After a busy week, I'll try to get you up to speed in less than two minutes on the latest whisky news, rumours and interesting blog posts from the past week.
News
Press releases and industry news from the past week(s).
Benromach Château Cissac
The Benromach family keeps growing. The Speyside distillery unveiled a new Vintage in their Château Cissac Finish. The new 2009 Vintage was finished in first-fill casks from Château Cissac, a winery in the Bordeaux region, for 25 months.
Read the full press release on the A Tasty Dram Tumblr microblog
Glenfiddich Experimental Series #3 Winter Storm
Glenfiddich confirmed the rumour from a few weeks ago. The third Experimental Series whisky is finished for six months in Canadian ice wine casks from Peller Estate winery. Winter Storm is 21 years old and bears a price tag of £199.
Rumours
What's peeping through the barley?
Deanston 2008 Bordeaux Red Wine cask
More specs on the A Tasty Dram Tumblr microblog
Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008
Bruichladdich prepares the second edition from the Bere Barley 2008 whisky. The barley was grown on Dunlossit Estate on Islay. The whisky matured nine years and is the oldest Bere barley expression from them to date.
Source: Colas Online
Ardbeg Grooves
A few weeks ago, the Committee release of Ardbeg Grooves turned up in the Colas Database. This label for the regular Ardbeg Day Whisky confirms pretty much the new expression. To be expected somewhere in May 2018.
Source: Colas Online
Some interesting reads and sees
- Anne-Sophie Bigot - 7 Rye whisk(e)ys you need to try (thewhiskylady.net)
- Dave Broom - Raasay Distillery, a sense of place (scotchwhisky.org)
- Adam Hannett - Laddie MP7 (youtube.com)
That's it. See you next week folks! Enjoy the weekend with a dram or two.
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