Jim Beam Taps Into New Flavor With Jim Beam® Maple

Clermont, KY (October 17, 2013) – As the holiday season inches steadily closer, Jim Beam® Bourbon has tapped the warm taste of maple to reveal the latest creation in its flavored line, Jim Beam® Maple. The new expression follows the introduction of Jim Beam® Honey, and boasts the natural flavors of sweet, smooth maple. Both Jim Beam Honey and Jim Beam Maple combine rich flavors and America’s native spirit to create offerings that are both mixable and approachable.

“Jim Beam Maple – as with Jim Beam Honey – is an innovative flavor-infused bourbon that was developed to offer our fans a different whiskey option and the opportunity to try a new, creative shot or cocktail,” said Chris Bauder, General Manager of Whiskies at Beam Inc. “This is another exciting flavor experience that pushes boundaries while still honoring the proud traditions that make Jim Beam the world’s finest bourbon.”

Spirits experts are already extending high praise for Jim Beam Maple:

• Geoff Kleinman, of Drink Spirits, (September 3rd, 2013) says: “Jim Beam Maple is yet another smart and timely innovation from a company who is simply at the top of their game.”
• Colin Joliat, of lifestyle blog Guyism, (September 27th, 2013) says: “The edges are rounded-out by the sweetness of the maple, but it’s no longer…dominated by the singular taste. Now suddenly the vanilla, caramel, and oak show up to create a better balance, making you want to apologize to the bottle for ever thinking it was a one-trick pony.”

Jim Beam Maple is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey infused with natural flavors that provides a perfect balance of warm aromas, a hint of charred oak, complete with a subtle and smooth caramel finish. The natural maple flavors make the 70-proof Jim Beam Maple fantastic on its own or on the rocks, and ideal for holiday cocktails and food recipes that will appeal to bourbon drinkers both old and new. Create a festive seasonal cocktail with one of the recipes below:

Maple Toddy

Ingredients

• 1 part Jim Beam® Maple Bourbon
• 1 lemon wedge
• 1 half-moon slice of orange
• 2 whole cloves

In a pre-heated mug muddle the cloves and the fruit then pour in the Jim Beam® Maple and fill half way with steaming hot water, stir to combine and fill with steaming hot water. No garnish.

White Canadian

Ingredients

• 2 parts Jim Beam® Maple
• 1 part Kamora® Liqueur
• 2 parts half and half

Shake all ingredients with ice or build over ice in a double old fashioned glass. No garnish.

Both Jim Beam Maple and Jim Beam Honey are available nationwide and have a suggested retail price of $15.99 for 750ML. For more information please visit http://www.jimbeam.com/maple, http://www.jimbeam.com/honey, “like” Jim Beam on Facebook or follow @JimBeamOfficial.

About Beam Inc.

As one of the world’s leading premium spirits companies, Beam is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World.  Consumers from all corners of the globe call for the company’s brands, including Jim Beam Bourbon, Maker’s Mark Bourbon, Sauza Tequila, Pinnacle Vodka, Canadian Club Whisky, Courvoisier Cognac, Teacher’s Scotch Whisky, Skinnygirl Cocktails, Cruzan Rum, Hornitos Tequila, Knob Creek Bourbon, Laphroaig Scotch Whisky, Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey, Larios Gin, Whisky DYC and DeKuyper Cordials.  Beam is focused on delivering superior performance with its unique combination of scale with agility and a strategy of Creating Famous Brands, Building Winning Markets and Fueling Our Growth. Beam and its 3,400 passionate associates worldwide generated 2012 sales of $2.5 billion (excluding excise taxes), volume of 38 million 9-liter equivalent cases and some of the industry’s fastest growing innovations.

Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Beam is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BEAM and is included in the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Index.  For more information on Beam, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility, please visit www.beamglobal.com and www.drinksmart.com.

Jim Beam® Expands Trail-Blazing Flavor-Infused Bourbon Line With Red Stag By Jim Beam® Hardcore Cider

Clermont, KY (October 8, 2013) – Just in time for the fall season, Jim Beam® Bourbon has introduced the newest expression to its world-leading bourbon portfolio: Red Stag by Jim Beam® Hardcore Cider. Following the flagship brand that helped spark the flavored bourbon category – Red Stag Black Cherry – Red Stag Hardcore Cider is a “Different Breed of BourbonTM” that offers a mixable and approachable spin on America’s native spirit with natural flavors of apple cider.

“Since its history making introduction in 2009, Red Stag has helped fuel rapid growth of flavor innovation in the category,” said Chris Bauder, General Manager, Whiskies at Beam Inc. “We’re excited to extend our flavor leadership with the Red Stag line, which has seen double-digit growth every year, and are confident Red Stag Hardcore Cider is the perfect, versatile flavor addition for the fall season.”

This exciting new addition to the Red Stag by Jim Beam portfolio has also already generated substantial interest from industry experts. Beverage Media notes that the product “offers great versatility in many cocktail creations or can be enjoyed chilled, on the rocks.”

Like the other Red Stag flavors, Red Stag Hardcore Cider is an 80-proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey infused with natural flavors. The new expression features crisp fruit and subtle flavors of apple cider for just the right amount of sweet and spice that’s approachable for those who haven’t considered bourbon before or who simply want to add a little fall flavor to their glass. Whether as a shot, on the rocks or mixed in a variety of creative cocktails, Red Stag Hardcore Cider is the perfect way to get into the fall and holiday spirit. Try one of the great seasonal recipes below:

Holiday Pie Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Red Stag by Jim Beam® Hardcore Cider
• 1 part Pinnacle® Pumpkin Pie Vodka
• 3 parts Apple Cider
• 1 part Fresh Lemon Sour

On the Rocks: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a tall glass garnishing with a lemon.

Warm-Up: Combine all ingredients plus a ½ part of water and 2 or 3 cinnamon sticks in a crock pot or non-reactive pan and bring to a simmer keeping heat just high enough to keep warm. To serve, ladle into heat proof mugs and float a thin wheel of lemon.

Eve’s Temptation

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Red Stag by Jim Beam® Hardcore Cider
• 1 part JDK & Sons™ Crave Chocolate Cherry Liqueur
• 2 parts Half & Half

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry on the rim.

About Beam Inc.

As one of the world’s leading premium spirits companies, Beam is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World.  Consumers from all corners of the globe call for the company’s brands, including Jim Beam Bourbon, Maker’s Mark Bourbon, Sauza Tequila, Pinnacle Vodka, Canadian Club Whisky, Courvoisier Cognac, Teacher’s Scotch Whisky, Skinnygirl Cocktails, Cruzan Rum, Hornitos Tequila, Knob Creek Bourbon, Laphroaig Scotch Whisky, Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey, Larios Gin, Whisky DYC and DeKuyper Cordials.  Beam is focused on delivering superior performance with its unique combination of scale with agility and a strategy of Creating Famous Brands, Building Winning Markets and Fueling Our Growth. Beam and its 3,400 passionate associates worldwide generated 2012 sales of $2.5 billion (excluding excise taxes), volume of 38 million 9-liter equivalent cases and some of the industry’s fastest growing innovations.

Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Beam is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BEAM and is included in the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Index.  For more information on Beam, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility, please visit www.beamglobal.com and www.drinksmart.com.

Red Stag Hardcore Cider is now available nationwide for a suggested retail price of $17.99 for a 750ml bottle. For more information on Red Stag Hardcore Cider, please visit www.jimbeam.com/red-stag, “like” Jim Beam on Facebook or follow @JimBeamOfficial.

Inchdairnie.

New Lowland Distillery

Ernie – Ernst J Scheiner, The Gateway to Distilleries at www.whisky-distilleries.net

A joint venture will build a £6.7m distillery in Scotland‘s first post-war new town Glenrothes in the heart of Fife. The partners include the Indian premium drinks group Kyndal and the Perthshire distiller John Fergus & Co. Ltd.

Their plan is to build a malt distillery with a production capacity of 4 million litres per annum with a number of bonded warehouses on a 6ha land adjacent to the Whitehill industrial estate. Members of the Glenrothes area Commitee agreed to the construction in January 2013. A building application was received by the Fife Council in February 2013 and a planning approval has been given in March 2013. See: http://planning.fife.gov.uk/online/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=M2ZMO7HF0IF00

Distillation is planned to start in 2015: „Production will continue 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 48 weeks a year.“

„Yes, the process will require a local water supply and electricity as well as heat. However, the heat supply may be provided through anaerobic digestion from the residue from the plant. None of the resources are considered to be non-renewable or in short supply.“ See Screening Checklist Fife Council http://planning.fife.gov.uk/online/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=M01TGOHF01A00

Their intention is to produce whisky which is going mainly to export markets such as India, Africa and the Far East. The distillery will be located just south of Fife airport.

„Scottish Enterprise and its international arm Scottish Development International have been working with the companies on their development plans. The enterprise company is providing a £240,000 regional selective assistance grant while the Scottish Government’s food processing, marketing and cooperation scheme has put up £1.6m in funding.“

„The news was hailed by Fife Council’s business, enterprise, economy and planning spokeswoman Lesley Laird, who said the “fantastic” project would not only generate employment but would emphasise that “Fife means business” See: www.constructionnow.co.uk

Fifteen new jobs will be created. There is no visitor centre planned.

Rumours have it that the distillery will be named Inchdairnie.

The present John Fergus & Co. managing director will be Ian Palmer who has worked with Glen Turner Distillery near Edinburgh.

Information: „Kyndal Group. Ltd. was set up in 2002 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whyte & Mackay (then called Kyndal Spirits Ltd). Following the buyout of Whyte & Mackay by India ’s UB Group, the MD of Kyndal Group, Siddharth Banerji led a management buyout of Kyndal Spirit’s rights in the Indian subcontinent in 2006. Today, Kyndal Group is an alcoholic beverages company that manufactures and distributes premium brands in the Indian sub continent, Far East and the Middle East. The company employs over 100 people in India. It has sales offices in 12 cities in India and warehouses in five cities, covering the length and breadth of the country.“ See Scottish Enterprise Development International.

Photos

The distillery’s plot. Copyright: Euan Morrison 2013

About the Author: Ernie – Ernst J. Scheiner M.A. was a director in an adult education centre. Ernie offers courses on whisky distilling, writes for newspapers, magazines and blogs in Germany. He is the editor of The Gateway to Distilleries at www.whisky-distilleries.net which gives an excellent photographic and educational insight into the whisky industry of Scotland, Ireland, Europe and Asia.

Please see also: http://www.whisky-distilleries.net

Our allocations for this year’s Diageo Special Releases have now been finalised. They will go on sale only online at royalmilewhiskies.com this coming Monday 11th November at 2.00 pm. (Please note our stock delivery is due in a little later this month)

It’s finally here… Release 3 in The Rare Casks series!! 

Ben Nevis 16 Year Old / The Rare Casks / Release 3

We’re delighted to reveal the cask selected as Release 3 in the Rare Casks Series is Ben Nevis, a beauty of a dram from the Highlands of Scotland. Distilled in 1997 and aged for 16 years in a single sherry hogshead, the whisky has been bottled at natural cask strength and only 96 bottles have been filled and made available.

Just like Scotland’s highest peak, from which the whisky takes it’s name, the flavours are big and bold and the colour, dark and mysterious. The whisky has been bottled in its natural form, at full cask strength, 55% vol, without chill filtering or colour additives.

£64.95
(£54.13 ex vat)

Click here to buy Ben Nevis 16 Year Old Release 3 The Rare Casks

Limited Releases from Compass Box In Stock Now at Mora’s Fine Wine & Spirits (E. Setauket, New York)

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NOVEMBER UPDATE: A ROARING SUCCESS

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Jura Launches Search for the World’s Best Stories 

Jura Whisky has launched a search for the world’s best stories, with the chance to win two all-expenses paid trips to the 2014 Jura Whisky Festival.

Starting today (31 October), Jura Whisky is calling on all budding storytellers to submit a story in 1,000 characters or less. Every fortnight for ten weeks Jura Whisky will provide a different story theme for inspiration. The themes kick off this week with Travel Adventure, followed by Day Dreams, A Brush with Death, Into the Wild and Happily Ever After.

Art Wednesday will provide further inspiration by producing a series of videos which tell the stories of interesting, influential creatives and their work. The first two videos will feature writer Marcel Theroux and musician Nick Mulvey (previously of Portico Quartet), with more to follow.

From the competition entries, three stories will be chosen each week and turned into bespoke illustrations by creative agency Holler which will be posted on to jurawhisky.com.  At the end of the ten weeks, each of the 30 winning stories will be put to the public vote to find the favourite. Voting will remain open for two weeks.

The winner with the most votes will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy an all-expenses paid trip to Jura for the 2014 Whisky Festival to help select the new special edition festival bottling which will be launched at the 2015 Festival. Staying in the luxurious Jura Lodge, the winner will be treated to a VIP tour, taking in all of Jura’s ‘must sees’, including a speedboat trip to the Corryvreckan whirlpool, tea on the beach and a visit to Barnhill where Orwell wrote 1984.

Gemma Parkinson, Brand Manager at Jura Whisky, said: “As the nights draw in, the residents of Jura like to settle down by the fire, pour a dram and swap a story or two. In that spirit, we have launched a season of storytelling to celebrate tales worth sharing. Some of Jura’s best and most loved stories, both real and mythical, are those that have been handed down through generations of islanders over the years. That’s why we’re on the hunt to find the world’s best stories, to celebrate and reward the art of great storytelling.”

The competition, which opens today, Thursday, 31 October, and will run right through until Friday, 10 January 2014, is part of Jura Whisky’s new ‘Story Season’ campaign. The competition is open to entrants from all countries.

For more information on Jura Whisky’s search for the world’s best stories, including detailed terms and conditions, visit www.jurawhisky.com.

About Jura

Off the west coast of Scotland lies one of nature’s best kept secrets, the Isle of Jura.  Populated by a community of less than 200, known as Diurachs (the Gaelic name for the people of Jura), the island is home to Jura distillery and an award-winning range of single malt whiskies.

There are four classic bottlings in the Jura Collection, each with their own distinctive flavour profiles: the light and delicate Origin 10; the rich and full bodied Diurachs’ Own 16 year old; and Superstition and Prophecy, which are lightly and heavily peated respectively.

Jura whisky, as we know it today, was born in the late 1950s when two local estate owners – Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith – took the bold decision to rebuild the Jura distillery following decades of neglect, employing architect William Delme-Evans. By 1963 their work was complete, providing much needed economic support for an isolated island community.

The story of the distillery’s rebirth is one of many that define the unique character of Jura, the islanders and their whisky. From the Writers’ Retreat to the annual Music and Whisky Festivals, Jura continues to generate stories worth telling.

To find out more visit www.jurawhisky.com