Author: thedailywhisky
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Bowmore 14 Year Old Kalamkari: an Islay malt dressed in Indian textile art for Diwali
The Bowmore 14 Year Old Kalamkari edition is a limited festive gift pack for Bowmore’s Bordeaux cask finished 14-year-old single malt, created for Diwali. The whisky inside is unchanged: 43% ABV, matured in ex-bourbon American oak and finished in Bordeaux barriques. What is new is the box, decorated in the style of Kalamkari, a traditional…
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Isle of Skye Magma Stone Toasted: the island’s volcanic rock goes inside the cask
Isle of Skye Magma Stone Toasted is a new limited-edition blended Scotch from Ian Macleod Distillers. Instead of toasting the finishing casks over flame, the team heated volcanic stone and let the radiant warmth work on the oak from the inside. It is bottled at 46% ABV, which makes it the strongest bottling the Isle…
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Old Fitzgerald backgammon set: Jonathan Adler turns a bourbon brand’s “key to hospitality” into a game board
The Old Fitzgerald backgammon set is a limited-edition collaboration between Heaven Hill’s wheated bourbon brand Old Fitzgerald and New York potter and designer Jonathan Adler, announced in Bardstown, Kentucky on 14 October 2026. The board combines Adler’s bold patterns with Old Fitzgerald’s signature greens and a brushed brass key motif borrowed from the brand’s 1950s…
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Bulleit Mike’s Hot Honey collab: Bulleit ’87 gets a sweet heat rim and a 22-stop US roadshow
The Bulleit Mike’s Hot Honey collaboration pairs Bulleit Frontier Whiskey with the Brooklyn-born chilli-infused honey brand. Announced by Diageo on 14 October 2026, it is built around Bulleit ’87, the brand’s new bourbon and rye blend (45% ABV, $29.99 for 750ml), served neat or on the rocks with a hot honey rim. Two new cocktails…
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Woven Ottolenghi whisky: Leith’s boldest blenders built a Scotch around preserved lemon, fennel and pink peppercorn
The Woven Ottolenghi whisky is a limited edition blended Scotch created by Leith whisky maker Woven to mark the opening of Ottolenghi’s first Scottish restaurant at 92 George Street, Edinburgh, on 2 October 2026. Bottled at 47% ABV, it blends North British grain from Edinburgh with Speyside malts, including Glenlossie, Glen Elgin and first-fill Oloroso…
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Johnnie Walker Vault: Emma Walker puts two generations of Brora in one permanent blend
Johnnie Walker Vault is a new luxury blended Scotch from Master Blender Dr Emma Walker, launched on 14 October 2026 as Johnnie Walker’s first permanent prestige whisky. At its core are two generations of Brora: highly aged whisky distilled before the distillery closed in 1983, and, for the first time in any Johnnie Walker blend,…
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Cù Bòcan Creation 9: Tomatin’s sweet and salty popcorn single malt is 17 years old and costs £45
Cù Bòcan Creation 9 is the ninth limited edition in the Creations series from Cù Bòcan, the experimental single malt brand made at Tomatin Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. Inspired by cinema popcorn, it combines American virgin oak casks for sweetness with Manzanilla sherry casks for a salty, savoury edge. Aged for over 17 years,…
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Scallywag Winter Edition 2026 takes Douglas Laing’s sherried Speyside malt to Cognac country
Scallywag Winter Edition 2026 is the latest limited seasonal release of Douglas Laing’s Speyside blended malt, this year given a lengthy finish in hand-selected Cognac casks. It is bottled at a natural cask strength of 54.2% ABV, with no added colour and no chill-filtration, and limited to 5,100 bottles worldwide. Douglas Laing’s official notes point to…
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Big Peat Winter Edition 2026: Islay smoke meets French red wine in a 10 year old blended malt
Big Peat Winter Edition 2026 is a limited seasonal release of Douglas Laing’s Islay blended malt, and the first Big Peat Winter Edition to carry an age statement. The whisky is 10 years old and spent the final 16 months of its maturation in hand-selected French red wine casks. It is bottled at 48% ABV…
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Jura’s new Sherry Cask range tasted: the 12 Year Old Oloroso Edition and 15 Year Old Manzanilla Edition
Jura 15 Year Old Manzanilla Edition is the second release in Jura’s new Sherry Cask range, and our favourite of the pair we tasted at Whisky Live Paris 2026. Matured in ex-bourbon barrels and fully finished in 500-litre Manzanilla sherry butts, it is fruity, lemony and distinctly salty, bottled at 46% ABV with natural colour…
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