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Tippling point | How do you like your whisky, with or without an ‘e’?
The world of spirits is rich and sometimes complicated, we help you tell your Scotch from bourbon and why the Japanese are taking the whisky world by storm. February 06, 2021 / 12:35 PM IST
We have been into whiskies since the day we started drinking but how many of us read a label and see an Irish Single Pot Still apart from a bourbon? What the heck man, it is all whisky, right? Wait. How did you just spell it? Whisky or whiskey? That letter e itself matters big in the world of spirits the world is split into two, with countries like Scotland, Canada and Japan shunning the e , while the US and Ireland holding on to it religiously).
“The bottle is way heavier than expected, it’s unimaginable. It was a very nerve-wracking photo shoot when I had to hold the bottle,” Neil said with a laugh, referring to promotional pictures taken by the distillery.
“A lot of the casing for the bottle is actually handcrafted in Italy. And when you open it up, the bottle sits in a padded banquette that mirrors the Aston Martin upholstery in the backseat of the car. You are buying the Aston Martin of Scotch whisky when you pick up a bottle of Bowmore DB5,” he said.
But if you’re one of the millions of Ontarians who will likely never own, taste or even see this extremely rare bottle, you may still be wondering how the Black Bowmore DB5 looks, smells and tastes.
Feeling lucky? Utahâs annual drawing for Pappy Van Winkle liquor is now underway.
Winners can buy the prized products at bargain prices.
(Tribune file photo) Pappy Van Winkle bourbon. | Updated: Jan. 12, 2021, 1:34 a.m.
Utahns who want a chance to buy the rare liquor at a more affordable price than anywhere else in the country have until Jan. 18 to register. Once the drawing closes, a computer will randomly select the winning names.
Utah received 181 bottles of Pappy Van Winkle products this year, including two bottles of the companyâs highly prized 23-year aged spirit; four of its 20-year aged bourbon; 27 of the 15-year spirit; 58 of the 12-year product; and 90 of the 10-year.
New Colonel E.H. Taylor Warehouse C Bourbon On The Possible Horizon
New Colonel E.H. Taylor Warehouse C Bourbon On The Possible Horizon
The Colonel E.H. Taylor line up of bourbons from Buffalo Trace in Kentucky has long been a popular favorite among the many whiskeys from this distillery. Of notable consideration are the more collectible ones, such as the now legendary Warehouse C Tornado Surviving Bourbon that normally now sells for very inflated prices on the secondary market. Joining these soon may be a new Warehouse C bottled in bond expression.
Information from recently approved bottle labels posted on the TTB’s public COLA registry database reveals a new Warehouse C offering in the works (note that, as always, labels that appear at the TTB site don’t necessarily mean the final whiskey will actually come to market). What’s known of this planned bourbon, according to the labels, is the following: