NBA AND JACK DANIEL’S ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP 

— Jack Daniel’s Becomes Official Spirit Brand of the NBA — 

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2017 – Jack Daniel’s and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today a new multiyear partnership making Jack Daniel’s an official marketing partner of the NBA, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the NBA Development League (D-League), and USA Basketball.  This marks the largest partnership with a professional sports league in the brand’s history.

Jack Daniel’s will tip off the partnership during NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans with Jack Daniel’s House No. 7 – its hospitality and experiential event, which will be open for two nights bringing local fans and NBA guests together for musical performances, guest rooms with unique programming, eclectic eats inspired by southern cuisine, and basketball-themed activities.  Jack Daniel’s will also serve as a partner of the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.

“We are proud to partner with Jack Daniel’s, an iconic brand with a rich history and a reputation for unique and innovative marketing,” said Emilio Collins, NBA Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships.  “Our new partnership creates a wealth of opportunities for us to connect with new and longtime fans and celebrate our game.”

“We are thrilled to be entering into this partnership and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with the NBA for years to come,” said John Higgins, VP Jack Daniel’s Brand Director for North America.  “The NBA is a perfect fit for Jack Daniel’s as we both share the same values of integrity, loyalty and community.  We couldn’t be more excited for our fans and consumers who love the great sport of basketball.”

Jack Daniel’s, which celebrated its 150^th anniversary in 2016, will host a variety of events, media and hospitality programs throughout the NBA, WNBA, NBA D-League and USA Basketball.  Jack Daniel’s will also develop NBA-themed programs at retail stores and create custom marketing and advertising campaigns.

Jack Daniel’s is currently a partner of five NBA teams: Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets, L.A. Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder, and San Antonio Spurs.

Jack Daniel’s, the first registered distillery in the United States, is based in the quiet town of Lynchburg, TN where every single drop of the world’s Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is produced.  

About Jack Daniel’s

Officially registered by the U.S. Government in 1866 and based in Lynchburg, Tenn., the Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, proprietor, is the first registered distillery in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jack Daniel’s is the maker of the world-famous Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire, Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select and Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails. Today, Jack Daniel’s is a true global icon found in more than 170 countries around the world and is the most valuable spirits brand in the world as recognized by Interbrand.

About the NBA

The NBA is a global sports and media business built around three professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League.  The league has established a major international presence with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 49 languages, and NBA merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on 6 continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2016-17 season featured a record 113 international players from 41 countries and territories.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com and the NBA App, which achieved record viewership and traffic during the 2015-16 season.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 1.3 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms.  Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

Best Canadian whisky of 2017

VICTORIA, B.C., Jan. 23, 2017 /CNW/ – As the popularity of Canadian rye whisky continues its meteoric rise worldwide, the best of the best for 2017 has been crowned. Masterson’s 10 Year Old Rye has been named the Canadian Whisky of the Year. Such is the judgment of the seventh annual Canadian Whisky Awards held this weekend in Victoria, B.C., where distillers, blenders and fans alike came together to celebrate and raise a glass to the passion and craftsmanship of Canadian rye whisky.

Chairman of the judges, Davin de Kergommeaux, described the winner, “as that rare combination of balance, complexity and robust flavour that exemplifies the best traditions of rye whisky. It is at once spicy, muscular, with an ever-so elegant nose and palate. It is this combination that has spurred the unprecedented interest and demand for Canadian whisky. Indeed, when the rye whisky renaissance took off in the US five years ago, it was Canadian distillers who supplied much of the whisky, and of these, Masterson’s is one of the best.”

As the country’s preeminent Canadian whisky competition, the independent and blind judging panel, served up some surprise honours to relative newcomers like Toronto’s Stalk & Barrel Rye and Twelve Barrels from Ottawa, which took home top spot as the Domestic Value Whisky of the Year. Long-established brands like Crown Royal, Gooderham & Worts, and Forty Creek were also well represented, taking home numerous distinctions for their continued innovation and well-established commitment to quality.

If this year’s record setting submissions are any indication, Canadian whisky fans the world over have an extremely exciting 2017 to look forward to.

The list of all the winners is now available at http://www.canadianwhisky.org

Note to editors: About the Canadian Whisky Awards The Canadian Whisky Awards recognize the very best Canadian whiskies and encourage distillers to maintain the highest standards for making whisky. To qualify, the whisky must be distilled and matured in Canada. An independent panel of whisky writers, bloggers, and journalists selects the winners after tasting each whisky blind. Operated on a not-for-profit basis, the Canadian Whisky Awards are fully independent of the Canadian whisky industry.

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Glenmorangie: the Glen of Tranquility

You’ll be anything but tranquil when you hear about our new whiskies from Glenmorangie! Today marks the release of the latest addition to the Private Edition collection, Glenmorangie Bacalta, and to mark the occasion we also have two rare bottles that showcase the distillery’s pioneering work in cask finishing and the first release in the Bond House No. 1 Collection.

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Glenmorangie Bacalta

The eighth release in the Glenmorangie Private Edition collection, Bacalta (meaning baked in Gaelic) has been crafted from Glenmorangie matured in ex-bourbon casks and then extra-matured in bespoke casks baked under the sun that once held Malmsey Madeira wine. This Highland Single Malt created by Dr Bill Lumsden is presented non chill-filtered at a strength of 46% abv.

Light gold in colour, the nose is fragrant with sweet honey, apricots and white chocolate. The palate brings a burst of mint toffee with caramelised oranges, apricots, honeycomb, almonds and dates, before a rich, syrupy finish with more citrus, pears, creamy fudge and a touch of eucalyptus in the background.

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Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1990

The first release in the Bond House No.1 Collection from Glenmorangie, this Highland Single Malt has been nurtured for a quarter of a century in ex-bourbon and a small parcel of ex-sherry casks to produce a floral, fruity expression with an extraordinary level of finesse and vibrancy.

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Wyoming Bourbon TPS Private Selection – $47.99

With the closing, suspension, or cutting of so many barrel programs in recent years, we are always excited at the prospect of a new private barrel program opening. Wyoming Whisky offered us some samples and we were pleased. This barrel is young but has great character. With a youthful nose and palate, it has notes and flavors of fresh oak, some vanilla and nuts, is very smooth mid-palate, and finishes with a kiss of spice. It’ll be great around a fire, or in an Old Fashioned.

OYO Dark Pumpernickel Rye Whiskey – $51.99

This Rye from Middle West Spirits in Columbus is made from dark rye grown in the Ohio River Valley. It’s a nice addition to their already excellent lineup. As a good rye should be, it maintains a nice balance of sweet and heat, all held together by a backbone of oak and spice. It sips smoother than the proof and will be great in cocktails.

Watershed Old Fashioned – $41.99

This is a bottle we’ve been waiting for since mid-2016. According to Watershed, the idea behind this bottle is to make a classic, delicious, and balanced cocktail available to anyone, and at any time. Premium bitters, raw sugar, Ohio cherry juice, and of course Watershed Bourbon combine to make exactly that. All you need is a glass, some ice, and some orange peel to garnish.

Revel Stoke Root Beer Whisky – $16.99

This is the newest flavor from the Canadian flavor masters of Revel Stoke. With flavors of vanilla, licorice, and molasses it really is a root beer for adults. Try with some nice vanilla ice cream for a big kid float!

Hartfield & Co. American Whiskey – $18.99 (375 ml)

Hartfield pride themselves on their bourbon, and on the fact that they do things a little different than most. Primarily, they distill to a much lower proof than most, and then age in small 5.8-gallon white oak barrels for months instead of years. This American whiskey is 62% corn, 28% Rye, and 10% malted barley and aged in their used bourbon barrels.

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GLENMORANGIE BACALTA – LATEST RELEASE IN PRIVATE EDITION RANGE

Glenmorangie is proud to announce the eighth annual release in its Private Edition range. Scots Gaelic for ‘baked’, Bacalta is the first Glenmorangie expression finished entirely in sun-baked Malmsey Madeira casks.

The inspiration for this limited edition first began more than 20 years ago, with the release of Glenmorangie Madeira Finish, the world’s first whisky extra-matured in Madeira casks. For Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation and Whisky Stocks, the memory of that expression lingered on. Determined to realise his vision of the perfect Madeira-finished Glenmorangie, he drew on the expertise gained from the Distillery’s years of pioneering work in cask management.

First, Dr Bill arranged for bespoke American oak casks to be created and heavily toasted. The casks were then seasoned to his exacting specifications by Malmsey wine – the sweetest and most prized of the Madeira wines –  and baked to maturity within as the casks lay in the heat of Madeira’s sun. Emptied, shipped to Scotland and filled with specially selected spirit – already matured in ex-bourbon barrels – the Malmsey casks lend complex layers of sweetness to Glenmorangie Bacalta.

Dr Bill said; “For years I had longed to create the best Madeira-finished whisky possible. Realising that ambition took time and dedication, as every step of extra-maturation was tailored exactly to our specifications – rather like haute couture. Connoisseurs will recognise the radiating warmth of our bespoke sun-baked casks in Glenmorangie Bacalta’s aromas of ripe apricots, white chocolate and mineral notes.  There are complex tastes of mint toffee, baked fruits, honeycomb, almonds and dates, mingling with marzipan, white pepper and melon – and a rich, syrupy finish.  Glenmorangie Bacalta is a burst of sunshine in a glass.”

Bottled at 46% ABV, and non-chill filtered for extra body and texture, Glenmorangie Bacalta will be available from specialist whisky shops worldwide priced at £79. 

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NOTES: 

Tasting Notes:

Glenmorangie Bacalta is non chill-filtered and bottled at 46% ABV.

Colour: Light gold.

Nose: Fragrant, honeyed and sweet.  Some ripe apricots, mead-like, and a curious minerally/flinty note, followed by some sweet white chocolate.  A little water brings out a classic ‘rancio’/aged Balsamic tone, with a suggestion of baked bread, malty/biscuit notes, meadow flowers and some peach crumble.

Taste: An initial burst of mint toffee, with baked fruits such as caramelised oranges and apricots, lots of honeycomb, almonds and dates… Milk chocolate, marzipan, white pepper and ripe, juicy honeydew melon.

Finish: A rich, syrupy aftertaste, with more caramelised citrus and pears, some creamy fudge, but always an intriguing mentholic/eucalyptus sensation in the background.

The Glenmorangie Private Edition:

Glenmorangie’s Private Edition is an award-winning range which provides an annual opportunity for whisky connoisseurs and aficionados to experience a rare and intriguing single malt.  Glenmorangie Bacalta is the eighth release in this range.  Previous releases include Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX (IWSC 2010 Gold Medal); Glenmorangie Finealta (IWSC 2012 Gold Medal); Glenmorangie Artein (IWSC 2013 Gold Medal); Glenmorangie Ealanta (IWSC 2013 Gold Medal and World Whisky of the Year in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2014); Glenmorangie Companta (San Francisco Spirit Awards Gold Medal 2014); Glenmorangie Tùsail (San Francisco Spirit Awards Gold Medal 2015); and Glenmorangie Milsean (ISC 2016 Gold Medal). 

Extra-maturation:

Glenmorangie has long been renowned for its expertise in cask management.  In 1987, the Distillery pioneered a process called extra-maturation, now widely used in the industry.  Extra-matured whisky is first matured in ex-bourbon casks, then is transferred into ex-wine casks where it spends additional time gaining further layers of flavour.

In the case of Glenmorangie Bacalta:

• Casks were created specifically for the extra-maturation. Made from tight-grained, air-seasoned American oak staves, the casks were heavily toasted to ensure the finest flavours would emerge;
• They were filled with specifically sourced Malmsey Madeira on the island and baked by the heat of the sun for two years, to season them to Dr Bill’s exacting specifications;
• The casks were then emptied, transported to Scotland, and filled with specially selected Glenmorangie whisky, already matured in ex-bourbon barrels, to create Glenmorangie Bacalta.

About Glenmorangie:

Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch Whisky originates in the Scottish Highlands where, at the Glenmorangie Distillery, it is distilled in the tallest malt whisky stills in Scotland for a purer spirit, expertly matured in the finest oak casks for great depth, and perfected by the Men of Tain.  The Distillery was founded in 1843 and is renowned as a pioneer in its field, uniting tradition with innovation.

Responsible Drinking:

The Glenmorangie Company advocates responsible drinking and suggests that drinkers savour Glenmorangie whiskies in moderation and in line with recommended daily guidelines for alcohol consumption.

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Glenmorangie Bacalta

Following the introduction of the world’s first single malt extra-matured in Madeira casks in 1995, Glenmorangie’s Director of Whisky Creation and Distilling, Dr Bill Lumsden, has long held the ambition to revisit the finishing technique with the years of experience gained in cask management. The result is Glenmorangie Bacalta, extra-matured in bespoke casks, baked in the sun, that previously held Malmsey Madeira wine. The eighth release in the Private Edition collection, this Highland Single Malt is presented at non chill-filtered at 46% abv.

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Laphroaig 15 Year Old Hunter Laing First Edition Single Cask Cask Strength 2001 59.8%

From the Hunter Laing First Editions Single Cask range comes a 15 year old single malt distilled by Laphroaig on the Isle of Islay. This was distilled in 2001 and left to mature in a single refill butt until 2016, when it was bottled at natural cask strength without any chill-filtration or additional colours. 244 bottles were produced. Absolutely stunning!

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