Weekly Whisky News- 9th of May
WEEKLY WHISKY NEWS
Friday, 9th May 2025
Read on to get your weekly dose of news all about the UK’s latest whisky launches.
Every Friday we will bring you a quick round up of everything you need to know about what’s new in the world of whisky.
New Whisky Releases: Glen Scotia Unveils 50-Year-Old ‘Air’ in Elements of Campbeltown Series; Fife’s InchDairnie Distillery Launches First-Ever KinGlassie Single Malts.
- Glen Scotia unveiled its oldest whisky to date in a beautiful bespoke Glencairn Crystal decanter; Glen Scotia 50 Year Old Elements of Campbeltown – Release Number One: Air. The first release in its new Elements of Campbeltown collection, it draws inspiration from the Celtic five-fold knot, and each edition will explore the impact of a natural element – air, water, fire, and earth – on the distillery’s oldest maturing whiskies. Read More
- Fife’s InchDairnie Distillery debuted its first-ever single malts with the launch of two eight year old peated whiskies under its new KinGlassie range. KinGlassie Double Matured is a heavily peated eight year old single malt whisky and KinGlassie Raw is aged for eight years in American oak ex-Bourbon casks. Read More
Whisky Releases: The Dalmore Luminary No.3 – The Rare and Laphroaig Elements 3.0.
- The Dalmore announced Luminary No.3 – The Rare, (aged 52 years) the third masterpiece in the Luminary Series. Created in collaboration with architect Ben Dobbin of Foster + Partners, this exceptionally limited release, just one of two, features a decanter expertly crafted by Glencairn Crystal, paired with a bespoke sculpture to form an extraordinary expression of design. Read More
- Laphroaig in Islay released Elements 3.0, the third in its Elements Series. This limited release was inspired by an unexpected event at the distillery when a fire in a kiln burned peat for longer and at higher temperatures, and experimenting with heat resulted in a whisky with notes of chocolate and coffee. Read More
Whisky Releases: Glen Grant 30 Year Old, Cotswolds Hearts and Crafts Calvados, and Old Particular Wine Cask Editions.
- The Glen Grant has revealed its oldest permanent expression – a 30 year old single malt that completes the distillery’s Glasshouse Collection. All three whiskies in the collection are aged in American oak Bourbon barrels and Oloroso Sherry casks. Read More
- English distillery, Cotswolds, launched the sixth edition of its Hearts and Crafts series; Hearts and Crafts Calvados Single Malt Whisky. This limited release is aged exclusively in French Calvados apple brandy casks. The collection celebrates the Arts & Crafts movement which flourished in the Cotswolds in the late 19th century. Read More
- Douglas Laing & Co. expanded its acclaimed Old Particular Wine Cask Collection with two new Single Cask releases; Old Particular Jura 13 Year Old and Old Particular Fettercairn 14 Year Old. Each whisky is uniquely finished in hand-selected wine casks. Read More
