Bardstown has unveiled Discovery Series #8. Known for pushing the boundaries of whiskey innovation, the eighth release in the range is its most complex and innovative yet. Bardstown Discovery Series #8 is made from a blend of 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon (66%), a seven-year-old Indiana rye (17%), a six-year-old Indiana rye (6%), and a 12-year-old aged Canadian whisky (11%). The distillery then added a custom selection of five oak staves that were created to enhance the unique flavor of the blend. The 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon is made of a mash bill featuring 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malt ..read more

Back in 2017, Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen–alumni of five-time World’s Top Restaurant winner Noma–launched their own flavor company, Empirical. Now, the Copenhagen-based brand has unveiled SOKA, a new sorghum spirit. Empirical SOKA combines distillates of fermented fresh sorghum juice and syrup. It’s born from the farms of the American south and midwest. The fresh juice lends springy, green flavors of melon, cucumber, and green apple, with the syrup bringing forward darker aromas of harvest, and notes of hay and toasted honey. The use of a third fermentation inspired by the productio ..read more

African-distilled Procera Gin has expanded its celebration of the terroir of Africa with the release of two new expressions from the 2021 juniper harvest: Procera Red Dot and Procera Green Dot. The two new gins join the highly decorated Procera Blue Dot – all distilled from fresh, never dried juniper berries.  Procera Red Dot (51% ABV) possesses extraordinary spiciness and complex flavor. In addition to many of the same botanicals used in Blue Dot, Red Dot features locust bean, alligator pepper and ashanti pepper from Nigeria and elephant pepper, oyster shells, myrrh and seaweed from Keny ..read more

Havana Club has teamed up with Burna Boy, the “African Giant,” to create a limited edition Havana Club 7 rum bottling. Over the past few years, much-needed contemporary voices from Africa have emerged to tell and defend narratives from the storied continent. Burna Boy has largely been at the forefront through crossover sounds that blend Afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, rap, and R&B, and empowering lyrics delivered with conviction, winning him the Best World Music Album at last year’s Grammy Awards. Photo by Elliot Hensford for Spaceship Collective This vibrant Havana Club 7 limited edition bo ..read more

The GlenAllachie Distillery has announced the second release in The Past, Present & Future Series as an ultra-rare Japanese cask finished Single Malt Scotch Whisky: The GlenAllachie Billy Walker 50th Anniversary Present Edition 16-year-old Mizunara Virgin Oak Cask Finish. Launched in May, the range honors whisky master Billy Walker’s half-century-long career in the Scotch industry, with each release symbolizing a key milestone for the veteran blender. The Present Edition is a Mizunara Virgin Oak Cask Finish, Walker’s first-ever use of the highly unusual oak species, representing the pionee ..read more

Rémy Martin and Usher have teamed up to launch the “Usher x Rémy Martin 1738: A Taste of Passion” global campaign, featuring a limited-edition bottle and NFT, whose design was inspired by A.I. integrated technology. The new Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal bottle entitled “Usher x 1738 A.I. Powered,” touts a new-age bottle design and is coupled with the debut of “A Taste of Passion Experience” – a multi-sensory, immersive experience that will accompany Usher’s My Way Las Vegas Residency. “For nearly 300 years, excellence has been at the core of Rémy Martin, and through this partnership we’ve reac ..read more

Frank August has unveiled its inaugural release, a Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Each batch is blended with no more than 10-15 barrels. Bottled at 50% ABV, Frank August Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey adheres to the stringent Bottled-In-Bond requirements. On the nose, the whiskey opens with hints of caramel and vanilla that are balanced with warm oak and mild baking spices which warm the senses. The palate echoes those initial sweet caramel and vanilla notes on the front of the tongue, with cinnamon and rye bread spices coming forward, as it gradually transition ..read more

Sullivans Cove has unveiled American Oak Tawny Single Cask TD0309. Distilled in August of 2008 and decanted in March of this year, the 13.5 year-old Australian whisky was matured in a single 300L American oak cask previously used to mature Australian tawny fortified wine. Bottled at 47.5% ABV, just 439 bottles have been produced. “The force and flavour that this American Oak ex-Tawny cask provided is not to be understated, but there is even more to say of the oiliness and relentless chewy return of the Sullivans Cove spirit,” said Miranda Lidgerwood, Sensory & Marketing. “This is a whisky ..read more

Back in 2017, Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen–alumni of five-time World’s Top Restaurant winner Noma–launched their own flavor company, Empirical. Now, the Copenhagen-based brand has unveiled SOKA, a new sorghum spirit. Empirical SOKA combines distillates of fermented fresh sorghum juice and syrup. It’s born from the farms of the American south and midwest. The fresh juice lends springy, green flavors of melon, cucumber, and green apple, with the syrup bringing forward darker aromas of harvest, and notes of hay and toasted honey. The use of a third fermentation inspired by the productio ..read more

Bardstown has unveiled Discovery Series #8. Known for pushing the boundaries of whiskey innovation, the eighth release in the range is its most complex and innovative yet. Bardstown Discovery Series #8 is made from a blend of 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon (66%), a seven-year-old Indiana rye (17%), a six-year-old Indiana rye (6%), and a 12-year-old aged Canadian whisky (11%). The distillery then added a custom selection of five oak staves that were created to enhance the unique flavor of the blend. The 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon is made of a mash bill featuring 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malt ..read more