Heaven Hill’s Grain-to-Glass bourbon returns after its profitable debut final 12 months, which additionally featured a rye and wheated bourbon. To date, the 2025 version contains solely the bourbon, with the opposite two labels within the trio due out later within the 12 months. Elsewhere in bourbon, Outdated Fitzgerald’s Spring Version is correct on time this 12 months, in distinction with some earlier years the place this seasonal launch was delayed by a couple of months, and Chattanooga Whiskey has a 2021 classic bottled in bond expression. In scotch, Speyside distiller Glenrothes has a brand new 15 12 months outdated, which joins the everlasting portfolio, whereas Dalmore is out with a brand new Luminary expression. From the Lowlands, the revolutionary InchDairnie Distillery has two new expressions, each flying beneath the KinGlassie identify.
Heaven Hill Grain-to-Glass Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2025 Version)
ABV: 52.5%
SRP: $100
Availability: Restricted
The second version of Heaven Hill’s grain-to-glass bourbon—a follow-up to the 2024 launch that secured the No.-5 place on our High 20 checklist final 12 months is right here. In making the whiskey, Heaven Hill continued its partnership with Indiana-based retail seed firm Beck’s Hybrids, and as soon as once more landed on a mashbill of 52% corn, 35% rye, and 13% malted barley. In contrast to the inaugural launch, nevertheless, this version options corn varietal Beck’s 6225, which was grown by Peterson Farms in Nelson County, Kentucky. The whiskey aged for six years at Heaven Hill’s Cox’s Creek rickhouse.
In tandem with the second launch of the Grain-to-Glass straight bourbon, Heaven Hill has introduced the launch of Household Farms First, a brand new initiative created in partnership with nonprofit Farm Rescue and aimed toward supporting family-owned farms. As a part of the initiative, a portion of each sale of Grain-to-Glass (as much as $100,000 yearly) might be donated to Farm Rescue. Over the past 20 years, Farm Rescue has assisted over 1,000 farm households throughout eight states.
Outdated Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon (Spring 2025 Version)
ABV: 50%
SRP: $130
Availability: Restricted
Every spring, albeit with delays in some years, Heaven Hill delivers a brand new Outdated Fitzgerald bottled in bond bourbon. This newest launch was distilled within the spring of 2016, making it 9 years outdated—among the many youthful releases within the Outdated Fitzgerald line, which at occasions has featured whiskey as outdated as 19 years. Should you can’t get your palms on a Spring launch, there’s all the time a Fall version to stay up for.
Chattanooga Whiskey Bottled in Bond Spring 2021 Classic Straight Bourbon
ABV: 50%
Worth: $53
Availability: Distillery starting Might ninth; retail and on-line in AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MI, MO, TN, TX, and WI
Chattanooga has unveiled this 12 months’s first vintage-dated mix in its Bottled in Bond Classic Launch Collection. The label touts the liquid as seasonally centered resulting from its bottled in bond designation, and in addition introduces a brand new mashbill to the combo. Just like the final classic, this one is comprised of three mashbills. The brand new mashbill, SB078, comprising 20% of the mix, was named after the 78th barrel stuffed on the firm’s Experimental Distillery in Chattanooga. The label is thought for its high-malt bourbons, so it is no shock that SB078 options a number of kinds of malted barley, together with Belgian-made chocolate, double-roasted caramel, and a cherrywood-smoked varietal. Of the 2 different two mashbills, one is a wheated mashbill making up 50% of the entire, whereas the remaining 30% is a mashbill composed of yellow corn and honey malted barley, a staple recipe for the flagship 111 and 91 bourbons. The liquid was then separated into two batches and aged in 10 toasted and charred barrels.
Manufacturing befell completely at Chattanooga’s two places. Riverfront Distillery within the coronary heart of Chattanooga opened in 2017, whereas the Experimental Distillery, Chattanooga’s first location, is a mile and a half away. It’s residence to the Experimental Batch Collection, which not too long ago launched the Pre-Prohibition model bourbon, made up of Laborious Endo corn, and heritage-styled malts of rye, spelt, and barley.
Pursuit United Triple Mash Bourbon
ABV:44%
SRP: $40
Availability: Pursuit United Distillery and retail
Pursuit United Triple Mash Barrel Proof Bourbon
ABV: 59.9%
SRP: $80
Availability: Pursuit United Distillery and retail
Pursuit United Triple Mash Rye
ABV: 44%
SRP: $40
Availability: Pursuit United Distillery and retail
Pursuit United Triple Mash Barrel Proof Rye
ABV: 60.6%
SRP: $80
Availability: Pursuit United Distillery and retail
Louisville-based Pursuit Spirits has added two new proof choices to its Pursuit United bourbon and rye expressions. Initially launched in 2021, the bourbon is a mix of low-rye and wheated bourbons sourced from Kentucky, New York, and Tennessee. The Kentucky-distilled element comes from Bardstown Bourbon Co. and has a mashbill of 78% corn, 12% barley, and 10% rye. An undisclosed Tennessee distillery’s portion is produced from a mashbill of 80% corn, 10% rye, and 10% malted barley. New York’s Finger Lakes Distilling brings the wheated parcel to the mix (70% corn, 20% wheat, and 10% malted barley).
The rye, initially launched in 2022, is a mix of three mashbills from two distilleries: Bardstown Bourbon Co. (95% rye and 5% barley) and Maryland’s Sagamore Spirit contribes two mashbills (95% rye and 5% malted barley; 52% rye, 43% corn, and 5% barley).
Alongside the unique 54% abv bottlings, the bourbon and rye are additionally now obtainable at a low-abv choice, bottled at 44%, and a barrel proof expression (59.9% for the bourbon and the rye at 60.6%). Along with the 2 new proof factors, the Pursuit United label has undergone a redesign.
Glenrothes The 15 12 months outdated Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 43%
SRP: $100
Availability: Nationwide
Speyside distiller The Glenrothes has added to its everlasting portfolio with a 15 12 months outdated single malt. Aged in custom-made and sherry-seasoned European oak casks from Spain. Glenrothes 15 might be obtainable all through the U.S., in addition to on-line at Reserve Bar. The brand new single malt joins 18 and 25 12 months olds in Glenrothes’ core lineup.
The Dalmore Luminary 2025 Version: The Uncommon Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 40.3%
SRP: N/A
Availability: Public sale unique
The Dalmore Luminary No. 3: The Collectible Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 49.2%
SRP: $400
Availability: 20,000 bottles worldwide
The Dalmore has launched its newest Luminary single malts, a part of a sequence created in partnership with Scotland’s V&A Dundee design museum again in 2021. For the third Luminary chapter, Dalmore tapped architect Ben Dobbin, a British-born architect who’s recognized for such notable tasks as Apple Park in California, the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, and The Gherkin constructing in London.
The extra extensively obtainable of the 2, the 17 12 months outdated The Collectible, began its maturation in bourbon barrels earlier than being completed in a mix of casks, together with 1989 and 1999 calvados, matusalem sherry, apostoles sherry, pink wine casks from Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and American white oak. There are 20,000 bottles of The Collectible obtainable worldwide, allotted to luxurious and specialist retailers, and international Journey Retail. The opposite launch, The Uncommon, is a much more unique providing, obtainable solely at a Sotheby’s public sale slated for this summer season. Coming in at 52 years outdated, The Uncommon was aged in bourbon barrels after which completed in quite a lot of casks, together with those who held classic 1980 calvados, 1940 colheita port, 40 12 months outdated Pedro Ximénez sherry, tawny port, and pink wine from Mont Redon.
The Uncommon is accompanied by a Dobbins-created bronze sculpture that options uneven strains and curves, working as a type of alloy chariot that suspends the whisky in area. Only one sculpture and bottle might be obtainable at public sale, with all proceeds from stated public sale going towards the V&A Dundee. Whereas simply the one might be offered, three had been produced—one (with accompanying sculpture) might be displayed at The Dalmore, and the ultimate bottle will go into the distillery’s archive. Since launching the Luminary sequence, Dalmore has donated over £200,000 to the V&A Dundee.
KinGlassie 8 12 months outdated Uncooked Version Lowland Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 46.3%
SRP: $99
Availability: specialist retailers in Illinois and South Carolina from June; imported by ARE Ideas
KinGlassie 8 12 months outdated Double Matured Lowland Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 46.3%
SRP: $99
Availability: specialist retailers in Illinois and South Carolina from June; imported by ARE Ideas
InchDairnie Distillery, the pioneering maker of RyeLaw, is releasing its inaugural single malt whiskies. Named after a village in Fife near the distillery, KinGlassie (pronounced Kin-Glassie) is a double-distilled age-stated single malt, closely peated to 50 phenol components per million utilizing peat from the Scottish mainland. There are two expressions within the preliminary launch, each distilled in 2017. Till 2021, InchDairnie laid down peated inventory for KinGlassie lower than one week a 12 months, however manufacturing has since elevated.
Double Matured was initially matured in bourbon casks earlier than spending an extra 3 years in amontillado casks, whereas Uncooked was totally matured in bourbon casks for 8 years. InchDairnie Distillery was based in 2011 and commenced distilling in 2015. The versatile distillery has a hammer mill and mash conversion vessel slightly than a conventional mashtun, which it says permits it to grind the grain extra finely, permitting larger taste extraction, leading to a richer, extra refined character of their whiskies in comparison with conventional scotch distilleries.
Glen Scotia 50 12 months outdated The Components of Campbeltown Assortment: Air Scotch Single Malt
ABV: 42.3%
SRP: $45,000
Availability: restricted international launch of 100 bottles; imported by Foley Household Wines & Spirits
Glen Scotia is releasing its first-ever 50 12 months outdated because the lead expression in a brand new five-part sequence known as The Components of Campbeltown Assortment. The oldest-ever Glen Scotia launch is the primary 50 12 months outdated single malt whisky from Campbeltown, Scotland’s smallest whisky area, since Springbank Millennium a technology in the past. Distilled in 1973, it was totally matured in refill American oak hogsheads.
Glen Scotia Distillery was based in 1832 and is owned by the Loch Lomond Group. Every subsequent launch within the new sequence might be named after a special ingredient—fireplace, water, and earth, following this inaugural launch, air, which represents Glen Scotia’s signature maritime notes. Every ingredient will take its place within the loops of a Celtic five-fold knot, the logo of the gathering, with the liquid showcasing the affect that every ingredient has on the spirit. The field was designed by UK artist Gina Parr, who created a portray that displays the interplay of the heavy spirit vapors with the salty sea air.
