Dewar’s 19 Yr Previous The Champions Version (2022 Launch), Loch Lomond The Open Collection, & Extra [New Releases]

Dewar’s 19 Yr Previous The Champions Version (2022 Launch)

Model: Blended
Origin: Scotland
Age: 19 12 months previous
ABV: 43%
Worth: $80
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

For the second 12 months working, Dewar’s has unveiled the official whisky of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship, which tees off  June 16 at The Nation Membership in Brookline, Massachusetts. Like final 12 months’s launch, this whisky is a double-aged mix of as much as 40 single malt and grain whiskies. However whereas final 12 months’s whisky was completed in bourbon barrels, this one is completed in a combination of bourbon, new American oak, and rye whiskey barrels. It’s an idea taken from a earlier Dewar’s launch referred to as Dewar’s Scratched Cask. “We completed that one in bourbon, new American, and rye casks,” remembers Dewar’s grasp blender and malt grasp Stephanie Macleod. “It had nice taste and character, however the advertising wasn’t nice, so it didn’t do effectively. I made a decision to resurrect the concept for this newest Dewar’s 19 launch. We’re making an attempt to take all of the influences that we see in American whiskey and produce them into scotch.” 

Whisky Advocate says:

Golf followers will cheer the information that the value and age assertion of The Champions Version are unchanged from final 12 months’s launch. The silver field packaging is impressed by the U.S. Open winner’s Wanamaker trophy, whereas the age assertion is a nod to the custom of a closing spherical on the 19th gap. A twist on this 12 months’s launch is the Dewar’s Lemon Wedge, the official cocktail of the U.S. Open, which is out there to buy as a equipment by Cocktail Courier for these following the chief board at house. It’s easy to make: Combine 1½ oz. Dewar’s 12 12 months previous, 3 oz. membership soda, and a pair of oz. recent lemonade over ice and garnish with a lemon wedge skewered by a golf tee.

Loch Lomond The Open Course Version

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Highlands)
Age: 22 12 months previous
ABV: 48.2%
Worth: $190
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

Crafted in homage to the various golf programs the place The Open has taken place over time, this whisky was aged in American oak casks earlier than receiving a 36-month end in Haut-Médoc purple wine barriques.

Loch Lomond The Open Particular Version 2022

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Highlands)
Age: Not said
ABV: 46%
Worth: $40
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

Created in partnership with golfer Colin Montgomerie, this whisky was additionally aged in American oak casks, after which was completed in Bordeaux purple wine barriques. It celebrates the 150th anniversary of The Open, which is able to happen July 14-17 this 12 months at St Andrews The Previous Course in Scotland.

Whisky Advocate says:

Loch Lomond turned the official spirit of The Open in 2018, and has launched a limited-edition whisky in honor of the golf match yearly since then. In 2019, the distillery teamed up with golfer Cristie Kerr and her Kerr Cellars vineyard to launch a 2002 classic purple wine cask-finish that obtained 94 factors in our Shopping for Information. Loch Lomond is among the extra underappreciated scotch distilleries, and both the no age assertion The Open Particular Version or extra extremely aged The Open Course Version would make a fantastic present for the golf and whisky lover in your life. Our summer time problem, which hits newsstands subsequent week, goes in depth on all the nice golf and whisky available within the historic city of St Andrews.

The Dalmore 21 12 months previous

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Highlands)
Age: 21 12 months previous
ABV: 43.8%
Worth: $800
Launch: June 1, 2022
Availability: 1,000 bottles within the U.S.

Have to know:

The Dalmore is including this 21 12 months previous to its core assortment of single malts. After preliminary maturation in bourbon barrels, it was transferred to 30 12 months previous Matusalem oloroso sherry casks for a 36-month end.

Whisky Advocate says:

The sherry casks used for this end are from Gonzalez Byass in Jerez, Spain, the place they had been used to age Matusalem, a sweeter model of oloroso that blends in some Pedro Ximénez sherry by way of a solera system. The Dalmore is among the most recognizable names in luxurious single malt scotch, with this launch representing the higher echelons of their core vary’s Principal Assortment, which additionally contains King Alexander III, Dalmore 18 12 months previous, Cigar Malt Reserve, and extra.

Barrell Gold Label Seagrass

Model: Completed rye
Origin: Canada
Age: 20 12 months previous
ABV: 64.06%
Worth: $500
Launch: Might 2022
Availability: 5,000 bottles

Have to know:

Like earlier Seagrass releases, this whiskey makes use of Martinique rhum, Malmsey madeira, and apricot brandy casks for its ending. A portion was completed in apricot brandy casks, one other portion was completed in Martinique rhum barrels. The mix of the primary and second batches was completed in Malmsey madeira barrels. When every set of secondary maturations had been prepared, these casks had been pulled and slowly married into the ultimate mix. At 20 years previous, that is the oldest Seagrass launched up to now.

Whisky Advocate says:

Barrell launched the primary Seagrass in March 2021, a mix of whiskies from Canada, Indiana, and different states (88 factors). They adopted that up with a 16 12 months previous Gray Label model in January of this 12 months, with that whisky totally sourced from Canada. With its ingenious ending course of, Seagrass is usually a polarizing whisky, with the unique idea geared toward showcasing grassy oceanside notes present in rye and the spice affect from ending barrels.

Rabbit Gap Nevallier Founder’s Assortment French Oak Completed

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: Kentucky
Age: 16 12 months previous
ABV: 57.9%
Worth: $895
Launch: June 2022
Availability: 1,155 bottles

Have to know:

An exploration of the sensory influence of French oak maturation on bourbon, Nevallier is a mix of 10 high-rye Kentucky bourbons that had been aged for 15 years in new charred American oak barrels and completed in French oak casks for one 12 months. It’s bottled at cask energy.

Whisky Advocate says:

That is the fourth launch within the Rabbit Gap Founder’s Assortment, a collection of limited-edition whiskeys launched bi-annually which launched in 2020, and amongst its oldest releases up to now. The French oak barrels used for the end had been specifically chosen by Rabbit Gap founder Kaveh Zamanian; they had been made by French cooperage Tonnellerie Leroi, which sourced the oak from the Nevers and Allier forests of central France.

Milam & Greene The Citadel Hill Collection (Batch Two)

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: Tennessee
Age: 13 12 months previous
ABV: 55.5%
Worth: $150
Launch: Might 2022
Availability: Restricted; 3,000 bottles

Have to know:

This second launch in Milam & Greene’s The Citadel Hill Collection is a mix of 26 barrels ranging in age from 13 years, 10 months, and 17 days to 14 years, 3 months, and 6 days. The collection is called for the historic Texas Navy Institute in Austin, which can be house to grasp blender Heather Greene’s mixing lab. The primary 118 bottles shall be obtainable on the Milam & Greene Distillery in Blanco, Texas on Saturday, Might 28, beginning at 11 a.m. with the remaining bottles distributed to CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, NJ, NY, OK, TX, WA, WI, and Alberta, Canada.

Whisky Advocate says:

The Citadel Hill Collection carries the oldest age assertion of any Milam & Greene whiskey and represents the distillery’s most unique casks. It’s also a showcase for Heather Greene’s ability as a blender. We spoke with Greene final July about making whiskey in Texas and her imaginative and prescient for the Milam & Greene model, which she co-founded in 2019, with two flagship releases: a triple cask bourbon and a port-finished rye.

The Beverly Excessive Rye

Model: Mix of straight whiskeys
Origin: Iowa and Indiana
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $60
Launch: Might 2022
Availability: Nationwide by way of beverlyhighrye.com

Have to know:

This whiskey is a mix of straight rye and straight bourbon whiskeys, distilled at Iowa-based Cedar Ridge Distillery and Indiana’s MGP, after which blended at Cedar Ridge. The vast majority of the mashbill is rye. For every bottle offered, Beverly Spirits will plant a tree by the non-profit group Timber for the Future, which trains farmers in agroforestry and sustainable land use to enhance regional economies, meals techniques, and the planet.

Whisky Advocate says:

The Beverly Excessive Rye is the primary launch from Beverly Spirits, which was launched in 2021 by Los Angeles native and whisky fanatic Andrew Borenzweig. It’s a wedding of rye and bourbon from Iowa and Indiana. Borenzweig partnered with Iowa craft participant Cedar Ridge Distillery for the mixing and a part of the manufacturing for this whiskey. Beverly Spirits has additionally collaborated with mixologist Jeffrey Morgenthaler on quite a lot of signature cocktails designed to focus on the flexibility of the whiskey.