Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 24 October.
Redwood Empire Whiskey Cask Strength Collection
- American whiskey, California, between 58.2% and 58.6% ABVs
- Rolling out in the US this month in limited numbers
- SRP of US$70 per 75cl bottle
Grain & Barrel Spirits’ Chicken Cock Chanticleer American whiskey
- American whiskey, Bourbon, Kentucky Straight, finished in ex-Cognac barrels, 56% ABV
- Available from this month in the US as well as online at Chicken Cock’s website
- SRP of US$499 per 75cl bottle in “limited quantities” [32 barrels were produced]
Edrington’s The Macallan ‘Harmony Collection’ 2022 additions
- Scotch whisky, single malts, no age statements. Smooth Arabica has an ABV of 40%, Inspired by Intense Arabica is 44%
- Smooth Arabica set for Global Travel Retail release next month, Inspired by Intense Arabica rolls out globally this month to domestic markets
- SRP of US$185 per bottle for both iterations, available in limited – albeit unspecified – numbers
Beam Suntory’s Bowmore The Changeling single malts
- Scotch whisky, single malts, 22-year-old matured for 20 years in American oak hogsheads and finished in ex-white Port casks, 33-year-old aged in ex-Bourbon casks for 31.5 years then finished in ex-Tawny Port casks
- Launching exclusively in Global Travel Retail channel: available in Hainan Downtown as well as through airport outlets in Paris, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Hong-Kong, Macau, Dubai, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, London Heathrow and New York
- SRP of The Changeling 22 Year Old – 51.2% ABV – US$440, limited to 6,667 units. The Changeling 33 Year Old has an ABV of 48.7%, an SRP of $3,300 and is limited to 667 bottles
Dictador Colombian rum’s Mopa Mopa
- Rum, Colombian, aged between 34 and 40 years in ex-Bourbon, -Port and -Sherry casks, 40%-57% ABV
- Available from this week on the Dictador website
- Priced between EUR3,600 (US$3,550) and EUR4,800 per individually-decorated bottle, limited to 360 units
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