single Barrel Bourbon Program with a new Barrel Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The distillery is one of a small number of whiskey producers across the world to grow 100% of its grains on site at the Frey Ranch in Fallon, Nevada. That includes the four-grain mash bill of non-GMO corn, winter cereal rye, winter whe...