Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round-up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way into our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news.
Bardstown
The Bardstown Bourbon Company has announced details of two annual releases – 2026 Discovery and Lochs of Jura Barrel Finish. The Bardstown 2026 Discovery blends 10-year-old Indiana bourbon, 11-year-old Kentucky bourbon, and 20% seven-year-old Kentucky bourbon. The ratios in the recipe are 55%, 25% and 20% respectively. The whiskey was finished for four months in Garryana oak barrels, also known as Oregon white oak. It is bottled at 66.4% ABV (132.8 Proof)
The Bardstown Lochs of Jura Barrel Finish is a blend that consists of 11-year-old Indiana bourbon, 10-year-old Indiana rye, and 21% 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon. The ratios are 49%, 30% and 21% respectively. It has been finished for 32 months in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks sourced from the Jura distillery in Scotland. It is bottled at 52% ABV (104 Proof). Both bottlings will be available in selected US states and will cost US$140.
Glendronach
The Highland distillery of Glendronach has announced a collaboration with Gleneagles, the famous Scottish golf course and hotel, and the first bottling in the collaboration. The three-part Moments from The Glorious Playground series is said to take its inspiration from a perfect evening unfolding at Gleneagles. This kicks off with the Glendronach x Gleneagles – A Moment of Reflection. This has been created by Dr. Rachel Barrie, the Master Blender for Glendronach.
The Glendronach x Gleneagles – A Moment of Reflection is released at 14 years of age at 46% ABV. It is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. Two further editions will follow in 2027 and 2028. Bottles will be available from September 1, exclusively from The Still Room whisky shop at Gleneagles. Also, 100 bottles will be available online via a public ballot. Each will cost £160.
Redemption
The American bourbon brand of Redemption has relaunched its Higher Marques Collection with the introduction of its first ever bottled-in-bond expression. The Redemption Single Barrel Bonded Bourbon has been created by Alan Kennedy, the Master Blender for Redemption. Each barrel is chosen for character, structure and balance, and then bottled as non-chill filtered.
Each bottle comes from one individual barrel, carrying its own barrel number, distilling season, mash bill and age statement. The whiskey has been matured for at least six years, which is two years beyond the four-year bottled-in-bond minimum. It was produced in an individual distilling season by one distiller at one distillery, then aged in a federally bonded warehouse and bottled at exactly 100 Proof (50% ABV). The Rede,ption Single Barrel Bonded Bourbon will launch in September across the US. A bottle will cost US$50.
