Diageo’s Mortlach Midnight Malt 30 Year Old single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Speyside, 30 years old. Finished for an unspecified period in a combination of ex-Bordeaux wine, -calvados and -Guatemalan rum barrels, 49.8% ABV
- On sale from this week in markets including the US
- SRP not immediately available, limited to 350 units in total
Campari Group’s Skyy Vodka vodka & soda RTDs
- RTD, vodka-based. Lime & Mint and Lemon & Elderflower, both 4% ABV
- Launching this month in the US, initially in California, Florida and Texas in the states’ off-premise channels
- SRP of US$10.99 per four-pack of 35.5cl cans
Douglas Laing & Co’s Scallywag The Chocolate Edition 2024 blended scotch
- Scotch whisky, blended. Finished “predominantly” in ex-port casks for an unspecified period, 48% ABV
- On sale online and through selected off-premise outlets and spirits specialists from this week, in markets including Germany, the Netherlands and the UK
- In the UK, SRP of GBP60 (US$77) per 70cl bottle
Pernod Ricard’s Absolut Nights Orange Peel shot-targeted flavoured vodka
- Vodka, flavoured, 35% ABV
- Rolling out across China at the end of this month
- SRP of CNY123 (US$17) per 70cl bottle
Iichiko Shochu’s Iichiko Special
- Shochu. Aged for “between” five and seven years in virgin American oak and ex-sherry casks, 30% ABV
- Released online an in selected off-premise outlets for US consumers this week
- SRP of $110 per 72cl bottle
Lochlea Distillery’s Lochlea Ploughing Edition (Second Crop) single malt Scotch
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Lowland, no age statement. Aged in casks previously used to mature single malt on the Scottish island of Islay, 46% ABV
- Released this week in the UK through Lochlea’s existing stockists in the off-premise channel
- SRP of GBP51.50 (US$65.30) per 70cl bottle
William Grant & Sons’ Hendrick’s Grand Cabaret limited edition gin
- Gin. Distillation process includes the use of stone fruit, 43.4% ABV
- Launching globally this week to around 50 markets
- In the UK, SRP of GBP32 (US$40.50) per 70cl bottle, available for a maximum of around two years depending on market
Navy Island Rum Co‘s Belizean Blue Silver rum
- Rum, Belize, unaged, 40% ABV
- Available from this week to European markets, including Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Slovakia
- SRP of EUR27.50 (US$29.80) per 70cl bottle. The packaging has been produced by Frugalpac and contains 94% recyclable paperboard
Catalyst Spirits’ Howler Head & Cola RTD
- RTD, banana-flavoured bourbon base, 6% ABV
- Released in Australia this week ahead of other unspecified markets “soon”
- SRP of AUD29 (US$19) per four-pack of 33cl cans with a ten-pack rolling out in Australia later this year
