Lagavulin Offerman Version: Charred Oak Cask, Ardbeg Hypernova, & Extra [New Releases]

Lagavulin Offerman Version: 11 12 months previous Charred Oak Cask

Fashion: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Islay)
Age: 11 12 months previous
ABV: 46%
Value: $80
Launch: October 2022
Availability: Restricted; nationwide

Have to know:

The third limited-edition whisky from actor Nick Offerman and Lagavulin is aged in American and European oak casks which can be shaved down after which closely re-charred. It’s meant to pair completely with a medium-rare steak.

Whisky Advocate says:

The years-long collaboration with Lagavulin traces again to Offerman’s “Parks & Recreation” character Ron Swanson. As Offerman tells it, Lagavulin was his favourite scotch on the time, whereas “Parks & Rec” creator Mike Schur was additionally a fan. When a script referred to as for Swanson to drag out a bottle of scotch, Schur selected Lagavulin, a lot to Offerman’s delight. Like Swanson, Offerman is a lover of pink meat and a expert woodworker, so this newest launch combines these three passions: wooden, steak, and scotch. Final 12 months’s Offerman Version was a Guinness cask-finished 11 12 months previous, a whisky so charming and well-made that we named it the 2021 Whisky of the Yr. Now, Offerman and Lagavulin are again with a good larger manufacturing and a whisky that’s certain to place smoke and wooden entrance and heart.

Ardbeg Hypernova (Committee Launch 2022)

Fashion: Single malt
Origin: Scotland (Islay)
Age: Not said
ABV: 51%
Value: $200
Launch: October 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

That is Ardbeg’s smokiest whisky but, with phenol ranges in extra of 170 components per million (ppm).

Whisky Advocate says:

This launch joins an extended line of Ardbeg Committee whiskies, together with Scorch—a single malt matured in closely charred bourbon barrels—the cask-strength Blaaack, which was completed in New Zealand pinot noir casks, and Fermutation, the longest-fermented whisky in Ardbeg’s historical past. Whereas some Committee releases finally turn out to be obtainable to the general public, Hypernova will stay a Committee unique; membership is free and open to all, making it a low-stakes proposition.

Teeling 32 12 months previous Purple Muscat End

Fashion: Single malt
Origin: Eire
Age: 32 12 months previous
ABV: 52%
Value: $3,500
Launch: November 2022
Availability: U.S. Unique of 283 bottles obtainable in CA, FL, IL, MA, NV, NY, TX

Have to know:

Teeling Whiskey has introduced the primary launch in its Very Uncommon Casks assortment: A 32 12 months previous single malt completed for 4 years in a purple muscat cask.

Whisky Advocate says:

Whereas Teeling Distillery in Dublin is making a reputation for itself with single pot nonetheless whiskeys, the lineage of great-aged Teeling single malts comes from Cooley Distillery, which John Teeling, father of Teeling founder Jack Teeling, operated from 1987–2012. Grasp distiller Alex Chasko labored at each distilleries, and chosen this single malt distilled in 1990 to be stuffed right into a Portuguese purple muscat cask for a 4 12 months end. Each the Setúbal and Douro areas of Portugal are identified for rising the grapes for this fortified wine. Teeling has used muscat casks earlier than for its Revival sequence, however that is the primary time they’ve gone to Portugal to seek out this particular muscat cask kind, and it was within the Setúbal area the place Chasko discovered his ultimate toasted French oak purple muscat cask.

Alberta Premium Cask Power

Fashion: Rye
Origin: Canada
Age: Not said
ABV: 63.5%
Value: $80
Launch: October 2022
Availability: Restricted

Have to know:

That is the third launch of Alberta Premium’s barrel proof rye, and like its predecessors, it has a 100% prairie rye mashbill.

Whisky Advocate says:

Canada is understood for its ryes, and Alberta Premium has been producing its whisky in Calgary since 1946. This cask power iteration first appeared in 2019 and scored 91 factors; a second version debuted in 2020, incomes 88 factors.

Peg Leg Porker 8 12 months previous

Fashion: Rye
Origin: Tennessee
Age: 8 12 months previous
ABV: 52.5%
Value: Undisclosed
Launch: October 2022
Availability: Restricted; 7,200 bottles; Tennessee, Georgia, New York, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, North Carolina, and South Carolina with expanded distribution to return

Have to know:

From pitmaster Carey Bringle, Peg Leg Porker is releasing its first new whiskey in three years and its first-ever rye. Produced from a mash of 95% rye and 5% malted barley, the whiskey options the identical hickory charcoal end as different Peg Leg Porker whiskeys.

Whisky Advocate says:

Bringle launched his whiskey model in 2015 and is a part of a rising Nashville whiskey scene that’s bringing higher consideration to Tennessee. Whiskey and barbecued meats make an incredible pairing, and Peg Leg’s earlier releases have scored favorably in our Shopping for Information, with the 8 12 months previous Tennessee straight bourbon incomes 90 factors, and the 12 12 months previous receiving 91 factors.

Mars The Y.A. #01

Fashion: Blended malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 52%
Value: $185
Launch: October 2022
Availability: 1,740 bottles

Mars Maltage Cosmo Manzanilla Sherry Cask End

Fashion: Blended malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 42%
Value: $140
Launch: October 2022
Availability: 900 bottles

Mars Komagatake IPA Cask End 2021 Version

Fashion: Single malt
Origin: Japan
Age: Not said
ABV: 52%
Value: $199
Launch: October 2022
Availability: 180 bottles

Have to know:

Hombo Shuzo Co. Ltd. is releasing three new Mars whiskies produced at their two distilleries and three maturation amenities in Japan. These embrace uncommon and intriguing finishes for Japanese whisky; an IPA cask-finished single malt from Mars Shinshu Distillery and a manzanilla sherry cask-finished blended malt, whereas Mars The Y.A. #01 is a blended malt that epitomizes the corporate’s devoted exploration of distillery character and maturation environments.

Whisky Advocate says:

The Mars Shinshu Distillery was inbuilt 1985 in Miyada within the Nagano prefecture, a three-hour drive west of Tokyo excessive within the Japanese Alps. Though Hombu Shuzo had earlier spells of whisky manufacturing within the 20^th century, the corporate predominantly made conventional spirits at Mars Shinshu till whisky manufacturing resumed in 2011. The corporate opened the Mars Tsunuki Distillery in 2016 on the southern tip of Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu Island, over 750 miles away from Mars Shinshu Distillery on Honshu, in a area the place Hombu Shuzo already had operations. If the logistics of operating two distant websites wasn’t sophisticated sufficient, Hombo Shuzo additionally take full benefit of the completely different climates throughout Japan to mature their whiskies. The spirit from these two distilleries is matured on the excessive altitude warehouse amenities Mars Shinshu, the extra temperate surroundings of the warehousing at Mars Tsunuki in Kagoshima, and the sub-tropical cedar clad warehouses of the Yakushima Getting older Cellar on Yakushima Island, which sits off the south coast of Kysuhu. Mars The Y.A. #01 (the Y.A. stands for Yakushima Getting older) is an intriguing mix of single malts from Mars Shinshu and Mars Tsunuki distilleries matured within the Yakushima Getting older Cellar.

Copperworks Kentucky Flood Aid and Copperworks Hurricane Ian Aid

Fashion: American single malt
Origin: Washington
Age: Not said
ABV: 49%
Value: $90
Launch: October 13, 2022
Availability: 255 bottles; at Copperworks Distillery and tasting room and copperworksdistilling.com

Have to know:

In response to the flooding that occurred in jap Kentucky this summer season and extra just lately, Hurricane Ian’s impression on the South, the Copperworks Distilling workforce has launched a bottling with $40 per bottle being donated to profit the areas. A portion of the 255 bottles is labeled as Kentucky Flood Aid and the opposite Hurricane Ian Aid; each comprise the identical American single malt. Distilled from 100% malted barley it is a mix of three barrels: a pale malt aged for over 5½ years in a bourbon barrel, one 6½ 12 months previous bourbon barrel aged alba barley, and one practically 4 12 months previous pale malt aged in new American oak.

Whisky Advocate says:

Since its founding in 2013, Copperworks Distilling has been crafting small-batch American single malt, gin, and vodka. This isn’t the primary profit bottling Copperworks has created–final 12 months it launched Kentucky Twister Aid and donated $40 from every bottle bought to the Group Western Kentucky Twister Aid Fund.

Arcane Imperial

Fashion: Whiskey distilled from beer
Origin: New York
Age: Not said
ABV: 46%
Value: 41.5%
Launch: October 2022
Availability: New York and New Jersey with direct transport to almost 30 states

Have to know:

Imperial is vacuum-distilled from an Imperial stout and is Arcane’s second flagship whiskey, following Alpha, which was launched this summer season.

Whisky Advocate says:

Arcane is among the many new wave of distillers making whiskey from beer, however with the added contact of vacuum-distilling. Arcane has a heightened concentrate on sustainability, utilizing 15% much less grain, 30% much less water, and a 3rd of the heating/cooling vitality of conventional whiskey producers. Arcane forgoes barrel maturation as properly, growing older its whiskey in a stainless-steel vat with staves added. All of that quantities to a fairly attention-grabbing whiskey from a distillery that provides to a various and rising Brooklyn craft scene.

Cathead Previous Soul Single Barrel (2022 Launch)

Fashion: Straight bourbon
Origin: Mississippi and Indiana
Age: Not said
ABV: 54.5%
Value: $70
Launch: October 2022
Availability: Nationwide; Lower than 14,000 bottles

Have to know:

This 12 months’s launch of Cathead’s Previous Soul single barrel bourbon comes from a number of 61 barrels, with the 2 whiskey sources blended earlier than barreling. Each whiskeys have an equivalent mashbill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley.

Whisky Advocate says:

For core expressions, distillers typically mix a number of barrels collectively to attain a uniform taste profile. Single barrel releases nonetheless enable drinkers to style extra distinctive taste profiles, with distillers typically hand-selecting their highest barrels. Cathead’s Previous Soul blended straight bourbon scored 88 factors with our tasting panel.