Now International customers can order our range of Whiskies from our Global Shop. Choose from the wide range of The Famous Grouse and The Glenturret Special Editions available for International delivery. Perfect for non-UK residents and for sending gifts to family and friends overseas.
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(Lebanon, Ky.) September 1, 2015 – Limestone Branch Distillery introduces Yellowstone Limited Edition, set to hit the market in October. With only 6,000 bottles produced, this ultra-premium bourbon is the marriage of a seven-year rye, a seven-year wheated and a 12-year rye – a combination that creates an exceptional depth of flavor and complexity.
“I hand-selected the barrels of the 12-year bourbon to add just the right notes and create a truly distinct, well-rounded flavor profile,” says Steve Beam, president and distiller of Limestone Branch Distillery. “Given our partnership with Luxco and the access they have to high-quality bourbon, we were able to hand-select ‘honey barrels’ for this small batch to find the best complementary flavors to enhance the seven-year bourbon and create just the right combination so the bourbon hits different areas of the palate for a superior experience.”
Once he found the perfect bourbons, Beam added his own distinctive spin to the final product. “Some of the bourbon was chill-filtered, some of it was not; but what makes this combination unique is that we took the 12-year rye bourbon out of its barrels, and poured the seven-year bourbon into the 12-year barrels to enrich it and extract more flavors. This process of reusing the barrels allowed the younger bourbons to pick up the more mature notes, adding a cinnamon and caramel taste as well as some smoky notes.”
Yellowstone Limited Edition, bottled at 105 proof, celebrates the 105th anniversary of Steve Beam’s great-grandfather, Minor Case Beam, selling his Old Trump Distillery to Joseph Bernard Dant, a pioneer distiller and relative from his mother’s side.
“It’s been a dream for my brother Paul and I to return the Yellowstone brand back to our family,” says Beam. “With this bourbon, both sides of our family – the Beams and the Dants – and their distilling heritage, come together. It was one of the main reasons we partnered with Luxco, to bring Yellowstone back home and begin distilling and bottling it right here at Limestone Branch.”
Steve Beam and his brother Paul Beam opened Limestone Branch Distillery in 2011. The distillery is known for its Moon Pie Moonshine, T.J. Pottinger Sugar Shine and Precinct No. 6 whiskey. With a history of distilling on both sides of their family, the brothers are seventh-generation distillers.
Yellowstone Limited Edition will be officially launched during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, held in Historic Bardstown September 15-20, 2015. Suggested retail price for the bourbon is $105.
For more information on Limestone Branch Distillery and Yellowstone, please visit www.limestonebranch.com, www.yellowstonebourbon.com or www.facebook.com/limestone-branch-distillery.
THE PLOUGH REVEALS EXTENSION PLANS INCLUDING NEW WHISKY BAR
The Plough in Harborne is set to launch ‘Upstairs at The Plough’ this November. Work has started on the £750k project which will see the popular neighbourhood pub on Harborne High Street add a new first floor extension which will be home to two new private dining and meeting rooms whilst extending its ground floor by 40 covers and introducing a new whisky bar.
‘Upstairs at The Plough’ will be home to two flexible private dining rooms with 30 covers combined. The rooms have been designed to accommodate meetings or conferences with both boasting wi-fi, large flat TV screens and private audio systems. The entire space can also be opened up and cater for up to 40 people standing.
The ground floor renovations will see the arrival of a new bar dedicated to showcasing The Plough’s global selection of rare, award-winning and artisan whiskies alongside a carefully curated collection of craft beers. The make-over will also see the arrival of a new pizza kitchen and coffee bar.
The team have re-ignited their long term partnership with interior design expert Melony Spencer of Spencer Swinden to create the new spaces which have been designed to complement The Plough’s trademark eclectic design.
Adam Johnson, Director at The Plough, said, “At The Plough we pride ourselves on the close relationships we enjoy with our regular customers and we take their feedback really seriously. The idea for ‘Upstairs at The Plough’ was born as a result of the regular requests we received to host private events whilst the additional covers and kitchen space downstairs will allow us to develop our menu and product range, enhancingThe Plough experience further. We’re also introducing a family style sharing menu in the private rooms which will further enable us to cater for growing demand. We’re really excited about the next phase in the business.”
Launched in 2003 The Plough has built a reputation for its menu of fresh home-cooked food and its imitable design whilst clocking up awards for its Sunday lunch, coffee and interior.
The project will create 10 jobs and is set for completion in November.
About The Plough
The Plough, Harborne has been serving fresh home-cooked food and the best coffee and Sunday lunch in the neighbourhood for 11 years. Established in 2003 The Plough has undergone extensive renovation since its launch boasting a quirky and eclectic interior and an ‘outdoor lounge’ that is airy, light and unrestricted by season. With a focus on quality and provenance, ingredients are carefully sourced locally to minimise the environmental ‘tread’ of the business where possible. No stranger to accolades The Plough has been recognised for its coffee, Sunday lunch and interior – named by the Independent as ‘best coffee shop’, celebrated by The Times for the best Sunday Lunch in the region and awarded the ‘Best Restaurant / Bar Design’ at the Northern Design Awards.
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Heaven Hill Brands Celebrates its 80th Anniversary by Giving Back
BARDSTOWN, Ky. – Heaven Hill Brands, the country’s largest family-owned and -operated distilled spirits company, is celebrating 80 years of success this year by giving back. To thank the community for being a valued partner over the last eight decades, Heaven Hill is planning a philanthropic effort, with the help of its employees.
Starting July 17 (Whisky Intelligence is publishing this after the fact as a matter of record), Heaven Hill will draw names of employees each Friday, for a total of 80 names, all leading up to an Employee Appreciation event on Sept. 12 at Heaven Hill corporate headquarters in Bardstown, Ky. Heaven Hill will donate $80 to a charity of those people’s choosing. In total, 80 employees will give $80 each to 80 charitable causes.
“We wanted to thank our employees for their hard work, as well as thank the community for 80 years of support,” said Max Shapira, Heaven Hill Brands President.
Additionally, the company is asking each employee to bring a canned good or other food item to the Employee Appreciation event. The collected items will be weighed with the goal of reaching 380 pounds of food that will be donated to a local food pantry serving those in need.
“This is another way for all of us here to celebrate all our achievements so far by giving back,” Shapira said. “I couldn’t be more proud of the company and how far we’ve come since my father and his brothers started it. Eighty years of success is just the beginning.”
The company kicked off its yearlong 80th anniversary celebration by unveiling a new corporate name, Heaven Hill Brands, and a new logo that captures the company’s evolution from a leader in American Whiskey production – a position it continues to hold today – to the nation’s sixth-largest distilled spirits supplier.
Through internal product development and strategic brand acquisitions, Heaven Hill has built on its foundation of American Whiskeys to become a broadly diversified supplier of whiskeys, liqueurs, vodkas, rums and other spirits.
Heaven Hill’s portfolio includes the world’s second-largest selling Bourbon, Evan Williams Bourbon, and category leaders Christian Brothers Brandy, Burnett’s Vodka and Admiral Nelson’s Rum. The portfolio also includes a growing line of leading imported brands from around the world, such as Hpnotiq and Domaine de Canton liqueurs. Likewise, the company has a stable of innovative brands including PAMA Liqueur, Blackheart Spiced Rum and Evan Williams Flavors.
About Heaven Hill Brands: Founded in 1935, Bardstown, KY-based Heaven Hill Brands (http://heavenhill.com/) is the nation’s largest independent, family-owned and operated spirits producer and marketer and the world’s second-largest holder of Kentucky Bourbon. Heaven Hill’s diversified portfolio of brands includes Evan Williams Bourbon; Larceny, Elijah Craig and Henry McKenna Bourbons, Burnett’s Vodkas and Gin; Admiral Nelson’s and Blackheart Rums; HPNOTIQ Liqueur; The Christian Brothers Brandies; PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur; Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur; Lunazul Tequila; Cinerator Hot Cinnamon Flavored Whiskey and Rittenhouse Rye Whisky
This month you’re in for a treat. Our Whisky of the Month is the Glenturret Bottle Your Own from the Andy Murray Cask. These are limited in numbers so don’t waste any time in getting yours….Available in store and online while stocks last!
BENRIACH RELEASES NEWEST BATCH OF ITS SINGLE CASK BOTTLINGS
BenRiach has today (September 2, 2015) released Batch 12 of its renowned single cask bottlings.
This batch comprises nine remarkable casks from its Elgin distillery that were bottled in June this year.
Ranging from 38 to 14 years old, the magnificent nine perfectly capture the unique, award-winning BenRiach character.
The variety of expressions is utterly amazing. Sublime whiskies matured in the traditional, classic Speyside style are accompanied by expressions finished in exciting wood types such as Tawny Port, Pedro Ximenez sherry and Oloroso sherry casks as well as several peated whiskies.
Individually hand-numbered, non chill-filtered and bottled at natural colour, each single cask is truly a one-off. The new BenRiach packaging reflects the supreme quality of these single casks.
All nine casks have been hand-selected by BenRiach’s Managing Director and Master Distiller Billy Walker who described them as “extraordinarily fine” and added:
“Every single cask bottling is an exclusive limited release. I have selected these nine casks as I believe they are especially noteworthy – highly individual, rounded, full of personality and ranging in fascinating characteristics. ”
Amongst them are some real highlights. The 38 years old whisky is from cask number 541, an excellent bourbon barrel. This peated gem suggests baked apples spiced with vanilla and cinnamon combined with a gentle, sweet peat reek to create a long barley sugar finish.
At the other end of the scale, the youngest, a 14 years old from cask number 69116, is a classic Speyside malt, balancing oak spices, green pears and ripe gooseberries combined with a crisp citrus twist and long barley grist finish.
And unusually for BenRiach, one expression – the 1998 cask number 6394 – has been triple-distilled and finished in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon, and the taste is sensational – white pepper and crisp citrus notes soften to plum juice followed by apple sponge with a dusting of fresh ground barley.
Other expressions in the range boast the taste of “herbal bog myrtle”, “papaya and ripe melon”, “juicy cranberries submerged with crisp citrus” and “chocolate-coated rum raisins and roasted coffee beans”.
The cask details are as follows:
1976 cask # 541 / 38 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Peated / 48.8% vol.
1979 cask # 517 / 35 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Peated / 46.9% vol.
1985 cask # 10318 / 29 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Peated / 49.0%vol.
1987 cask # 3825 / 27 years old / Tawny Port Hogshead / Tawny Port Finish / 52.9% vol.
1990 cask # 4936 / 25 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Classic Speyside / 50.4% vol.
1995 cask # 74743 / 20 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Classic Speyside / 58.9% vol.
1998 cask # 6394 / 17 years old / Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon / Triple Distilled / Pedro Ximenez Sherry Finish / 57.5% vol.
1999 cask # 8687 / 15 years old / Oloroso Sherry Puncheon / Oloroso Sherry Finish / 56.1% vol.
2000 cask # 69116 / 14 years old / Bourbon Barrel / Classic Speyside / 56.3% vol.
All nine casks will soon be available at retailers worldwide.
Another knock-out line up of whiskies!
Enjoy the brief bottle notes below and visit http://www.smws.ca/ for the full tasting notes.
Cask No. 26.105 Bumblebees by the sea
29 years old; refill butt; 57.6%; Light & delicate
Dark runny honey over crackers, salted lemon and kiwi fruit. Citronella candles burning in a damp pine forest. Juicy Fruit gum and white peppery heat. Aspen bark and spearmint washed up on a seashore. Dunnage warehouses and green Starbursts.
Cask No. 123.14 Playful spices buzz the mouth
9 years old; 1st fill barrel; 57.4%; Spicy & sweet
The nose has sweet woody spices – (humbugs, cinnamon apple pie, Liquorice Allsorts), leather, dead leaves and spearmint. The palate has a playful buzz of exotic spices, oriental wood, After Eight mints, gin, blackcurrant and fermented honey. Curious but playful and enjoyable.
Cask No. G13.1 A complete revelation
4 years old; virgin oak puncheon; 58.3%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
Luscious mango and pineapple juices accompany lychees, Bounty Bars and fragrant lemongrass. Fresh and fruity with toffee, marshmallows and damson jam. Gingerbread spice, creamy milk chocolate and “impossibly rich vanilla custard”. With water, cherryade, butterscotch, orange oil and fruit cake are entwined in seemingly endless complexity.
Cask No. 73.69 Dark side eclipsed by sweet joys
22 years old; refill sherry butt; 52.9%; Deep, rich & dried fruits
The nose is a tapas and dessert menu (tortilla, hazelnuts, sherry, crème caramel, apple granny cake). The palate oozes sweetness (amaretto, vanilla, panna cotta, Nutella, carrot cake), but with a gamey, bittersweet darker side of Hoisin duck, figs and burnt cake.
Cask No. 27.107 To the manor born
16 years old; refill gorda; 56%; Deep, rich & dried fruits
Thick vanilla ice cream with tinned peaches, creamy yogurt and sherry trifle, then polished leather in a variety of scents and rich fruit cake. Sweet then tannic to taste, with bitter chocolate and sandalwood. Water raises treacle toffee and sticky toffee pudding, hazelnut praline. An elegant taste with dark chocolate and macadamia nuts.
Cask No. 53.210 Fantastic stuff
24 years old; refill hogshead; 53.3%; Peated
The nose has peat smoke, sea breezes, bandages, tea chests, tobacco, puff candy and smoked salmon; caramel, tawny port and pork crackling with water. The palate delivers good smoke, toffee apples, liquorice, five-spice powder, salt and vinegar chips and smouldering sawdust.
Cask No. 127.43 Kissing a smoker
12 years old; refill barrel; 65%; Heavily peated
A damp shed with oil paints and then roasted meats on the nose. Oily overalls and linseed oil on reduction followed by duck in hoisin sauce. Lots of peat, ashy on the palate with lasting cigarette smoke on the finish. Epic!
Do you want to know whisky?
New online companion is the perfect beginners guide to world of whisky
Whisky has entered the digital age with the launch of a new interactive gift experience which teaches whisky drinkers everything they need to know about Scotland’s amber nectar.
Designed and created in Edinburgh, and endorsed by whisky guru and Master of the Quaich Charles MacLean, I want to know whisky is an inspiring online journey through the culture, crafting, tasting and serving of Scotland’s national drink.
I want to know whisky has been named ‘Whisky Gift of the Year 2015’ by The Whisky Shop and Whiskeria magazine.
Priced at £24.95 and developed by hospitality group Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd and Flow Hospitality Training, I want to know whisky is the perfect stocking filler for whisky fans this Christmas or a pre-festive season treat.
Uncover the fascinating history of whisky from its origins in the sixth century to contemporary cocktail recipes, take a virtual tour of a distillery, discover different styles of Scotch, explore the six whisky producing regions and learn how to taste and appreciate whisky like a professional.
Aspiring whisky aficionados need look no further for the perfect beginners guide to whisky.
Immersing yourself in the world of whisky, the entire interactive journey takes approximately two and a half hours and will test user’s knowledge with interesting questions and a fun final exam at the end.
Upon successful completion of the exam whisky fans will be able to download a personalised certificate from Charles MacLean.
Charles Maclean said: “A splendid introduction to whisky, very informative and useful but great fun too. Whether a whisky fan wishing to test their knowledge or a complete beginner, there’s something for everyone”
“I want to know whisky is the perfect companion for Scotch whisky enthusiasts.”
David Wither, Managing Director at Flow Hospitality Training, said: “The Scotch whisky industry has played a key role in Scotland for centuries and produces whisky admired around the world for its remarkable character and quality. Inspired by our work within the hospitality and technology industries we hope engage, entertain and enrich the knowledge of whisky enthusiasts everywhere.
“I want to know whisky has been developed by our team here in Edinburgh and we are delighted to have the endorsement of Charles Maclean, his knowledge and passion for this wonderful drink has helped shape our journey of discovery which we look forward to sharing with you”
For more information or to order I want to know whisky visit: http://www.iwanttoknowwhisky.co.uk/.
Macleod’s Scotch Whisky Trail Pack set for relaunch at TFWA Cannes
Ian Macleod Distillers is set to relaunch their popular Macleod’s Scotch Whisky Trail pack at this year’s Cannes Tax Free World Association (TFWA).
The Macleod’s Scotch Whisky Trail pack has been renamed The Macleod’s Six to emphasise the 6 whiskies contained in the redesigned beautifully packaged double sided, burgundy and gold gift box.
Commenting on the new design, Andy Lane, Travel Retail Director for Ian Macleod Distillers, said: “Our newly designed Macleod’s Six pack represents not only the premium quality of the product but also the journey of Clansman Ian Macleod as he travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, seeking out the finest malts and grain whiskies from each region.”
The contents of the pack reflects Scotland’s celebrated whisky regions and famed trails, explaining the intricacies that give whiskies their distinct and flavoursome characteristics. This exclusive tasting gift pack includes 5cl bottles from around the whisky producing regions including Speyside, Highland, Islay and Island single malts with a Lowland Single Grain Malt Whisky and Isle of Skye 8yo Blended Scotch Whisky.
The newly designed pack makes for a perfect gift to help celebrate any special occasion and encourage consumers to learn about and try a variety of Scotch whiskies.
Taking place between the 19- 23 October, TFWA is widely regarded as the world’s biggest duty free and travel retail association providing the industry with high-quality exhibitions, acclaimed conferences and workshops, and in-depth market research.
Ian Macleod Distillers is one of Scotland’s leading independent family owned distillers, blenders and bottlers.
The gift pack will be available from April 2016 and will retail at £26.00/€35.90/USD$39.95. The Macleod’s Scotch Whisky Trail pack can be found at stand number L7 Red Village at TFWA Cannes.
For more information, please visit www.ianmacleod.com.
