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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The Highland distillery of Knockdhu has announced two new peated editions for its AnCnoc single malt range - the AnCnoc Peated Sherry Cask Finish and the AnCnoc Peatheart Batch 3. The pair feature peated spirit, which is distilled for a short period each year and uses locally sourced Aberdeenshire peat. The AnCnoc Peated Sherry Cask Finish (pictured, left) is a permanent addition to the range and combines the distillery's peated and classic non-peated spirits. These were matured initially in American oak ex-bourbon casks before being married and finished in ex-sherry casks sourced from Jerez, Spain. It is bottled at 43% ABV and will cost £40.
The Peatheart Batch 3 (pictured, right) features 100% peated spirit and has been solely matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks. It follows Batch 1 from 2017 and Batch 2 from 2020, and is graded as being 13.3 PPM (Phenol Parts per Million) in the bottle. The Peatheart Batch 3 is bottled at 46% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. There are just 9,210 bottles and each will cost £55. Both whiskies were created by Gordon Bruce, the Distillery Manager at Knockdhu, and will be available in selected markets worldwide. This begins with the UK and followed by Asia, Canada and Europe in the coming months.
Bimber X Compass Box
The Bimber distillery and independent whisky maker Compass Box, which are both based in west London, have joined forces to launch two collaborative whiskies - Bimber Duality and Compass Box Duality. Both are blended malts and feature whiskies sourced from both England and Scotland. They ahve been created in tandem by Matt McKay from Bimber and James Saxon from Compass Box.
The pair of whiskies are made up from stocks maturing in both company's warehouses - Bimber Duality (pictured, above right) was created using peated Bimber matured in an ex-bourbon cask and first-fill ex-sherry whisky from Glendullan in Speyside. Compass Box Duality (pictured, above left) is a marriage of peated single malt from Ardbeg on Islay and Bimber matured in ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
Bimber Duality is limited to just 340 bottles and is released at 54% ABV. A bottle will cost £120. Compass Box Duality is limited to 1,050 bottles and is released at 52% ABV. It will cost £180 per bottle. Both will only be on sale via the Bimber and Compass Box websites from July 4, until sold out.
Whistlepig
The American whiskey brand of Whistlepig has announced details of the latest bottling in its Rye Hero range - The Boss Hog VIII: LapuLapu's Pacific. It is the eighth whiskey in the series and will be launched in the UK on American Independence Day, July 4. The whiskey has been aged for nearly 18 years in American oak barrels before a double finishing period in ex-single island Phillipine rum casks.
This is referenced in the name - LapuLapu was a Filipino hero in the 16th century who helped defeat the Spanish at the Battle of Mactan and is now seen as a symbol of strength and independence. The Boss Hog VIII: LapuLapu's Pacific is bottled at 52.4% ABV (104.8 Proof) and will retail at £675 per bottle. It will be available through specialist whisky retailers in the UK.
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