CLYDE MAY’S 9 YEAR CASK STRENGTH STRAIGHT RYE This restricted version straight rye whiskey launch from Conecuh whiskey model Clyde Might’s encompasses a 9 year-old straight rye from Canada. It’s completed with American oak, French oak, and cherry wooden chips for an extra 4 months earlier than it’s bottled with out chill filtration at 113 proof. Accessible in choose US markets starting June 2023. (SRP $64.99)
HAKATA 16 YEAR SHERRY CASK Hakata Whisky is distilled and matured on the Hikari Distillery (est. 1912) in Fukuoka, Japan. The whisky is made with 100% barley, a part of which is fermented with koji, a kind of mould sometimes utilized in shochu manufacturing. Sherry casks had been used for maturation with the barrels housed in traditional-style warehouse. Nevertheless, just a few casks had been matured in open-air warehouses with temperatures fluctuating from 95°F in the summertime and 38°F within the winter. Hakata 16 12 months is accessible within the US as of February 2023. (SRP $149.99)
KEEPER’S HEART IRISH + BOURBON CASK STRENGTH Like the usual bottling, this expression is made out of a mix of Irish whiskey and bourbon. Extra particularly, it’s a mix of triple-distilled pot nonetheless Irish whiskey and Irish grain whiskey — each aged over 4 years in refill bourbon barrels — and bourbon made with 76% corn which was aged over 4 years in virgin charred oak barrels. This was blended by Brian Nation, former Grasp Distiller for manufacturers comparable to Jameson, Redbreast, and Midleton Irish Whiskeys. This Keeper’s Coronary heart Irish + Bourbon Cask Power botting is launching in summer season 2023. (SRP $49.99)
RAGGED BRANCH COWBOY CUT WHEATED BOURBON TWICE BARRELED This expression is a cask power bourbon made out of the distillery’s signature wheated bourbon mash invoice of 68% corn, 16% Virginia-grown wheat, and 16% malted barley. It’s matured in a mix of #3 and #4 barrels. It’s bottled at various proofs in keeping with batch, sometimes round 122 proof.
SMOKEHEAD TEQUILA TERMINADO Smokehead is an Islay single malt whisky model below the Ian Macleod Distillers portfolio, an impartial, family-owned distiller, blender, and bottler. This bottling is sourced from an undisclosed Islay single malt distillery and is initially aged in ex-bourbon casks. Then it’s completed in tequila casks earlier than bottling at 43% ABV. It’s packaged in 700ml sized bottles and was launched within the US in April 2023. (SRP $79.99)
Info courtesy of Distiller.com