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This week’s new spirits launches – 17-21 February 2025

Intel Reporter
Last updated: 22/02/2025 at 7:52 AM
By Intel Reporter
21 February 2025
3 Min Read

Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 17 February.


Bottle of Ardnahoe Bholsa whisky next to box
The release is named after the cave range in the north of the Isle of Islay, and is bottled with no artificial colouring and no chill-filtration
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Ardnahoe Distillery’s Bholsa

  • Scotch, single malt, Islay, no age statement. Matured in predominantly ex-oloroso sherry, 50% ABV
  • Available online from 7 March at Ardnahoe’s website
  • SRP of GBP60 (US$75) per 70cl bottle, exact unit quantities not disclosed

Livingstone and Elixir Distillers’ Macbeth Act II Collection

Eight Macbeth Act II whisky bottles
This limited-edition range is led by Lord Macduff, which includes 100 bottles of a 45-year-old Bunnahabhain single malt scotch
  • Scotch whisky, single malt, multiple distilleries, eight limited editions, all “aged over 40 years”. Range of strengths from 40.8% to 55.1% ABV
  • Limited number of bottles available from “leading whisky retailers” in the UK, across Europe and around the world, including China, Japan, Taiwan and Canada
  • SRPs range from GBP84.95 (US$107) to GBP2,000 per 70cl bottle. Specific unit quantities not disclosed

Edrington’s The Macallan Folio 8

Bottle of The Macallan Folio 8 in front of open box
Folio 8 is the latest iteration in The Macallan's Archival Series and is a nod to the brand's advertising campaigns from the 1980s and 1990s
  • Scotch, single malt, Speyside, no age statement. Matured in ex-sherry European oak casks, 43% ABV
  • Available solely to ‘The Macallan Society’ members and “private clients” with around 450 bottles on sale in the US
  • SRP of US$400 per 70cl bottle

Molson Coors Beverage Co’s Simply Spiked Bold

Simply Spiked Bold cans
Simply Spiked Bold contains 5% fruit juice and is 3% stronger in terms of ABV compared to the core line
  • Vodka-based RTDs, ‘Signature Lemonade’ and ‘Cherry Limeade’ variants, 8% both ABV
  • Available in 16oz (47.3cl) and 24oz (71cl) cans in convenience stores across the US
  • SRP of US$3.99 per 24oz can

Chicas Divertidas

Megan Thee Stallion with a bottle each of Chicas Divertidas blanco and Reposado
US rapper Megan Thee Stallion has founded the tequila brand, the bottles for which "feature cuts and grooves inspired by the agave plant and gradient hues of orange, pink, red and purple"
  • Tequila, blanco and reposado, produced at Casa Centinela, both 40% ABV
  • Available online to US consumers for pre-order as well as in “limited quantities” at selected off-premise operators in the country
  • The blanco iteration has an SRP of US$70, reposado priced at US$80 per 70cl bottle

Pernod Ricard’s Havana Club Iconica Tributo 2025

Bottle of and box for Havana Club Tributo 2025
Havana Club’s Tributo series was first launched in 2016 - This year's iteration is the eighth bottling from the line
  • Rum, Cuba, finished for an unspecified period in ex-Redbreast Irish whiskey casks from Midleton Distillery in Cork, 43% ABV (cask strength)
  • 2,967 bottles available in “over 20 markets” from April
  • SRP of EUR450 (US$472) per unit

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