Westland Garryana 9, WhistlePig Boss Hog Juggernaut and Extra New Whiskey

Whereas almost all of the innovation on the Irish Distillers campus in Midleton, Eire, has been coming from its Micro Distillery—the power devoted to experimentation—a few of that work is being carried over to the core whiskeys. In a single main instance, flagship Jameson is making ready to launch its first-ever whiskey partly matured in chestnut casks. Elsewhere, Woodford Reserve celebrates the 20^th anniversary of its Grasp’s Assortment with a brand new bourbon completed in madeira casks, whereas WhistlePig is out with the 11^th version of its annual Boss Hog launch—this one a single barrel completed in thandai barrels. Westland is providing the 9^th launch of its Garryana expression, and Impex is now on the 4th version of The Impex Assortment, its curated assemblage of single cask whiskies from Scotland and around the globe.

Woodford Reserve 2024 Grasp’s Assortment: Madeira Cask End

ABV: 45.2%
SRP: $180/700 ml
Availability: Restricted

This yr’s Woodford Reserve Grasp’s Assortment takes Woodford wheat whiskey and blends it with bourbon and rye completed in madeira casks. Grasp distiller Elizabeth McCall wished a particular end to commemorate the twentieth version of Grasp’s Assortment, and she or he took inspiration from Woodford’s early adoption of wine cask finishes for bourbon again in 2007. Madeira is a fortified wine from the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Woodford grasp distiller emeritus Chris Morris created the Grasp’s Assortment in 2004 as a approach to incorporate extra experimentation into the distillery, taking part in round with numerous parts of taste creation, amongst them maturation and proofing. The brand new whiskey is out there on a restricted foundation all through Kentucky, in addition to on the Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles. It’s additionally obtainable for transport to New Hampshire, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C.

Westland Garryana Version 9 American Single Malt

ABV: 50%
SRP: $150
Availability: Restricted

Westland’s exploration of Quercus garryana, an oak species native to the Pacific Northwest, continues with the discharge of the ninth version of its Garryana label. This yr’s mashbill is comprised of Washington choose pale malt, Munich malt, further particular malt, pale chocolate malt, and brown malt. The largest change from earlier editions is within the maturation—this whiskey was completed in a mix of casks, together with virgin garryana oak barrels, first-fill bourbon barrels, and, in a primary for Westland, first-fill oloroso casks. Beforehand, the distillery turned to Pedro Ximénez casks for its Garryana releases. The whiskey aged for at least 5 years.

Garryana Version 9 might be obtainable solely on the Seattle distillery beginning Saturday, November 9. The next Monday, November 11, the whiskey might be accessible by way of Westland’s on-line store, and it’ll land at retailers nationwide by Friday, November 15. Simply 6,600 bottles can be found. The eighth version of the Garryana was our No.-3 whisky of 2023.

WhistlePig The Boss Hog XI: The Juggernaut Straight Rye

ABV: Varies
SRP: $600
Availability: Restricted

WhistlePig’s newest Boss Hog whiskey is a sourced Canadian rye that ages first in new oak earlier than being completed in bespoke thandai barrels. A chilly milk-based drink native to India and Pakistan, thandai incorporates flavors of saffron, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, fennel, poppy, and black peppercorn; the WhistlePig staff was impressed to create a barrel evocative of these flavors—and did so by seasoning the wooden with spices—after coming throughout the drink throughout Holi celebrations in Jaipur, India. The spices used to season the casks had been sourced from Khari Baoli, the biggest spice market in Asia. In accordance with WhistlePig, that is the world’s first-ever thandai-finished whiskey.

It is a single barrel whiskey, so ABV will differ from 51.9%-52.6% relying on the bottle. As with all editions of The Boss Hog, this launch is restricted, with simply 127 barrels created.

Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Version Irish Mix

SRP: $29
ABV: 40%
Availability: Early 2025; imported by Pernod Ricard USA

There’s a brand new Jameson innovation headed our approach early subsequent yr. Jameson Triple Triple Chestnut Version is a triple-distilled mix of single pot nonetheless and single grain whiskeys from Midleton Distillery matured in three cask varieties: bourbon, oloroso sherry, and candy chestnut casks. In contrast to Scotland, Eire’s whiskey rules allow using any kind of wooden casks for whiskey maturation whereas scotch guidelines stipulate oak casks should be used. Jameson’s grasp distiller Kevin O’Gorman has been exploring the flavour affect of chestnut casks on Irish whiskey for a few years. Till now, it has largely been reserved for Technique and Insanity releases, its extra experimental vary, the place chestnut was used to complete the label’s 95-point French chestnut launch and the 90-point Japanese chestnut expression. Jameson Triple Triple was initially a Journey Retail-exclusive, rated 89 factors, that was matured in bourbon, oloroso sherry, and Malaga wine casks, so that is the primary time in 5 years that Jameson has introduced out a brand new Triple Triple expression. The brand new creation marks the primary use of chestnut casks for Jameson, that are stated so as to add velvety notes of toffee, cacao, and toasted almonds to the mix.

The ImpEx Assortment Version 4

Royal Brackla 2011 12 yr previous Highland Single Malt Scotch Single Cask (No. 110000245), 58%, $120 (282 bottles)

Dailuaine 2009 14 yr previous Speyside Single Malt Scotch Single Cask (No. 312079), $140, 56.8% (250 bottles)

Strathmill 2009 14 yr previous Speyside Single Malt Scotch Single Cask (No. 802952), $140, 57.5% (272 bottles)

Benrinnes 2011 12 yr previous Speyside Single Malt Scotch Single Cask (No. 306532), $120, 58.9% (273 bottles)

Indri 7 yr previous Pink Wine Cask Single Cask (No.1746) Indian Single Malt, 53.5%, $175 (175 bottles)

Pōkeno 2020 3 yr previous Amontillado Cask Single Cask (No.20–26) New Zealand Single Malt, 58.5%, $125 (330 bottles)

Availability: Restricted; choose retailers and reservebar.com

The fourth version of the ImpEx Assortment, first launched in 2021, consists of six cask energy single cask impartial bottlings chosen and imported by ImpEx Drinks. This assortment goes past the acquainted scotch distillery names to assist whisky lovers uncover thrilling world whiskies and strange expressions from Scotland. Version 4 is not any exception, with 4 single malt scotch picks, and single cask picks from Indri from Haryana in northern India, and Pōkeno on the North Island of New Zealand.