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.
Here is the round-up of the news from this last week ...
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Amrut
The Indian single malt distillery of Amrut has revealed details of the second batch release of its Spectrum 004 whisky. The whiskies used to create Spectrum 004 have undergone a unique journey that began in standard ex-bourbon barrels for initial maturation. The liquid was then transferred to Amrut's custom-built Spectrum casks, which are constructed using staves from four different types of oak barrel - highly charred American oak, toasted French oak, ex-Oloroso sherry and ex-Pedro Ximenez. The first release won multiple awards around the world.
Amrut Spectrum 004 Batch 2 is bottled at 50% ABV. There are just 6,000 bottles and they will be available in selected world markets including Australia, the UK and USA. Details of price were not given in the press release.
Benromach
The independently-owned Speyside distillery of Benromach has announced a new limited edition whisky into their experimental Contrasts range - the Benromach Cara Gold. The whisky has been made using Cara Gold barley, which is more commonly used in the beer industry and rarely for Scotch whisky. The spirit was distilled and filled to first-fill ex-bourbon barrels in 2010 and bottled in 2022. These were then selected and married together by Keith Cruikshank, the Distillery Manager at Benromach, and his team. It is bottled at 46% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour.
The Benromach Cara Gold will be available from www.benromach.com and selected specialist retailers worldwide. There are just 6,000 bottles. Each will cost £50/ $68 US.
"We love getting creative with our small batch expressions and our Contrasts Range allows us to do this. Unlike any of our other expressions, we have used Cara Gold, a type of malted barley normally found in a brewery rather than a distillery. It has produced a beautiful and unique single malt."Keith Cruickshank.
Lum Reek
The smoky blended malt brand of Lum Reek has announced the inaugural limited edition batch of a new expression - the Lum Reek 10 years old Cask Strength Batch1. The new whisky has been curated by Billy Walker, the Master Blender of brand owners MacNair's Boutique House of Spirits. He has combined single malts from Islay and Speyside, including Walker's own Glenallachie distillery. The whiskies blended together at 10 years of age before undergoing a final maturation in a combination of ex-sherry, ex-red wine and virgin oak casks.
The Lum Reek 10 years old Cask Strength Batch 1 is bottled at 55.4% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. It will be available via selected specialist retailers globally and will cost £60/ $82 US. The exact number of bottles was not revealed in the press release.
The famous Speyside distillery of Macallan has revealed its oldest ever single malt bottling - The Reach 81 years old. The whisky was distilled and filled to an ex-sherry cask during World War II in 1940. This cask was then selected by Kirsteen Campbell, the current Master Whisky Maker at Macallan. The whisky is presented in a hand-blown crystal decanter that sits within a bespoke bronze sculpture of three hands created by Saskia Robinson. One hand represents the distillery worker from 1940 who filled the cask, one for ex-chairman Allan Shiach and one for Campbell. The decanter and sculpture is housed within a handmade wooden cabinet made with fallen elm trees from the Macallan's Easter Elchies Estate.
The Macallan The Reach 81 years old is bottled at 41.6% ABV and will be available in selected specialist whisky and luxury retailers in selected world markets, plus The Macallan Boutiques in airports. There are just 288 bottles. Each will retail for £92,000/ $125,000 US.
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