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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Ardbeg
The Islay distillery of Ardbeg has revealed that it still has a number of its Ardbeg Committee exclusive bottling of Ardbeg 8 years old : For Discussion for sale. The whisky was designed to get Committee members and Ardbeg fans to talk about the whisky. As a result, few other details were revealed. It was created by Dr. Bill Lumsden, Ardbeg's Director of Whisky Creation, and was originally launched last Summer. Ardbeg 8 years old : For Discussion is described as 'youthful and bold' by Colin Gordon, the Distillery Manager at Ardbeg. It is bottled at 50.8% ABV and will cost £57. Limited stocks remain.
- Join the Ardbeg Committee for free by clicking here.
- To purchase a bottle of Ardbeg 8 years old : For Discussion - click here. When it's gone, then it's gone.
Kilchoman
The family-owned Islay farm distillery of Kilchoman has announced a new limited edition, which is scheduled to be released each Autumn - the Kilchoman Casado. The new bottling consists of 38 ex-bourbon barrels, which have been matured for six years before being transferred to two 6,000 litre ex-Portuguese wine vats for two years. Casado is the Portuguese word for marriage. It has been released at 46% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour.
The Kilchoman Casado has 12,900 bottles in the first batch. These will be available worldwide through selected specialist retailers and at the distillery visitor centre. The recommended retail price is £80/ $90 US per bottle.
Loch Lomond
The west Highland distillery of Loch Lomond has released one of its oldest ever whiskies - the Loch Lomond 54 years old. The whisky was distilled and filled to a single American oak ex-bourbon cask in 1967, before being transferred to a European oak ex-sherry hogshead in 1994. This has yielded just 55 bottles and is released at the natural cask strength of 41.1% ABV.
The Loch Lomond 54 years old is presented in a lead crystal decanter designed by Glencairn Crystal. This is housed in a hand-crafted oak presentation casket. Each bottle will cost £24,000/ $27,175 US. The 55 bottles will be spread across luxury retailers in selected world markets.
White Peak
The English whisky distillery of White Peak has announced their latest release - the Wire Works Small Batch 2.0. This follows the first Small Batch release from the Summer. The lightly peated spirit has been matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and STR (shaved, toasted and recharred) casks. There will be just 4,251 bottles available - these can be purchased via the distillery shop, the White Peak website and several UK retailers. It will also be available in selected retailers in Germany and Italy for the first time ever. The Wire Works Small Batch 2.0 is bottled at 47.7% ABV and will cost £60/ €75.
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