Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to 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…
The Epicurean
Douglas Laing & Co. – the owners of the Remarkable Regional Malts range of blended malts – has announced the latest limited edition of The Epicurean. As with all bottlings of The Epicurean, this only includes single malts distilled in the Lowlands. These have been married together before undergoing a secondary maturation in ex-Calvados apple brandy casks sourced from northern France.
The Epicurean Calvados Edition is restricted to just 1,800 bottles and these will be available in selected markets worldwide. It can also be purchased via www.douglaslaing.com. The new whisky has been bottled at 48% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £65.
SirDavis
The latest celebrity whisky is here – this sees a collaboration between global singer and songwriter Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Moët Hennessy, the drinks subsidiary of LVMH. SirDavis is named after Knowles-Carter’s paternal great-grandfather, Davis Hogue – a farmer and a moonshiner in the American South during the Prohibition era. This family history and Knowles-Carter’s love of Japanese whisky is said to have been the main inspiration behind the new brand and product.
As part of the collaboration Moët Hennessy called on the assistance of their most senior whisky maker, Dr. Bill Lumsden – the Director of Whisky Creation at Glenmorangie and Ardbeg. He selected a mashbill consisting of 51% rye and 49% malted barley. After initial maturation in new American oak barrels, the spirit has undergone a secondary maturation period in ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The finishing, blending and bottling have taken place in Knowles-Carter’s home state of Texas, with the brand based out of Houston.
SirDavis will be available shortly (September 4) from retailers across the USA and can be pre-ordered now via www.sirdavis.com. It is bottled at 44% ABV (88 Proof) and is non-chill filtered. It will also be available in selected retailers in the UK, France and Japan, plus airports including Los Angeles, New York (JFK) and San Francisco. A bottle will cost US$85/ £79.
