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From high-end single malt collections to party-friendly flavoured spirits, right here’s our choose of essentially the most thrilling new merchandise to launch final month.
Excessive-end whisky collectors had loads of new drams to covet in August, with the debut of two ultra-luxurious single malt ranges – one from Diageo, and one from The Dalmore.
In the meantime, Bacardí kicked off a brand new cask-finished vary with the launch of a Sherried rum, and Jameson shook up the Irish whiskey world with an orange-flavoured expression.
There have been merchandise to fulfill drinkers on the lookout for lighter fare, as properly: Sipsmith launched its first alcohol-free ‘spirit’, and Finlandia vodka created a lower-alcohol vary of ‘botanical infusions’.
Learn on to see which 10 bottles caught our eye in August.
Need extra new spirits? Try our list from July.
Pure Gentle vodkas
AB InBev-owned model Pure Gentle, the sixth best-selling beer within the US, expanded into spirits final month with the launch of three flavoured vodkas: Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade and Black Cherry Lemonade.
“Flavoured vodka is among the fastest-growing segments in spirits, and we knew Natty was the model to point out as much as the get together with a terrific tasting providing to set us aside,” mentioned Daniel Blake, group vice-president, Budweiser and worth at Anheuser-Busch.
Every vodka sits at 30% ABV and is available in each 750ml and 50ml bottles.
Roe & Co Japanese Sugi
Irish whiskey model Roe & Co released a new expression aged in barrels product of Japanese sugi wooden, a maturation course of described as one ‘by no means earlier than seen inside the class’.
The uncommon wooden sort is claimed to impart notes of matcha tea, toasted sandalwood, lychee, orris root and treacle toffee within the 46% ABV whiskey.
Priced at €80 (US$69) per bottle, Roe & Co Japanese Sugi is beneficial served straight or combined in a Highball.
Bacardí Reserva Ocho Sherry Cask End
In August, Bacardí introduced a Sherry-kissed rum, the primary expression in a brand new cask-finished vary.
The producer will roll out a brand new bottling yearly till 2025; every one shall be made with Bacardí Reserva Ocho, and can function a special barrel end.
The debut rum within the assortment was aged in American oak barrels for eight to 12 years, then completed in an oloroso Sherry cask for 2 months. It’s obtainable within the US for RRP US$32.99 per 750ml bottle.
Jameson Orange
The most recent addition to the Jameson vary is an orange-flavoured whiskey spirit drink.
Impressed by that traditional cocktail, the Outdated Usual, the brand new product marries Jameson’s flagship whiskey with ‘pure’ orange flavouring. The model suggests serving it over ice with lemonade and an orange wedge for garnish.
At 30% ABV, Jameson Orange is now obtainable to buy within the UK for £23.95 (US$33.22), and can roll out within the US subsequent 12 months.
Laphroaig’s newest Ian Hunter whisky
Scotch whisky producer Laphroaig unveiled the third whisky in its Ian Hunter Story series, which honours the final member of the founding Johnston household to run the Islay distillery.
This latest launch is a 33-year-old single malt from 1987 known as E-book Three: Supply Protector. It was impressed by the historical past of the Kirkbride stream. Hunter purchased the land approaching the stream’s supply so the Laphroaig distillery may very well be powered by steam.
The whisky was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels, and presents aromas of pears, peaches and apricots, with aniseed and liquorice on the palate. It retails for £920, US$1,250 and €990.
Captain Morgan’s bottled cocktails
Spiced rum model Captain Morgan tapped into the ready-to-drink (RTD) development with a range of three bottled serves: Tropical Punch, Mai Tai and Lengthy Island Iced Tea.
The Tropical Punch and Mai Tai cocktails clock in at 13% ABV, whereas the Lengthy Island Iced Tea sits at a punchier 17% ABV.
Embracing the large-format serve, the vary is available in 1.75l bottles, every priced at US$19.99.
Diageo’s second Prima & Ultima launch
Diageo revealed the second launch of its luxurious Prima & Ultima single malt Scotch series, a set of eight cask-strength whiskies which are both the primary or final of their variety.
Priced at a cool £23,500 (US$32,720), the vary was hand-selected by grasp blender Maureen Robinson, who has labored for Diageo for 40 years.
The whiskies within the assortment embrace a uncommon Lagavulin; a bottling from Brora, drawn from the final of the distillery’s casks from 1980; and The Singleton of Glendullan 1992, from a trial by which the spirit was stored in refill casks earlier than ageing fourteen years in two small ex-Madeira barriques.
Sipsmith Free Glider
Beam Suntory’s Sipsmith gin model entered the realm of alcohol-free spirits with the introduction of Free Glider.
Sipsmith grasp distiller Jared Brown trialled practically 200 recipes to decide on the ultimate product, which incorporates seven elements, together with juniper and citrus. Capsicum can be used to ‘replicate the heat often present in a gin’.
The brand new product has an ABV of lower than 0.5%, and is that can be purchased in Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Amazon and sipsmith.com for an RRP of £22.50 (US$31.30).
Finlandia Botanical
Brown-Forman’s Finlandia joined the band of vodka producers jumping on the lower-alcohol trend, launching two 30% ABV ‘botanical infusions’.
Finlandia Botanical Cucumber & Mint and Wildberry & Rose are finest served in a Spritz, on the rocks or combined with tonic. The drinks can be found within the US for an RRP of US$15.99 every.
The Dalmore A long time No. 6
Whisky collectors had one other vary to get enthusiastic about final month, as Whyte & Mackay showcased a series of six single malts from The Dalmore to be bought at public sale.
Every expression within the ‘uncommon, by no means to be seen once more’ A long time No. 6 set represents a special interval within the Scotch producer’s historical past, from a 1951 bottling that’s amongst considered one of The Dalmore’s oldest releases, to a 20-year-old whisky aged for 20 years in Matusalem oloroso Sherry butts.
The gathering will go below the hammer at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in October.