Hardin’s Creek Colonel James B. Beam, Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Nicely, Starward Octave Barrels, & Extra [New Releases]

Hardin’s Creek Colonel James B. Beam

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: Kentucky
Age: 2 yr previous
ABV: 54%
Worth: $80
Launch: July 1, 2022
Availability: Restricted

Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Nicely

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: Kentucky
Age: 15 years and three months
ABV: 54%
Worth: $150
Launch: July 1, 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

Hardin’s Creek is a brand new, ongoing sequence of restricted releases that pay homage to the Beam household legacy. Every whiskey within the sequence will characteristic distinctive liquids that showcase a selected side of the manufacturing course of—akin to age, mixing, mashbills, distillation, barrels, and rackhouse location. All releases will likely be one-and-done restricted editions. The sequence kicks off with these two expressions: 

• Hardin’s Creek Colonel James B. Beam, named for Colonel James B. Beam, who rebuilt the Beam Distillery in simply 120 days following repeal of Prohibition. Aged 2 years, this whiskey was taken off the nonetheless at a decrease distillation proof, permitting it to reveal extra taste from the fermentation course of.  
• Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Nicely, named for a effectively constructed by Jacob Beam in 1795 to attract water from close by Hardin’s Creek. The effectively powered a mill that floor corn for Jacob’s earliest mashes. Jacob’s Nicely is slated for launch in July, and is a mix of two ultra-aged expressions: a 16 yr previous bourbon and a 15 yr previous high-rye bourbon. The exact age said on the label is 184 months.

Whisky Advocate says:

On Could 12, Freddie Noe was formally named grasp distiller of the Fred B. Noe Distillery, an experimental distillery named for Freddie’s dad. Fred and Freddie thus grow to be the primary two members of the family to share the grasp distiller title in Beam household historical past. The Hardin’s Creek sequence will give Freddie an outlet for his creations on the new distillery. To obtain these first two releases within the sequence, starting immediately (Could 20) potential patrons can join on ReserveBar to obtain an e mail reminder to pre-order bottles on Could 31, 2022.

Starward Octave Barrels

Model: Single malt
Origin: Australia
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $80/700 ml
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: Restricted; 500 bottles

Have to know:

Octave Barrels was matured in 100-liter barrels—roughly 26.5 gallon and in any other case often known as “octave-sized”—that beforehand held The Octavius, a shiraz wine from Australia’s Yalumma vineyard. It’s the one pink wine on this planet to be aged in these specialty barrels. The whisky is the primary launch from the Starward Tasks sequence to hit the U.S. and the world’s first single-estate Australian whisky in that it makes use of barrels completely from one vineyard used to age one grape varietal.

Whisky Advocate says:

Starward favors pink wine barrel growing old, tapping Australia’s many vineyards for barrels that give its whiskies a way of place. Working inside that framework, they’ve teamed up with Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family-owned vineyard, for this restricted version. Whereas Australia could also be a comparatively small participant on this planet whisky house Starward is establishing itself on the worldwide single malt stage. We beforehand scored Starward Two-Fold Crimson Wine Barrel-Completed Double Grain Blended whisky 90 factors within the winter of 2019.

Yamazaki Peated Malt

Model: Single malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $450
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Yamazaki Spanish Oak

Model: Single malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $450
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Yamazaki Puncheon

Model: Single malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $450
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Yamazaki Mizunara

Model: Single malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 48%
Worth: $620
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

This new quartet of non-age assertion whiskies signify the 4 foundational parts of Yamazaki single malt whisky. The Yamazaki Puncheon is product of American oak and represents the guts of the whisky, whereas the Peated Malt is utilized in small portions so as to add complexity. The Spanish oak cask provides depth, whereas the Yamazaki Mizunara affords wealthy, spicy signature notes and incense-like flavors.

Whisky Advocate says:

Tsukuriwake means “range within the making,” reflecting the flexibility of whisky flavors that may be created at Yamazaki Distillery, which marks its centenary in 2023. Whereas this set of whiskies will show to be in style with collectors, it additionally affords the means to review the element whisky kinds utilized by Shijo Fukuyo, Suntory’s chief blender, to create Yamazaki single malt. This set was initially launched in Japan in 2020, but it surely’s now receiving a choose world launch within the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Easy Ambler Founders’ Cask Power Collection Bourbon

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: West Virginia
Age: 5 yr previous
ABV: Varies
Worth: $55
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted; 5,400 bottles in CA, FL, GA, IL, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX

Have to know:

The second in Easy Ambler’s Founders Cask Power Collection, this whiskey was constituted of a mashbill of 71% corn, 21% rye and eight% malted barley and aged for five years in char no. 4 casks. Whereas Easy Ambler has at all times been open about its follow of sourcing and mixing, this whiskey was totally distilled and matured in West Virginia.

Whisky Advocate says:

Easy Ambler takes a multi-faceted strategy to whiskey making, distilling in West Virginia whereas persevering with to supply from elsewhere within the nation. Like different distillers who relied on sourcing early on, it blends its personal make with these bought barrels, creating new expressions within the course of. Nonetheless, there’s a premium positioned on whiskeys wholly created in a single place, and Founder’s Cask Power Collection is strictly that for Easy Ambler, which beforehand launched a cask energy straight rye constituted of 88% rye and 12% malted barley.

Balcones Massive Child Bottled in Bond

Model: Straight corn whiskey
Origin: Texas
Age: 5 yr previous
ABV: 50%
Worth: $60
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: AZ, CA, FL, IL, NJ, TX

Have to know:

The primary bottled in bond whiskey from Balcones, Massive Child was aged for 5 years in tequila barrels. Just like the distillery’s different corn whiskeys Child Blue, Brimstone, True Blue Cask Power, and True Blue 100, it’s constituted of roasted blue corn that’s been milled, mashed, fermented, distilled, and matured in Waco, Texas.

Whisky Advocate says:

Balcones makes its foray into bottled in bond with an ingenious strategy. The usage of a used cask means this will’t be thought-about bourbon, however any whiskey sort can carry the bottled in bond designation. As for using tequila casks, we’ve seen tequila-finished whiskies sprouting up extra usually, however we’ll be curious to see what flavors are imparted on account of 5 years in these barrels.

Legal guidelines Bottled in Bond Centennial (2022 Launch)

Model: Straight wheat
Origin: Colorado
Age: 5 yr previous
ABV: 50%
Worth: $80
Launch: June 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

A wedding of twenty-two barrels, this whiskey was aged for a mean of 5 years and 5 months. The mashbill is 100% comfortable white centennial wheat, with 50% of it uncooked and 50% of it malted.

Whisky Advocate says:

Certain, there are many bottled in bond bourbons, however a bottled in bond 100% wheat whiskey is a little more off the-beaten-path. That is the fourth batch of Centennial wheat, and only a bit youthful than final yr’s launch, which was aged for five years and eight months.

Garrison Bros Laguna Madre (2022 Launch)

Model: Straight bourbon
Origin: Texas
Age: 8 yr previous
ABV: 50.5%
Worth: $350
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: 1,014 bottles

Have to know:

The most recent iteration of Garrison Brother’s Laguna Madre aged 4 years in American oak after which completed for a further 4 4 in Limousin oak casks.

Whisky Advocate says:

Laguna Madre was formally added to the Garrison Brothers roster in 2020. Since then, the bourbon has gained fairly a following, and Garrison Brothers stokes it with particular launch events just like the one which occurred on Could 14 on the distillery. At 8 years previous, Laguna Madre continues to be the oldest launch within the distillery’s lineup.

Westward Parts: Excessive Desert to Klamath Basin

Model: American single malt
Origin: Oregon
Age: Not said
ABV: 45%
Worth: $100
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

This single malt is constituted of Full Pint, a varietal of two-row spring barley developed at Oregon State College that’s now grown throughout Klamath County, in addition to barley grown and malted in Madras, the central Oregon excessive desert. The whiskey was aged in Garryana oak—the species native to Oregon that produces flavors a lot darker than American oak.

Whisky Advocate says:

Excessive Desert to Klamath Basin is the primary launch in Westward’s forthcoming Parts sequence, which is able to discover Oregon’s pure assets. This launch is at present unique to Westward whiskey membership members; the Expedition Membership, which sends out 4 releases a yr, is $100 to affix, whereas the Founders Membership—which ships 12 bottles a yr—is $300.

Tomatin Warehouse 6 Assortment 1976

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland
Age: 45 yr previous
ABV: 46%
Worth: $9,000
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: 350 bottles

Have to know:

Distilled in December 1976 and bottled in April of this yr, that is the sixth and remaining launch in Tomatin’s Warehouse 6 Assortment. The whisky spent its total maturation in two oak hogsheads–cask numbers 32 and 33–that have been then blended. Every of the 350 whiskies are packaged in a Glencairn crystal decanter and include a set of glasses and a strong copper stopper.

Whisky Advocate says:

Tomatin is a Highland distillery that gives single malts aged in a wide range of casks. Its core and restricted launch whiskies are unpeated however dedicates one week per yr to producing Cù Bòcan, a flippantly peated expression. The earlier releases within the assortment embrace whiskies distilled in 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, and 1978. The Warehouse 6 Assortment is a tribute to Tomatin’s workers, the creators and guardians of its whiskies since its founding in 1897.

The Duncan Taylor Kinclaith 51 yr previous 1969

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Lowland)
Age: 51 yr previous
ABV: 49.3%
Worth: £12,300 (approx. $15,250)
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: 95 bottles by on-line poll

The Duncan Taylor Caperdonich 1969 50 yr previous

Model: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Speyside)
Age: 50 yr previous
ABV: 47.9%
Worth: £10,750 (approx. $13,330)
Launch: Could 2022
Availability: 88 bottles by on-line poll

Have to know:

Unbiased bottler Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Ltd. has launched these whiskies from two of Scotland’s lesser-known closed distilleries: Kinclaith, a Lowland single malt producer that operated contained in the Strathclyde grain distillery from 1957–1975, and Caperdonich, a Speyside distillery based in 1898 subsequent to Glen Grant Distillery in Rothes. Caperdonich closed in 2002 and was subsequently demolished in 2011.

Whisky Advocate says:

Duncan Taylor has an enviable stock and a robust observe file of releasing scotch from closed distilleries. Kinclaith is an exceptionally uncommon single malt, as proprietor Lengthy John Worldwide used a lot of the inventory in its blends. Unbiased bottlers akin to Signatory, Cadenhead’s, Gordon & MacPhail, and Duncan Taylor, have saved the reminiscence (and style) of this uncommon single malt alive. Duncan Taylor has beforehand launched Kinclaith 1969 at 35 and 36 years of age, making this one the oldest launch by far, and the primary Kinclaith to hold a five-figure price ticket. At public sale, the very best hammer costs for previous Kinclaith bottlings have reached solely 1 / 4 of the value of this 51 yr previous, so this does have the potential to set some new distillery information.

As a 21^st century distillery closure, Caperdonich releases are extra findable, with official bottlings from Chivas Brothers sitting alongside a wide selection of unbiased bottlings. This new launch represents the oldest ever bottling of Caperdonich. Within the fairly Speyside village of Rothes, solely Glen Grant has been bottled at an older age.

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