Why this iconic scotch brand is making a whisky for bourbon drinkers

Johnnie Walker Black Cask is aged entirely in American white oak barrels that once held bourbon. It’s meant to make whisky feel more approachable. Scotch powerhouse Johnnie Walker recently launched ...
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JOHNNIE WALKER LAUNCHES BLACK CASK, A NEW, PERMANENT SCOTCH WHISKY EXPRESSION AGED EXCLUSIVELY IN AMERICAN WHITE OAK EX-BOURBON BARRELS

Johnnie Walker, the world’s number one Scotch whisky brand, launches Johnnie Walker Black Cask Blended Scotch Whisky, a ...
Forbes

Crackdown On Whisky Cask Investment Advertisements Is The First Step

New rulings published by the Advertising Standards Authority provide welcome protection for consumers in cask investments. But there is still a way to go. The U.K.’s independent advertising regulator ...

Taste Test: Ardbeg’s First Cask-Strength Version of Its Core Whisky Is a Winner

Ardbeg actually released a cask-strength version of this whisky back in 2003 to the Japanese market, and people who got a taste of that whisky were very enthusiastic about it. Of course, that would ...

The Macallan 1926 Turns 100: How One Forgotten Cask Became The World’s Most Expensive Whisky

Filled on 25 February 1926, Macallan cask #263 turns 100 today. It would eventually yield just 40 bottles and become the most ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Smithfield pub is first in Virginia to attain prestigious British certification for cask ale

No need to travel across the Atlantic Ocean for a proper English ale. The Fiddlin’ Pig, a British pub in Smithfield, has attained a Cask Marque accreditation, a prestigious designation that shows it ...