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Axe Man Whiskey: Latest Collaboration By Foundry Distilling Co. and Surly Brewing Co.

West Des Moines, Iowa (September 8, 2022) – Foundry Distilling Co. and Surly Brewing Co. have done it again–collaborating to create a truly unique spirit. Their latest concoction is called the Axe Man American Malt Whiskey, distilled from the wort of Axe Man IPA beer. Foundry Distilling will release this whiskey on September 17th, 2022.

“We are very proud of this whiskey release in partnership with Surly Brewing Company,” said Scott Bush, owner of Foundry Distilling Company. “Axe Man Whiskey, at 96 proof, is an incredibly unique and wonderful whiskey. It is a one-time release that you won’t want to miss.”

The essence of Surly’s Axe Man IPA has been distilled into an American single malt whiskey with every ounce of the aromatic nature as its beer counterpart. Surly brought the beer’s wort to Foundry Distilling, where it was fermented, distilled, and aged for 28 months in new 30-gallon American Oak barrels to produce the malt whiskey. In total, the distillery will make 1,000 cases in a limited run.

Axe Man American Malt Whiskey Tasting Notes:

Aroma: Vanilla, Straw, Banana

Tasting: Clove, Pear, Peppercorn

Finish: Warm cinnamon, Pie crust

Foundry Distilling is hosting an Axe Man American Malt Whiskey release party at their distillery in Historic Valley Junction, Iowa, on Saturday, September 17th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is open to the public, and the first 100 attendees will get a complimentary branded rocks glass. People can sample Axe Man Whiskey and Axe Man IPA at the event while meeting with Foundry Distilling’s owner and production team. Attendees can even participate in axe throwing at the event.

Those looking to secure a bottle of this one-of-a-kind whiskey before the launch date can do so by pre-ordering online at BrewerDistillerAlliance.com. People who pre-ordered this whiskey will have to claim their bottle at the Foundry Distilling location within two weeks from the release date.

This collaboration with Surly Brewing was made possible through Foundry Distilling’s Brewer-Distiller Alliance initiative, which aims to work with notable breweries across the nation to produce remarkable, distinctive whiskeys from their beer recipes. Foundry Distilling and its partners have generated a diverse collection of exclusive limited-edition whiskeys.

This release represents the second collaboration between Foundry Distilling and Surly Brewing. In July 2021, the Brewer Distiller Alliance launched Furious American Malt Whiskey. The whiskey was based on the brewery’s immensely popular Furious IPA beer.

For more information about the Axe Man American Malt Whiskey or the Brewer-Distiller Alliance, visit FoundryDistillingCompany.com/Axe-Man-IPA.

About Surly Brewing Co

It’s Surly’s mission to deliver true flavor, an irreverent attitude, must-have beers, and world-class experiences to its fans. From their 2004 start in a converted abrasives factory in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Surly has grown into one of the premiere destination breweries in the country. Along the way, they earned countless medals from the Great American Beer Festival and the honor of being awarded the Best Brewery in America. Surly is known for bold and uncompromising beers that don’t adhere to strict style guidelines, such as Furious IPA, Grapefruit Supreme, Axe Man IPA, and Abrasive Double IPA. Often polarizing but never compromising, Surly knows their beers aren’t for everyone. They’re for you. You do enough settling in life. Don’t settle. Get Surly. To learn more, click here.

About Foundry Distilling Co.

Foundry Distilling Co. strives to be one of the most innovative distilleries in the world by providing unique products, offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences, like our Private Barrel Club, and collaborating with an alliance of nationally recognized breweries known as the BrewerDistiller Alliance. Their flagship product, The Real Stuff, is made from a mash of grain and cane and aged in charred oak kegs and is an attempt to recreate the actual process used to make the legendary “off-the-farm” spirit of rural Iowa farmers. To learn more, please visit FoundryDistillingCompany.com.

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Experience the Re-Imagination of Time

The Re-Imagination of Time is a new collection of rare whiskies from the legendary Speyside distillers at Glenfiddich. To complete the trio to our previous release of the 30 Year Old, we now have stock in of the 40 Year Old, and we also have one bottle of 50 Year Old on display at our Piccadilly shop. Have a browse below. We have also just received a restock of the Glenfiddich 21 Year Old!

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Glenfiddich 40 Year Old
Cumulative Time

This dram celebrates Glenfiddich’s unique remnant vatting – the only distillery that uses this intricate process. The remnants of the previous batch are carried over each time, and married with the casks selected for each subsequent release, to create an accumulation of flavours over time adding depth and complexity.

£3,650.00
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Glenfiddich 50 Year Old
Simultaneous Time

Only 220 bottles have been produced, with beautiful packaging designed by Manuel Jiménez García, who decrypted meteorological data from the past 50 years into an algorithm to generate a physical design representing the specific climatic conditions of the time span; symbolising how climatic conditions effect casks.

£36,700.00
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Flaming Heart #7

This is their seventh edition of Flaming Heart, the whisky that revels in the harmonies between heavy peat and toasted French oak. Imagine Metallica with a backing orchestra, and you’re getting close.

With the best bands, each album is an opportunity to explore and experiment; every record is an evolution from the one before. For fans of Flaming Heart, they always seek to evolve the ‘sound’ and have introduced a deep fruitiness to the arrangement for the 2022 version.

The smoke machine is powered by a combination of malts from the Laphroaig, Caol Ila and Talisker distilleries, while our Highland Malt Blend has spent more than six years in richly toasted virgin French oak custom casks to deliver round, booming spicy richness.

£129.90

The Loch Fyne Fynest Fettercairn 24 Year Old

The Loch Fyne Fynest Fettercairn 24 Year Old matured until February 2020 in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being re-racked to a first fill Sauternes cask. What you get is a truly unique, fabulously sweet, and rich wee dram. This limited release is free from chill filtration and at its natural colour, bottled at a powerful cask strength of 53.6% abv.

£185.00
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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 460: Strathenry 5 Year Old 2016 Carter’s Whisky

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries his first Strathenry. Strathenry? Never heard of it. InchDairnie? Huh? Carter’s Whisky? Uh… who is that? Don’t panic! InchDairnie is a new distillery, built in 2014, with the aim of providing some blenders with enough malt whisky for their product. They  will not  bring their own whisky, which they understandably call InchDairnie, to the market until 2029. They have named the recipe for the blenders Strathenry and MEUG, the most fun Flemish taste agency, has been able to get hold of a cask. And who is Carter, you ask? Carter’s Whisky is a delightful pun on ‘kaarterswhisky’, which is Flemish for ‘card players’ whisky’, referring to the utter drinkability of this malt.

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TWO EXCEPTIONAL BOWMORES AT BONHAMS FINE WHISKY SALE IN LONDON

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Bowmore Fino Cask-37-year-old 1946. Estimate: £14,000-16,000 (left). Bowmore Bourbon Cask-38-year-old 1946. Estimate: £14,000-16,000 (right)

Two bottles of exceptional Bowmore – a 38-year old-1964 distilled in Bourbon casks and a 37-year old-1964 distilled in Fino sherry casks – feature in Bonhams next Fine Whisky sale in London on Thursday 29 September. Each bottle is estimated at £14,000-16,000.

Diego Lanza, Bonhams Whisky specialist said: “These bottles are part of Bowmore’s legendary 1964 trilogy (the third was matured in Oloroso casks).1964 is widely considered to be the distillery’s Wonder Year and these two single malts certainly bear that out. They were matured in the Number 1 vaults at Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery’s – the oldest in Scotland and the only vaults below sea level. Each release was restricted to 300 making them scarce and very desirable to collectors.”

Other highlights include:

Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-7 of Hearts. Estimate: £8,500-9,500 (left). Johnnie Walker Swing-1956. Estimate: £3,000-5,000 (centre). Springbank-24 year old-1966. Estimate: £5,000-7,000 (right).

• Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-7 of Hearts. Distilled at Hanyu Distillery, Japan 1990 and bottled in 2007. One of the famous Malt Card Series created by Ichiro Akuto from mature stock he purchased from the Hanyu distillery (founded by his grandfather in the 1940s) which had stopped production in 2000. Estimate: £8,500-9,500.

• Springbank-24 year old-1966. Distilled by J. & A. Mitchell & Co., Ltd. Springbank Distillery in January 1996. Matured in Sherry Casks and bottled in June 1990. Estimate: £5,000-7,000.

• Johnnie Walker Swing-1956. J. W. & S. Ltd., bottled to commemorate the opening of the new premises of John Walker & Sons Ltd. at Hill Street, Kilmarnock on 11th September 1956. It has a stopper cork, and the lead capsule is embossed ‘SWING’. Estimate: £3,000-5,000. 

• Glenfiddich-47 year old-1964. Distilled spring 1964 by the Glendfiddich Distillery and bottled under bond in Scotland for J. & J. Hunter Ltd., Balmoral Road, Belfast in July 2011.This is bottle 014 of a limited edition of 24. Estimate: £3,500-5,000.

Sale: Fine Whisky Sale

Location: 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SRDate: Thursday 29 September starting at 13.00 BST

Link to catalogue: Fine Whisky

NOTES 

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, motor cars and a luxury division, including jewellery, watches, wine and whisky. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 53 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com

Benromach Cask Strength 2012 Vintage Batch 1

This cask strength single malt whisky from Benromach Distillery delivers rich and spicy sherry aromas, vanilla and hints of chocolate with a palate of orange zest, black pepper and a soft smoky finish. ABV: 60.2%

COUNTRY: Scotland REGION: Speyside DISTILLERY: Benromach WHISKY TYPE: Single Malt CASK TYPE: First Fill Sherry and Bourbon Cask BOTTLING COMPANY: Benromach

£53.99 £59.99

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Just landed! Dalmore 25 Year Old 2022

A classy dram has landed at the shores of Loch Fyne. Matured for a quarter-century; it started off in American oak, a wee move into Palomino fino sherry butts and ex-bourbon, and then ended up married together in some Tawny Port pipes. And now we have it here – that’s a tasty journey!

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Nose: dried fruits, sugared almonds, Victoria sponge cake.

Palate: fruity, raisins, vibrant citrus zest.

Finish: cocoa, spicy, sumptuous.

£1,200.00
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