Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.
Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information. This is the news that has grabbed our attention this week.
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Diageo has announced a new limited edition bottling under its George Dickel Tennessee whiskey brand. The Bottled In Bond has been created in accordance with the 1897 Act that requires whiskey to be produced at a single distillery for a six month season each year and then aged in a federally bonded warehouse for a minimum of four years at 100 Proof (50% ABV).
The casks used have been selected by Nicole Austin, the Master Distiller who joined last year. The George Dickel Bottled In Bond is relased at 100 Proof (50% ABV) as dictated by the 1897 Act. It is available now from the distillery shop and will be rolled out across the USA in the next couple of months. A bottle will cost $36.
Jura
The island distillery of Jura has announced two 21 year olds that will be added to its core ranges, one for travel retail and one for domestic markets, named Time and Tide. The Time 21 years old has been matured in American oak ex-bourbon barrels before being finished in casks that had previously held heavily peated malt. It is bottled at 47.2% ABV and will be a travel retail exclusive that is available worldwide.
The Jura Tide 21 years old will be available globally in domestic markets and is bottled at 46.7% ABV. No details of its cask maturation were given in the press release. Both new whiskies will be released in small batches with yearly variations expected. Both will retail for £150/ $195 US per bottle.
The famous Islay distillery of Laphroaig have announced details of their annual Càirdeas bottling. This will be available to Friends of Laphroaig members and visitors to the distillery during the forthcoming Feis Ile festival on the island. The 2019 edition is named Càirdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength. The liquid has first been matured in ex-bourbon barrels, then transferred to quarter casks and finally moved in to European oak ex-Oloroso sherry butts.
The 2019 Càirdeas is bottled at the natural strength of 51.4% ABV. The exact number of bottles in the batch has not been revealed. The cost is £77 and is available now via www.laphroaig.com for FoL members or from the distillery shop.
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