Diageo has announced plans to reopen two iconic Scotch whisky distilleries – Port Ellen and Brora. The distilleries, which were closed in 1983, will be brought back into production through a £35 million ($50 million) investment.
Following in the footsteps of the Highland Park Valhalla Collection and Fire and Ice, The Light and The Dark appear to be Highland Park’s next series of limited edition bottles.
Ardbeg has officially unveiled the first new whisky to be added to their core range in almost a decade: Ardbeg An Oa (pronounced “An Oh”). Ardbeg An Oa is a vatting of Ardbeg single malts that have spent time in Pedro Ximénez, virgin oak, ex-bourbon, and other unspecified casks.
Ardbeg Day 2017 and the release of Kelpie may have just passed, but that doesn’t mean Ardbeg isn’t already planning next years celebration and special release. For Ardbeg Day 2018, dig out your bell-bottoms and platform shoes, and bust a move for Ardbeg Grooves, revealed through a recent TTB listing.
It appears as though Lagavulin 8 Year Old, originally released as a limited edition to celebrate the distillery’s 200th anniversary, will be joining the core line-up. A new label for Lagavulin 8 Year Old was submitted to the TTB for approval earlier this month, and it’s missing the words “Limited Edition”, which were featured on the original label.
For our first review, we’ve decided to revisit Glenfiddich 12 Year Old. How has this classic, entry level Speyside Scotch whisky held up?
Glenmorangie’s next annual Private Edition release has been revealed through a TTB submission. Private Edition No. 9 will go by the name Glenmorangie Spios, a single malt fully matured in American ex-Rye casks, which the distillery claims will lend the whisky a “savoury elegance and subtle spice”.
We recently heard a rumor about Macallan having plans to re-release The Macallan Cask Strength this summer. After digging around the TTB website, we stumbled upon an entry for “The Macallan Classic Cut”, a 2017 limited edition bottled at 58.4%. All signs point to this being the bottle we’ve been hearing about, though it appears Macallan will be re-releasing it under a different name.