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 week.
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Dalmunach
The Speyside distillery of Dalmunach, which was founded in 2015, has bottled its first ever single malt for general release - the Dalmunach 6 years old. It will form part of a trilogy of whiskies from the distillery in a series named Mythical Creatures. All will be inspired by Scottish mythology. The first features the wulver, a mysterious being said to hunt and fish around the coast of the Shetland isles. The whisky has been matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks and will be exclusive to The Whisky Exchange. The Dalmunach 6 years old Mythical Creatures 'Wulver' is bottled at 60% ABV and will cost £59.95 per bottle.
Filey Bay
The Spirit of Yorkshire distillery has revealed its first new release of the year - the Filey Bay Double Oak #2. The English single malt was initially distilled in 2018 and matured in ex-bourbon barrels, before a secondary maturation in lightly charred virgin American oak casks. It has then been bottled at 46% ABV and follows Double Oak #1, which sold out quickly. It is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. There are just 2,000 bottles in the second batch. The Filey Bay Double Oak #2 can be found at selected specialist retailers in the UK, plus from the distillery shop and via www.spiritofyorkshire.com. A bottle will cost £75.
Glendronach
The Highland distillery of Glendronach has announced the latest limited addition to its Cask Strength series - the Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 12. The twelfth batch has used whiskies of differing ages matured in ex-Pedro Ximénez and ex-Oloroso sherry casks from Andalucía in the south of Spain. The whisky has been created by Dr. Rachel Barrie, the Master Blender for Glendronach. The Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 12 is bottled at 58.2% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. It will be available through selected specialist whisky retailers worldwide. A bottle will cost £75.
"The Glendronach Cask Strength series offers a deep insight into the distillery’s signature character, by bottling at the whisky’s natural cask strength, as was the custom before the turn of the 20th Century. Add a drop or two of water to Batch 12 to open up the liquid and reveal a cornucopia of flavours."Rachel Barrie.
Jura
The island distillery of Jura has announced a new addition to its Cask Edition Series - the Jura Pale Ale Cask Edition. The whisky builds on collaborations with local craft breweries that were built during the Covid lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. These were organised by Jura's whisky makers Gregg Glass and Joe Ricketts, who sourced ex-pale ale beer barrels from several breweries. The Pale Ale Cask Edition joins the Winter Edition, Red Wine Cask Edition and Rum Cask Edition in the series. It is bottled at 40% ABV and will be available through whisky retailers and supermarkets. A bottle will cost £35.
The Singleton of Glen Ord
The Singleton of Glen Ord, the Highland single malt brand, has launched the third and final bottling in its prestige limited edition Epicurean Odyssey range - The Singleton of Glen Ord 40 years old. It follows expressions at 38- and 39- years of age and is one of the last acts of Maureen Robinson, the now-retired Malt Master of The Singleton. The whisky has undergone a 28 year secondary maturation , the longest in the history of the brand, before a final finishing period in ex-rum casks that had previously held Ron Zacapa XO from Guatemala.
There are just 1,716 bottles and these will be available in selected specialist and luxury retailers worldwide. The Singleton of Glen Ord 40 years old is bottled at the natural strength of 49.5% ABV and will cost £3,300/ $US4,100.
"This 40 years old is the finale in the Epicurean Odyssey series from The Singleton, one which I have thoroughly enjoyed crafting and have drawn on my own personal journey of flavour from my career as a whisky maker. The Ron Zacapa XO casks are a final indulgent finish to the whisky."Maureen Robinson.
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