ASTRAL TEQUILA AÑEJO
Astral Tequila is made with 100% blue Weber agave which, after cooking, are crushed with a conventional stone tahona. Moreover, the agave fibers referred to as the “bagasso” are added to the fermentation course of to reinforce the flavour. The añejo bottling is aged for 12 months in single-use American oak bourbon barrels. Availability begins in choose US markets together with CA, FL, TX, IL, NY, SC, MI, OH, and VA starting April 1, 2023. (SRP $34.99)
ASTRAL TEQUILA REPOSADO
Astral Tequila is made with 100% blue Weber agave which, after cooking, are crushed with a conventional stone tahona. Moreover, the agave fibers referred to as the “bagasso” are added to the fermentation course of to reinforce the flavour. The reposado bottling is aged for 5 months in single-use American oak bourbon barrels. Availability begins in choose US markets together with CA, FL, TX, IL, NY, SC, MI, OH, and VA starting April 1, 2023. (SRP $27.99)
GLEN GRANT 21 YEAR
This 21 year-old Glen Grant was married by Grasp Distiller Dennis Malcolm OBE in small batches. The hand-selected barrels had been matured in Warehouse No. 4, the oldest dunnage warehouse on the distillery and embrace oloroso sherry butts, hogsheads, and ex-bourbon barrels. It’s bottled at 46% ABV with out chill-filtration. Out there starting in March 2023 in key international markets together with the US, the UK, and Asia, that is the oldest expression within the model’s everlasting assortment. (SRP $360)
MCQUEEN AND THE VIOLET FOG ULTRAVIOLET EDITION
This Ultraviolet Version from Brazil’s McQueen and the Violet Fog is just not solely violet in shade, however is flavored with pink berries & hibiscus. It’s made with the model’s flagship gin as its base which is constituted of 21 botanicals from all around the world together with rose petal, coriander, rosemary, lemongrass, pomelo, and jasmine flower. The violet shade is obtained from a mix of pure juices and carmine. Out there starting March 2023. (SRP $34.99)
PORT CHARLOTTE ISLAY BARLEY 2014
Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014 is Bruichladdich’s heavily-peated single malt (40ppm) which is made solely with malted barley grown and harvested on Islay. The 2014 classic used barley which was grown on 8 farms inside 15 miles of the distillery. Aged for no less than 7 years, maturation was carried out primarily in first-fill bourbon barrels (84%) with second-fill virgin oak and second-fill Bordeaux wine casks splitting the distinction. It’s bottled at 50% ABV with out chill-filtration. Launched in early 2023, the US will get its allotment in March 2023. (SRP $84.99)
RAGGED BRANCH SECRETARIAT RESERVE
Secretariat Reserve is a restricted version bottling from Virginia’s farm-to-glass distillery Ragged Department. Secretariat, a thoroughbred from Virginia, was the 1973 Triple Crown winner with report instances which might be nonetheless unbroken 50 years later. Constituted of a mash invoice of corn, rye, and malted barley, the bourbon is aged over 5 years and can also be bottled-in-bond. Launching on April 22, 2023 in Virginia and on the distillery, the bourbon may even have a restricted launch to observe in a number of mid-Atlantic markets. (SRP $99.99)
ROCK ISLAND 14 YEAR SHERRY EDITION
Launched by unbiased bottler Douglas Laing & Co., Rock Island is a Scottish blended malt that includes single malts from the Isles of Orkney, Arran, Jura & Islay. All the one malt whiskies had been aged for no less than 14 years, predominately in sherry casks. Bottled at 46.8% ABV with out chill-filtration or added coloring, this restricted version launch is accessible as of March 2023 in Europe, Americas, and Asia Pacific markets. (SRP £65.00)
WHITE CLAW VODKA
Greatest identified for its laborious seltzer portfolio, White Claw has launched a vodka. Constituted of 100% American grain it’s distilled in column stills with copper plates. Then it’s filtered by means of activated carbon from charred coconut shells in a course of they’re calling “triple wave filtration” — a filtration course of which the model claims makes use of strain equal to 3 30-foot waves. It’s accessible starting March 2023 in 1L, 750ml, and 50ml sized bottles (SRP ranges from $18.99 for 750ml)
WOLVES THE MALTED BARLEY SERIES LOT ONE
That is the primary lot launch for Wolves Whiskey’s Malted Barley Collection. Every lot was distilled by Grasp Distiller Marko Karakasevic who used a small alembic pot nonetheless from Cognac to distill, however every lot will fluctuate on the subject of the barley sort, the barley supply, the yeast, and the maltings with some peated and others not. Lot One was distilled in 2015 utilizing two-row pale malt barley and California ale yeast. It isn’t peated. Eleven barrels had been blended for Lot One and the barrels had been all constituted of American oak from a Napa Valley Cooperage. Nevertheless, the toast & char ranges fluctuate from a lightweight toast to char 3 and the barrel heads alternated between Hungarian oak and American oak. Bottled at 110 proof, Lot One is accessible at choose retailers starting April 6, 2023 with pre-sales starting March 30, 2023 on the Wolves’ web site. (SRP $289)
Data courtesy of Distiller.com
