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UK-based Hip has released a quartet of flask-style bottlings of whisky and rum featuring some notable whisky distilleries.

The Hip quartet consists of a 12 Year Old Tomintoul, matured in a refill sherry butt and bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]; a 13 Year Old Bowmore, matured in refill bourbon barrels and also bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proo...

Kentucky-based Barton 1792 Distillery has released a pair of new additions – a Kentucky Straight Rye and XV, a 15-year-old cask strength bourbon – to their lineup.

Barton 1792 Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is the distillery’s first-ever straight rye product uses rye from Europe and North America, was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to co...

Spain-based Juan Torres Master Distillers has released the Greatness of 10 – a limited edition series of label designs for their core 10 Grand Reserva brandy – each festooned with the flags of 10 countries with World Cup cred – nine of them actually in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and one [Italy] not. The numeral 10 also denotes the shirt number typically reserved for prima...

Highland-based Aberfeldy Distillery has released a 24-year-old single malt whisky which has spent some time maturing in white Port casks as the most recent addition to their Exceptional Cask Series.

Aberfeldy 24 Year Old White Port Double Cask was matured in white Port casks, bottled at 50.7% alcohol by volume [101.4 proof] and is said to offer enticing notes of...

11-year-old Independent Scotland-based Isle of Harris Distillery will release a lightly peated single malt Scotch as a new core whisky for their distillery.

Isle of Harris Single Malt Whisky was matured in both ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to contain notes of peat and spice.

Isle of Harris Si...