Special Memorial Day Pricing Just in time for Father’s Day

FRANKFORT, KY (May 21, 2025) –  This Father’s Day, forget the neckties, and give dad a completely customizable gift, his very own double-staved™ bourbon from J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery.  Order online and choose Dad’s favorite mash bill from hundreds of proprietary double-staved barrels pre-selected by the Mattingly team of master blenders.  Customize it even further by choosing the bottle shape, wax color for the stopper, and your own personal message on the label for Dad.  The J. Mattingly 1845 team will hand bottle it to your custom specifications and have it shipped to Dad’s door.

Take advantage of special Memorial Day pricing now through May 26 with a reduced price of $99 for a 750 mL bottle instead of the regular price of $155.  Orders placed before June 7 will be delivered by Father’s Day on June 15. Orders placed after June 7 have the option of a downloadable gift card, which can be printed and given to Dad on his special day.

All of J. Mattingly 1845’s whiskeys undergo its proprietary double-staving process, allowing the whiskey inside the barrels additional surface exposure to charred barrel staves to impart more flavor and color.  This extra surface exposure of the charred staves inside the barrels imparts more caramel and vanilla naturally from the wood, resulting in a more flavorful taste profile.  The barrels are then married together and after rigorous taste tests from J. Mattingly 1845’s team of blenders, a one-of-a-kind blend is created.

“The online custom bourbon bottles truly are a one-of-a-kind gift that dad, or any bourbon lover, will treasure,” said Harry Richart, president of J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery.  “Not only is the whiskey made through our double-staved process, but your choice of bottle shape, custom message for the label and wax color combination make it a unique creation not found on the liquor store shelf. It’s a gift that stands out from all others with the various customization opportunities.”

J. Mattingly 1845 Bourbon and the custom bourbon creation option are available online at jmattingly1845.com and in person at its Distillery in Frankfort, KY.  Gift cards are available for the custom bourbon creation experience.  The special Memorial Day pricing of $99 per 750 mL bottle is effective from May 20 through May 26, 2025.  Shipping is available to 46 U.S. States.

About J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery

The Mattingly family has been synonymous with distilling in Kentucky for more than two centuries, having a hand in the development of at least nine separate distilleries in the Commonwealth.

            In 2010 Jeff Mattingly took up the family mantle and started his own craft bourbon business.  Today, Jeff’s son Cameron has joined the team as Vice President of Production, continuing the legacy into the latest generation for J. Mattingly Distillery 1845 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Together, father and son offer their proprietary double-staving process as well as a custom bourbon blending experience unparalleled in the spirits industry, available on-site in Frankfort or online at www.JMattingly1845.com.

Cask Collection No76

Saturday 7th June from 2pm – 3.30pm

Hosted by Max Maartense from A D Rattray

Join us in our tasting room and try our latest Cask Collection release. This is the first exclusive chance to try these single cask whiskies before they are available anywhere else.

Take a seat in our tasting room and let your host Max take you through a tasting of 5 single cask whiskies. He will explain the reasons why we selected each cask for this collection, what makes each of these individual casks special and the journey we have taken them on over their years of maturation.

Highlights include a Ben Nevis 12 Year Old Bourbon Hogshead, Knockdhu 15 Year Old finished in a Moscatel Barrique and a Glendullan 14 Year Old finished in a 1St Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead.

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Glencairn Crystal Honoured with

Kings Award for Enterprise for Innovation

Scotland’s world leading crystal glassware company has been awarded The King’s Award for Enterprise – the fourth time in the company’s history it has received this prestigious accolade. 

Glencairn Crystal is one of only a few select organisations nationwide to receive a King’s Award for Enterprise.* Announced today (Tuesday 6 May), Glencairn Crystal has been recognised for its excellence in the category of Innovation.

Founded in 1981 and based in East Kilbride, Scotland, Glencairn Crystal Studio Ltd is a family-owned business employing over 70 people. The company specialises in premium crystal and glassware for both business and consumer markets, with unrivalled expertise within the spirits industry.

Renowned for its pioneering design, craftsmanship and manufacturing, Glencairn Crystal creates luxury, high-end bottles and decanters featuring intricate metalwork, unique application processes and state-of-the-art engraving techniques. It has successfully scaled up artisan techniques for commercial production, blending hand-crafted artistry and ground-breaking technical innovation. By embedding world-leading invention and highly bespoke branding into its proprietary decanters and bottles, Glencairn works with spirits companies, globally, to elevate the value of their brands, showcasing, in the best possible light, the craftsmanship that has gone into every one.

For over 20 years, Glencairn Crystal has also produced the iconic Glencairn Glass – the first glass designed specifically for whisky. Recognised as the official glass for whisky in the UK, and throughout the whisky industry internationally, it is the world’s favourite whisky glass, used by millions of consumers and distilleries around the globe.

The company first received the Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2006 for the Glencairn Glass, followed by the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2012 and 2017.

Scott Davidson, Glencairn Crystal’s New Product Development Director said: “We are delighted to have been recognised for our work with The King’s Award for Innovation.  To be granted such a prestigious award for the fourth time in the past 20 years is incredibly special.

As a family run business for more than 40 years, we have a valued team of talented employees who have innovation at the core of everything we do. This award is a testament to the passion, creativity, and dedication of everyone here at Glencairn Crystal, and to our mission of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for our customers in crystal and glass.”

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for businesses, recognising and encouraging outstanding achievements in four categories: innovation, international trade, sustainable development, and promoting opportunity through social mobility. The awards are given out annually and are a highly regarded mark of excellence for British businesses.

The Award programme, now in its 59th year and previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, were renamed in 2023 to reflect His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s by recognising outstanding UK businesses.

For more information about Glencairn Crystal, visit www.glencairn.com

For more information about The Kings Award for Enterprise, visit www.gov.uk/kings-awards-for-enterprise

* 197 organisations nationally have been recognised with a King’s Award for Enterprise and a total of 199 Awards were made with two companies being recognised with two Awards.

Islay

Big Peat Christmas Edition

ABV: 54.8% | Vol: 70cl

Big Peat Christmas – Back in Stock!
Only £38. Limited Bottles Available.

He might’ve missed the calendar, but we’re not complaining — the first-ever Big Peat Christmas Edition finished in Sherry casks is back in stock. Bold. Smoky. Full of festive fire, all year round. This limited release is now available for just £38, offering signature Islay smoke wrapped in warming sherry sweetness. Anticipate hints of dried fruit, cocoa, and spiced oak, followed by candied peel, Hebridean sea air, peated barley, and of course, Big Peat’s unmistakable smoky style. As the first ever Big Peat Christmas Edition finished in sherry casks, this special release truly encapsulates the flavour of Christmas in a bottle. BIG and BOLD… it’s the ultimate winter warmer and is sure to get you in the festive spirit! Typically Islay in flavour, the palate carries notes of ash, sweet tar, smoking chimneys and a subtle salty beach quality, with a long and lingering phenolic finish.

Jura Fèis Ìle Bottling

Jura Whisky proudly presents a new single cask release to celebrate this year’s Fèis Ìle festival, a gathering of whisky fans who come from across the globe to experience the island whisky making communities of Islay and Jura.

On 30th May Jura will be welcoming whisky lovers to its beachside distillery, with tours of the distillery on offer as well as tastings, live music, cocktails and boat tours exploring Jura’s beautiful coastline.

To mark the 2025 festival, a very special expression will be released limited to just 300 bottles, exclusively available to the whisky-lovers who visit Jura in-person during Fèis Ìle.

Jura Distillery’s Kirsty Wright said: “People who know Jura, know Jura whisky. As a Scottish island community, we appreciate each and every visitor, which is why this release is exclusively available to those that join us for our whisky festival. This release celebrates a different take on Jura’s fruity and balanced flavours, ideal to share with friends and family.”

Joe Ricketts, Whisky Maker, explained: “For this year’s Fèis Ìle single cask release we’ve revisited a standout 2007 vintage parcel. In 2022 the whisky making and distillery teams selected #1892, a bold, rich oloroso butt which explored a different side to Jura’s distillery character.

“With an additional three years maturation, #1895 builds on the complexity of our 2022 Fèis Ìle release, with notes of crystallised citrus, prune and hazelnut together with hints of polished leather and dark chocolate from its full-course Sherry maturation.”

There are a few tickets still remaining for this year’s Feis Ile celebration on Jura, which can be purchased here: Jura Whisky Festival | Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky

About Jura: Jura is a remote Scottish island nestled off the West Coast of Scotland. With only one road, one pub, one whisky distillery and 212(ish) people, Jura is as beautiful as it is remote. The distillery was established in 1810 and reborn in 1963 to revive the community. Inspired by our history and our island home, we create single malt with a true passion for the craft of whisky making.

Product information:

Jura Fèis Ìle 2025

Age: 17 years

ABV: Cask strength

Cask: oloroso Sherry butt

Available exclusively at the Jura distillery in 70cl format between 23 May and 31 May 2025

RSP: £135

Nose: walnut, apricot and autumnal forest floor notes

Palate: crystallised citrus, prune and toasted hazelnut

Finish: hints of polished leather and dark chocolate

DOUGLAS LAING & CO. RELEASES NEW BIG PEAT LIMITED EDITION BOTTLING

BIG PEAT FÈIS ÌLE 2025

The award-winning range of Big Peat Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky from independent Blenders, Bottlers, and Distillers Douglas Laing & Co., proudly announces its annual release for Fèis Ìle—a true celebration of all things Islay, specially selected to mark the occasion.

Fèis Ìle – The Islay Festival – brings together whisky and Islay enthusiasts from around the world to celebrate the island, its culture, and the unique spirits it produces. This ten-day event is a highlight in every Islay whisky fan’s calendar. Big Peat is proud to be part of such a momentous annual occasion, and releasing this unique edition from our Islay whisky character is a special moment for us at Douglas Laing.

Big Peat Fèis Ìle Limited Edition has been uniquely bottled as a 2010 Vintage, with maturation taking place exclusively in hand-selected Refill Hogsheads. This release takes Whisky enthusiasts back to where Big Peat’s story first began—on the Island of Islay, the place he calls home. This cask selection delivers a profile of classic Big Peat characteristics and more—expect layers of sweet smoke intertwined with a salty, oceanic character, culminating in the signature smoky BBQ profile for which Big Peat is renowned. Small batch, 40PPM, bottled at a higher strength of 50% ABV, and proudly without chill-filtration or added colouring, Big Peat Fèis Ìle embodies the true spirit of Islay.

Presented in a premium foiled bespoke carton, with a unique label highlighting all the key details, this edition brings a distinctive new offering to the Big Peat range.

Alongside our Fèis Ìle Limited Edition, Fred Laing, Chairman of Douglas Laing, has selected a single cask of Islay Single Malt, distilled at Caol Ila Distillery in 2010 and bottled in 2025. This rare and limited release of just 150 bottles has been matured exclusively in Refill Hogshead casks, bottled at 14 years old and at a natural cask strength of 55.4% ABV. Each bottle has been hand-numbered and personally signed by Fred. Fred adds “I love being involved in what we – and here I include Big Peat himself – select for his unique single cask releases. This particular cask ticked all our quality boxes – so much so that we decided to bottle it just before it reached 15 years old”. This single cask delivers amplified notes of citrus, salted sweetness, nuttiness and oak. Available exclusively on the Island of Islay during Fèis Ìle, it’s another not-to-be-missed release.

Chloe Wood, Big Peat Brand Manager, comments:

“Big Peat has always been crafted to tell the story of Islay, whether through ‘his’ spirit selection, cask choice, or flavour profile. With this particular release, there’s no hiding behind overpowering cask finishes—Big Peat Fèis Ìle showcases the impact of quality spirit selection and expert cask management, resulting in a Whisky that boasts full flavour from the outset and truly reflects what Big Peat was designed to be.”

Big Peat Fèis Ìle Limited Edition is available at select retailers, Whisky specialists, and online, with a suggested retail price of £70.00/€84.00.

ABOUT DOUGLAS LAING & CO.

www.douglaslaing.com

Douglas Laing & Co. is a leading independent Scotch Whisky distillery, blender and bottler specialising in the selection and release of Single Cask Single and Small Batch Malt Scotch Whiskies.

The company was founded by Fred Douglas Laing in 1948 and is still owned and run by the Laing family – Fred Laing Jr and his daughter Cara Laing.

The company philosophy is to bottle the way the distiller intended – at a high strength and without chill filtration to preserve the robust and unique character of the Whisky. Douglas Laing’s industry reputation and many awards are a testament to this ethos.

Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts, the Ultimate Distillation of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Regions, encompasses The Epicurean Lowland Malt Scotch Whisky, Timorous Beastie (Highlands), Scallywag (Speyside), The Gauldrons (Campbeltown), Rock Island (Islands) and Big Peat (Islay).

Beyond its Blended Malts expertise, the award-winning Douglas Laing portfolio also includes Provenance, Premier Barrel, Old, Xtra Old Particular, and XOP Black, collectively known as the firm’s “Exceptional Single Casks”.

Our May 2025 Auction ENDS SOON!

Place your bids until 7pm (GMT) Sunday 25th May 2025.

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Every month, we present an incredible selection of whiskies and other fine spirits to our members right across the globe. You will find everything here from limited edition releases and vintage bottles to whole casks of rare whisky. There is certainly something for everyone – whether you are looking to collect, invest or enjoy!

Macallan – 52 Year Old (2018 Release)

Glenlivet – 12 Year Old (1964) Peter Dominic Ltd

Karuizawa – 1981 (Single Cask #818) Sumo Label

St. Magdalene – 18 Year Old (1964)

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