Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 13 June.
Otherland Society’s Wild Hare aged rum
- Rum, aged, blend of eight-year-old South American and ten-year-old Caribbean rums, 45% ABV
- Available in the US, from selected off-premise outlets in Florida and online
- SRP of US$70 per 75cl bottle
Beam Suntory’s Courvoisier Mizunara Cognac
- Cognac, 40% ABV
- Launching this month in “select” unspecified markets worldwide
- US$2,000 per bottle, limited to 500 numbered units
Latitude Beverage Co’s Tequila Zarpado RTDs
- RTDs, Tequila-based, Zarpado Margarita – 8% ABV – and Zarpado Tequila Soda with Lime – 5.5%
- Available from this month online and to the off-premise in 13 US states: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont
- For sale in four-packs of 355ml cans: SRP of US$13.99 for Margarita, $12.99 for Tequila Soda
Jordan’s Skinny Mixes Margarita mixers
- Cocktail mixers, Strawberry Key Lime, Peach, Classic and Spicy
- Available in the brand’s existing markets in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe through their off-premise channels
- In the US, SRP of US$9.99 per 946.35ml bottle
GameDay All American Spirits’ GameDay Spiked RTDs
- Vodka-based premixes – Cinderella Story (strawberry lemonade), Cleat Chaser (lemon-lime) and The Goat (fruit punch), all 5% ABV
- Available in the US, nationwide from this week
- SRP of US$2.49-$2.99 per 355ml can, $9.99 per four-pack
Carmosina Holdings’ Vitoria Regia gin
- Gin, Organic Dry – 44% ABV – Organic Rosé, Organic Citrus and Organic Tropical – all 38% ABV
- Available in the UK for the on-premise channel and online D2C
- SRP of GBP38 (US$46) per 70cl bottle of Organic Dry, GBP34 for the three additional flavours
Beam Suntory’s Bowmore ARC-52 single malt Scotch
- Single malt Scotch whisky, Islay, 52 years old, 42.3% ABV
- Available in “key” markets worldwide, including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, the US, Canada, China, Singapore and in Global Travel Retail
- SRP of US$75,000 ex-VAT/duty, limited to 100 units
O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co’s Keeper’s Heart Irish + Bourbon whiskey
- Blend of triple-pot Irish whiskey with Irish grain whiskey and Bourbon, 46% ABV
- Available in the US’s on- and off-premise channels as well as online through ReserveBar.com to 25 states
- SRP of US$54.99 per bottle
Ian Macleod Distillers’ Tamdhu 18 Years Old Single Cask #6014 single malt Scotch
- Scotch whisky, single malt, 54.5% ABV
- Global Travel Retail exclusive, available in China Duty Free Group stores in Hainan and unspecified airports in China
- SRP of US$650 per bottle, limited to 600 numbered units
Beam Suntory’s Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Well and Colonel James B Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskies
- American whiskey, Kentucky straight Bourbons, both 54% ABV
- Available in limited quantities in the US on- and off-premise channels from July
- Jacob’s Well – a blend of a 16- and a 15-year-old Bourbon – SRP of US$149.99 per bottle: Colonel James B Beam – a two-year-old expression – $79.99 per unit
Diageo’s Prima & Ultima single malt Scotch whiskies
- Scotch whiskies, single malts
- Available worldwide through online registration to 30 June
- SRP of GBP36,500 (US$44,930), limited to 317 full sets of eight 70cl bottles
This year’s series comprises:
- Royal Lochnagar 1981 – 52.5% ABV, 1,047 units
- Cragganmore 1973 – 44.8% ABV, 351 units
- Mannochmore 1990 – 45.1% ABV, 317 units
- Brora 1981 – 44.1% ABV, 354 units
- The Singleton of Glen Ord 1987 – 49.4% ABV, 1,047 units
- Lagavulin 1993 – 50.1% ABV, 642 units
- Talisker 1984 – 51.9% ABV, 968 units
- Port Ellen 1980 – 59.6% ABV, 555 units
