Bushmills Prohibition Recipe, Benriach Cask Version, & Extra [New Releases]

Bushmills Prohibition Recipe

Type: Blended
Origin: Eire
Age: Not acknowledged
ABV: 46%
Worth: $30
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted; nationwide

Have to know:

Prohibition Recipe is being launched simply forward of the ultimate season of the hit collection “Peaky Blinders,” in collaboration with the present’s producer and proprietor. The whiskey is fictionally billed as the most recent enterprise from “The Shelby Firm Ltd.,” led by the infamous Tommy Shelby, the primary protagonist of the collection. The non-chill filtered expression is a mix of single malt shares aged in bourbon barrels for 3, 4, and 5 years with lighter grain whiskeys, a mode much like Bushmills Authentic.

Whisky Advocate says:

“Peaky Blinders” returns to Netflix on June 10th for its sixth and remaining season. The story, which is ready within the slums of Birmingham, England, started in 1919 and has now progressed to December 5, 1933, simply as Prohibition is being repealed within the U.S. The bottle design and recipe for this restricted launch harkens again to that point interval, with illustrations and quotes from the present adorning the packaging. Prohibition Recipe joins a lot of whiskies that pay homage to each Prohibition and its repeal, and others with direct hyperlinks to tv.

Benriach 2009 Cask #3812 Pedro Ximénez Puncheon

Type: Single malt
Origin: Scotland
Age: 12 yr outdated
ABV: 58.2%
Worth: $100
Launch: June 2022
Availability: 642 bottles in CA, KY, OR, WA, GA, MA, NY

Benriach 1998 Cask #10297 Marsala

Type: Single malt
Origin: Scotland
Age: 23 yr outdated
ABV: 55.4%
Worth: $330
Launch: June 2022
Availability: 264 bottles in AZ, CO, IL, DE, DC, FL, MD, MN, NV, PA, SC, WI

Benriach 1997 Cask #15058 Oloroso Puncheon

Type: Single malt
Origin: Scotland
Age: 24 yr outdated
ABV: 55.4%
Worth: $380
Launch: June 2022
Availability: 641 bottles in GA, MA, NY and extra metro markets

Have to know:

These Benriach Cask Version releases are the primary single cask expressions the distillery has ever made out there within the U.S. market. Every expression was drawn from particular person casks chosen by grasp blender Rachel Barrie, and all three are bottled at cask power.

Whisky Advocate says:

For years Benriach was a forgotten place, and by 2002 it was a mothballed distillery on the street to oblivion. However in 2004 it was acquired by scotch whisky entrepreneur Billy Walker, who nurtured it again to viability over the following dozen years. In 2016 Walker offered Benriach to Jack Daniel’s proprietor Brown-Forman, and it has since sprung into overdrive. A full relaunch kicked off within the fall of 2020 with newly revamped 10 and 12 yr outdated expressions, recast as The Authentic Ten and The Smoky Twelve. That was adopted in early 2021 by the addition of Benriach 21, 25, and 30 yr outdated expressions. The Smoky Twelve completed at No. 3 in Whisky Advocate’s High 20 rankings of 2020.

Excessive West Rendezvous Rye

Type: Rye
Origin: Not acknowledged
Age: 4-6 years outdated
ABV: 46%
Worth: $70
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted however nationwide

Have to know:

Rendezvous Rye is Excessive West’s flagship label and was the primary whiskey ever launched by the corporate. A daring, high-rye expression that showcased older rye whiskeys, it attracted legions of devotees and made the corporate’s title. Final yr, Excessive West introduced that Rendezvous would turn out to be a restricted seasonal launch because it step by step transitions to creating its personal pot nonetheless whiskey at its Wanship, Utah distillery.

Whisky Advocate says:

Excessive West’s “core 4” whiskeys have at all times been Rendezvous Rye, Double Rye, American Prairie bourbon, and Campfire (combining rye, bourbon and peated blended malt scotch). These had been supplemented by common annual releases together with Bourye (a mix of bourbon and rye), Yippee Ki-Yay (a mix of ryes completed in vermouth and syrah barrels), and A Midwinter Evening’s Dram (Rendezvous rye completed in French oak port barrels). Yippee Ki-Yay has been discontinued as a part of Excessive West’s transition. Whereas the corporate strikes towards together with extra of its own-make whiskey in its releases, it’s additionally anticipated to proceed sourcing whiskey for the foreseeable future. Within the meantime, it continues to innovate, with labels like its Excessive Nation single malt, launched final yr.

Frey Ranch Single Barrel Rye

Type: Straight rye
Origin: Nevada
Age: 5 years and eight months to six years and 6 months
ABV: Varies from 59%-69%
Worth: $99
Launch: September 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

Frey Ranch hosted a launch occasion on the distillery on Could 21 for this limited-release barrel proof expression, and it offered out three barrels in just some hours. The excellent news is {that a} wider launch is slated for September, by the distillery’s on-line retailer at freyranch.com. Frey ships to about 30 states. That is certainly one of quite a few particular releases from this Nevada farm distiller. The Frey Ranch particular releases typically deal with the grains grown on the ranch, relatively than barrel ending or different prospers.

Whisky Advocate says:

Frey Ranch has put Nevada distilling on the map with its extremely regarded whiskeys, led by such expressions as its 4 Grain bourbon and its Bottled in Bond rye, the latter scoring 93 factors with Whisky Advocate’s tasting panel. Frey Ranch proprietor Colby Frey, a fifth-generation Nevada rancher, obtained the concept of farm distilling together with his spouse and co-founder Ashley again in 2006, however couldn’t launch product for seven years till Nevada handed the (beforehand non-existent) legal guidelines wanted to control industrial distilling. Frey launched its first whiskey in late 2019.

Penderyn U.S.A. Restricted Launch #1

Type: Single malt
Origin: Wales
Age: Not acknowledged
ABV: 50%
Worth: $110
Launch: March 2022
Availability: 1,210 bottles; AZ, CA, DE, DC, IL, KS, MA, MD, MN, NE, NV, NJ, NY, OR, TN, TX, and WA

Have to know:

That is the primary in a collection of small batch U.S.-exclusive releases from Penderyn’s extra established distillery, located within the foothills of the Brecon Beacons mountain vary in South Wales. It’s a wedding of 4 totally different casks, together with bourbon; shaved, toasted, and recharred (STR); ruby port; and carcavelos, the candy fortified Portuguese wine.

Whisky Advocate says:

Penderyn has lengthy provided very good, high-scoring single cask releases, however this new collection supplies a chance to style even larger complexity in its whisky compositions. Intriguingly, 75% of this whisky was distilled in Penderyn’s conventional copper pot nonetheless, with the rest from its Faraday nonetheless. Bottled at increased proof, this collection goals to point out what Penderyn can do with mixing its personal single malts from totally different cask sorts past its single cask releases and core lineup.

Wyoming Whiskey Nationwide Parks No. 2

Type: Straight bourbon
Origin: Wyoming
Age: 5 yr outdated
ABV: 52.5%
Worth: $70
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted; 4,500 bottles

Have to know:

The second launch in Wyoming’s Nationwide Parks collection is comprised of 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. All grains had been grown in Wyoming.

Whisky Advocate says:

Wyoming Whiskey launched the Nationwide Parks collection in April 2021, elevating over $120,000 for the Nationwide Park Basis. With this yr’s launch, they’re celebrating Yellowstone Nationwide Park’s 150th anniversary. As a part of a pledge of $150,000, Wyoming Whiskey will donate $5 for each bottle offered, to Yellowstone Eternally, the park’s official non-profit associate. We not too long ago spoke to Wyoming Whiskey co-founder David DeFazio about what the Nationwide Parks collection means to each him and the model.

Chattanooga Bottled in Bond Sequence (Spring 2018)

Type: Straight bourbon
Origin: Tennessee
Age: Not acknowledged
ABV: 50%
Worth: $53
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Roughly 10,000 bottles, offered on the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery and in AL, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, SC, TN, and TX

Have to know:

Crafted in Chattanooga’s high-malt model, this launch is a 4-plus yr outdated mix of 4 mashbills, together with R18016, its latest, which is made of roughly 20% minimally dried inexperienced malt. In accordance with bottled in bond requirements (produced in a single distillation season by a single distillery, matured in a U.S. bonded warehouse for a minimum of 4 years, and bottled at 50% ABV) it was distilled and barreled from January by June 2018.

Whisky Advocate says:

Based in 2011, Chattanooga Whiskey was not in a position to distill at first, as Tennessee regulation didn’t allow spirits manufacturing in Hamilton County. The founders set out on a two-year journey to alter that regulation, and within the meantime sourced its whiskey from MGP Substances in Indiana. In March 2015 Chattanooga’s Experimental Distillery started manufacturing. Two years later, the corporate opened the bigger Riverfront Distillery, which is now its principal facility. Final yr, Chattanooga launched the primary expressions in its Bottled in Bond Sequence; every scored 89 factors with our tasting panel.