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Eastside Distilling Releases Oregon Marionberry Whiskey
The consumer and trade enthusiasm around flavored whiskies has brought volume numbers to new heights. According to Impact Databank, depletions in the USA reached an estimated 16.1 million 9-liter cases in 2020. A decade ago, volume was under 2.0 million cases. Mintel reports that the flavored options not only appeal to current devoted whiskey drinkers but also to new users that skew younger and female. Eastside…
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Inspiro Tequila Launches in the U.S., Bringing a Fresh New Female Perspective to the Growing Tequila Category
Inspiro Tequila, a new ultra-premium additive-free tequila, meticulously crafted from hand-selected 100% Blue Weber Agave, has now launched in the U.S. Inspiro Tequila was founded by the brand’s CEO, Mara Smith, a former attorney in Chicago, who started drinking tequila when she was looking for a clean, gluten-free spirit that fit into her active lifestyle. For years Mara searched for a tequila…
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Jim Beam® Releases Limited-Edition Jim Beam Black® Bottle For 43rd Ryder Cup
As a proud official sponsor of the Ryder Cup, Jim Beam® is releasing a limited-edition bottle of Jim Beam Black® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey designed exclusively for the event taking place this week. This bottle of premium bourbon will capture the elegance and grandeur of the esteemed Whistling Straits Golf Course, which is beautifully sculpted into the Wisconsin coastline. Jim Beam Black Ryder…
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Guinness Announces Chicago Taproom
– Irish heritage, tradition, grit, and resilience all run deep in Chicago, and in the not-too-distant future, so will Guinness roots. This great American city will be the home to the new Guinness Chicago Taproom, slated to open to the public in 2023 in the city’s lively West Loop neighborhood. Located at 375 N. Morgan Street, the 15,000-square-foot space where Guinness has signed…
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Forty Creek Debuts Master’s Cut, Its First-Ever Cask Strength Whisky
Forty Creek, the Canadian Whisky Distillery based in Grimbsy, Ontario, today announces the launch of Master’s Cut, the debut cask strength whisky from Master Blender Bill Ashburn. As a cask strength whisky, Master’s Cut is bottled at the same strength as it comes out of the barrel, offering a liquid that’s still recognizable as Forty Creek with an added flair. Forty Creek’s newest launch,…
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Sugarlands Introduces One-Two Punch Benefitting Folds of Honor
Sugarlands Distilling Co. today announced the launch of One-Two Punch, a new, limited-edition ready-to-drink (RTD) canned moonshine cocktail. One-Two Punch will be made available for purchase for the first time this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Playoff tripleheader weekend. Sugarlands Distilling Co.’s new One-Two Punch, a limited-edition ready-to-drink (RTD) canned moonshine cocktail that benefits Folds of Honor.…
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Samuel Adams is the Official Beer of Inspiration4, the First All-Civilian Spaceflight Mission to Orbit; Drinkers Can Bid on Jim Koch’s Signed Number One Bottle of 2021 Utopias for Charity
The brewers at Samuel Adams are raising a glass to the highly anticipated release date of Samuel Adams Utopias, beer at its most spirited. Available starting October 11, the 12th biennial edition of Utopias was finished on 2,000 pounds of cherries, including Michigan Balaton cherries, to bring a slight sweetness and touch of tart flavor to this 28% ABV rarity. Samuel…
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Kentucky Owl® releases The Wiseman™ Bourbon
Stoli® Group Kentucky Owl® is announcing the release of The Wiseman™ Bourbon, its first Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced and distilled by Kentucky Owl® in collaboration with the Bardstown Bourbon Company, both located in The Bourbon Capital of the World — Bardstown, Kentucky. The product is a blend of Kentucky Owl® 4-year-old wheat and high-rye bourbons, along with 5 ½-year and 8 ½-year-old Kentucky-sourced…
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Innis & Gunn to Brew Success in the U.S. with a New Pack and Increased Investment
Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn, one of the largest independent, international beer businesses in the U.K., has unveiled plans to drive growth in the U.S. market through new packaging and increased brand and marketing investment. First launched in the U.S. in 2005, the Originals range, which includes The Original and Caribbean Rum Cask, has become a popular choice with beer drinkers looking for authentically original beer.…
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The Glen Grant® Announces the Release of The Dennis Malcolm 60th Anniversary Edition Aged 60 Years
The Glen Grant Distillery® has announced an exclusive, limited edition 60 year old single malt scotch whisky in celebration of the storied six-decades long career of The Glen Grant’s own Dennis Malcolm, known as one of Scotland’s longest serving distillers. To be released in October of this year, the limited offering is bottled from a single ex-Oloroso sherry cask (#5040) that was filled…
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