Eight New Whisk(e)y Expressions: Our favorite latest releases from luxuriant single malt Scotch to bourbon-rye blends

Eight New Whisk(e)y Expressions


We’re well into fall and no drink fits the season with as much comfortable class as whiskey. Whether neat or on the rocks, the thoughtful, warming power of this dark spirit continues to deliver upon its historic identity. It just so happens that many of our favorite brands have offered…

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Bunnahabhain 40-Year-Old Scotch: An accidental discovery at this Islay distillery leads to a limited run whisky

Bunnahabhain 40-Year-Old Scotch


Quietly hidden for over 40 years within the prestigious Bunnahabhain distillery on Scottish island Islay’s northern shore, a long-forgotten maturation continued to develop. When reviewing ledgers dating back decades, master distiller Ian MacMillan uncovered a missing…

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Ardbeg Whisky Distillery: We visit the wild island of Islay to discover what makes Scotland’s peatiest single malt so unique

Ardbeg Whisky Distillery


Those familiar with single malts will recognize the tiny, wild island of Islay as the birthplace of Scotland’s most heavily peated whiskies. Once home to over 20 distilleries, Islay (pronounced “eye-lah”) now hosts just eight, but the few remaining are some of…

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Highland Park Loki: The mischievous Norse god embodied in a complex 15-year-old single malt

Highland Park Loki

Inspired by the mischievous and mercurial Nordic god, the amber liquid of the newly released Loki seems to capture the unpredictable shape-shifting nature of its namesake. Matured in both Spanish sherry and heavily peated casks, the flavors offer sweetness and spice with a layer of smoke that distinguishes the…

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