Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 24 April.
Cotswolds Distillery’s Cotswolds Coronation Cask single malt English whisky
- English whisky, single malt, five years old, 55.6% ABV
- Released next week in the UK, available from Cotswolds Distillery’s website
- SRP of GBP125 [US$156] per 70cl bottle. Limited to 175 units
InchDairnie Distillery’s RyeLaw single-grain Scotch
- Scotch whisky, single grain, six years old, 46.3% ABV
- Release this week in the UK, initially in high-end off-premise outlets including Selfridges and Harvey Nichols as well as through specialist spirits retailers
- SRP of GBP110 [US$137] per 70cl bottle. Limited to 200 casks
Ian Macleod Distillers’ Glengoyne 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Highland, 15 years old, 43% ABV
- Rolled out to the US off-premise earlier this month
- SRP of US$129.99 per 75cl bottle
Moët Hennessy’s Glenmorangie Cadboll Estate single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Highland, 15 years old, 43% ABV
- Exclusive to the UK, on sale through the Glenmorangie website from this week before rolling out to off-premise spirits specialists in the market early next month
- SRP of GBP75 [US$93] per 70cl bottle
Michter’s Distillery’s Michter’s 10 Year Rye American whiskey
- American whiskey, straight rye, Kentucky, 46.4% ABV
- Released this week in the US, unit numbers not available
- SRP of US$200 per 75cl bottle
Bacardi’s Patrón El Cielo Tequila
- Tequila. The liquid starts as a silver Tequila that is then distilled a fourth time. 40% ABV
- Released worldwide this week
- In the US, SRP of US$129 per 75cl bottle
Zamora Co’s Cocktail 43 Coco Milk
- RTD, using Zamora’s Licor 43 liqueur as its base, blended with coconut milk, 10% ABV
- Extending to Germany this month in the country’s off-premise channel
- SRP of EUR2.89 [US$3.20] per 25cl can
Kings County Distillery’s Coffee Whiskey
- American whiskey, flavoured, 40% ABV
- Went on sale last week at the distillery in Brooklyn, rolling out across the US this month
- SRP “in the mid-US$40 range”
Gordon & MacPhail’s The Private Collection 1948 single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, 74 years old. From Glen Grant distillery [Speyside], 50.4% ABV
- Available in the UK from this week, commemorating the coronation of King Charles III on 6 May
- SRP of GBP25,000 [US$31,100] per bottle, limited to 281 units
Luxco’s Blood Oath Pact 9 Bourbon
- American whiskey, Bourbon. A blend of a 16-year-old and a 12-year-old ryed Bourbon with a seven-year-old ryed Bourbon finished in ex-Oloroso Sherry casks. 49.3% ABV
- Released to the US off-premise this month
- SRP of US$129.99 per 75cl bottle, limited to 51,000 units, 1.400 of which will feature in a ‘Trilogy Pack’ with Pacts 7 and 8 next year
Barrell Craft Spirits’ ‘Private Release’ Rye whiskies
- Whiskey, rye, sourced from Canada and Indiana, no age statement, all cask strength. Ten expressions, each finished in different barrels/casks
- On sale in the US through Barrell Craft Spirits’ website
- SRPs of US$109.99 per 75cl bottle. Each whiskey is limited to between 150 and 180 units
