WEEKLY WHISKY NEWSFriday 1st November 2024

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 Highlights: Berry Bros. Cask Strength Series, Cotswolds’ Highgrove Edition, Wild Atlantic’s First Release, and White Peak’s Caduro. 

  • Berry Bros. expands A Sense of Place series: wine & spirits merchant Berry Bros. and Rudd has revealed the second part of its series from renowned coastal distilleries worldwide. The new part of the series will showcase 25 expressions, all offered at cask strength, retailing between £70 – £225. Read More 

 

  • English distillery Cotswolds has created a single malt whisky made using Plummage Archer Barley, grown at the Highgrove Estate. The release is limited to just 400 bottles and only available at the distillery and at the Highgrove Estate shop. Read More

 

  • Wild Atlantic Distillery based in Northern Ireland will launch its first whiskey, The IslandMen 1921, just before Christmas. The inaugural release will be available from 21st December, marking the first time that whiskey has been made in County Tyrone & Derry. Read More 

 

  • Derbyshire based distillery White Peak has launched a limited edition Cask Strength version of Caduro – its permanent edition whisky, first launched in March 2023. Caduro Cask Strength will be available from 1st November. Read More 

Autumn 2024 Spirits Spotlight: Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection, Pathfinder’s UK Debut, and Bonhams’ Hanyu Ichiro Auction. 

  • Buffalo Trace has released its Antique Collection for a 2024 autumn season, celebrating the 25th anniversary of William Larue Weller Bourbon. The collection was first introduced in 2000, sharing some of the most exciting whiskies produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky. Read More  

 

  • The Pathfinder Hemp and Root non-alcoholic ‘spirit’ has launched its debut spirit in the UK, having now ‘risen to cult status’ with 300% year-to-date growth in the US market. Read More  

 

  • Bonhams auction house is offering a signed set of Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt Full Card Series next month, which it anticipated to fetch up to €1.2 million (US$1.3m). Bonhams said the Hanyu Ichiro Full Card set is the only one to be signed by its master distiller, going live on auction from 12th – 29th November. Read More  

Latest Whisky Launches: Glengoyne’s Teapot Dram, Loch Lomond’s Waypoint Series, and Jeptha Creed’s Veterans Day Bourbon. 

  • Glengoyne Distillery has released the 10th batch of its limited edition Teapot Dram series, limited to 3.6K bottles. The latest release is the limited edition series pays tribute to an old distillery tradition where workers received daily drams during their shifts. Read More 

 

  • Loch Lomond has launched The Waypoint Series, a new range distilled exclusively in swan neck stills and finished in Cognac casks, inspired by The Trossachs National Park in Scotland.  Read More 

 

  • Jeptha Creed Distillery in Kentucky is releasing the third batch of its Red, White & Blue Bourbon ahead of 11th November – Veterans Day. It will be available in 40 states across the US, with a percentage of the proceeds being donated to non-profilt organisation Creativets. Read More 

 

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