Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 21 November.
Loch Lomond Group’s Loch Lomond Distillery Edition single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Highlands, nine years old, 57.1% ABV
- On sale from this week, available globally online from the brand’s website
- SRP of GBP65 [US$79] per 70cl bottle, limited to 265 units
Pernod Ricard’s Royal Salute ‘Forces of Nature by Kate MccGwire’ blended Scotch
- Scotch whisky, blended, 53 years old, 41.4% ABV
- Available worldwide from “selected specialist retailers” since last month
- SRP of US$90,000 per unit – limited to 21 – comprising a gold-leaf decanter, a piece of specifically-commissioned art by UK sculptor Kate MccGwire and a wooden cabinet
Loch Lomond Group’s Glen Scotia Seasonal Release 2022 single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Campbelltown, 12 years old, 53.3% ABV
- Launched in limited numbers last month, available online and worldwide through specialist spirits outlets in the off-premise
- In the UK, SRP of GBP80 [US$96] per 70cl bottle
Radico Khaitan’s Jaisalmer Indian gin Gold Edition
- Gin, India, featuring saffron as one of its 18 botanicals, 43% ABV
- Available online in the UK from this week
- SRP of GBP39.99 [US$48] per 50cl bottle
Barrell Craft Spirits’ Stellum Black American whiskies
- American whiskies, cask strength, blends of Bourbon and rye whiskey from Indiana with “older Bourbons/ryes from Kentucky and Tennessee”. Hunter’s Moon and The Lone Cypress both have ABVs of 57.7%
- Rolling out to the US off-premise and online through Stellum’s website this week
- SRPs of $99 each per 75cl bottle, available in limited numbers
Bacardi’s Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels
- American whiskey, Bourbon, 59.9% ABV
- Available nationwide in the US off-premise channel since 1 November
- SRP of $229.99 per 75cl bottle, limited to 16,980 units
Nearest Green Distillery’s Uncle Nearest American whiskies
- American whiskies. The Straight Rye [50% ABV] is sourced from Canada, aged for four years minimum in New York then finished and blended in Tennessee
- On sale online in the US
- SRP of $50 per 75cl bottle of Straight Rye, $79 for Single Barrel Black Label [59.2% ABV, available from Friday] and $89 for Single Barrel Rye [also 59.2% ABV, released in mid-December]
Cuervo’s Gran Centenario Cristalino Tequila
- Tequila, Cristalino, a blend of Añejo and Extra Añejo expressions that is matured in American oak barrels, then finished in ex-Calvados casks, 40% ABV
- Released this month in the US on- and off-premise channels
- SRP of $79.99 per 75cl bottle
Stoli Group’s Kentucky Owl Mardi Gras XO Cask and Batch #12 American whiskies
- American whiskey. Mardi Gras XO Cask has an ABV of 51.4%, Batch #12 is 57.9%
- Both are available in the US from this week in limited numbers
- SRPs: Mardi Gras XO Cask costs $500 per 75cl bottle, Batch #12 is $400
Sagamore Spirit’s Bottled in Bond Straight Rye American whiskey
- American whiskey, Maryland, blend of two rye whiskies, 50% ABV
- Available in “select markets” in the US in limited – albeit unspecified – numbers
- SRP of $59.99 per 75cl bottle
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