A combination of bourbons, ryes, and American blends leads the week’s new releases. Excessive West brings again its The Prisoner Wine Co. purple wine-finished mix of bourbon and rye, whereas Penelope has a mix that features straight bourbon, American single malt, and American gentle whiskey. Woodinville has upped the age on its flagship rye, whereas 15 Stars introduces its oldest mix of rye but; new bourbons embrace the fourth chapter of Citadel & Key’s Untold Story collection, a wheater from Nice Jones, and a tribute to Buffalo Invoice Cody from Wyoming Whiskey. Abroad, Tomatin, Loch Lomond, and Gordon & MacPhail all have new single malt scotch whiskies.
Excessive West The Prisoner’s Share (2025 Version) American mix
ABV: 51%
SRP: $175
Availability: Restricted
Excessive West’s newest batch of The Prisoner’s Share—a mix of whiskeys completed in The Prisoner Wine Co. purple wine barrels—options bourbon and rye distilled at Excessive West, MGP, Bardstown Bourbon Co., and an undisclosed Kentucky distillery. The person mashbill elements are as follows:
- MGP bourbon: 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley
- Bardstown Bourbon Co. bourbon: 60% corn and 40% rye
- Undisclosed distillery bourbon: 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley
- MGP rye made: 95% rye and 5% malted barley
- Excessive West rye: 80% rye and 20% malted rye
The whiskeys had been aged anyplace from 4 to 12 years, making it fairly a bit older than the earlier launch of Prisoner’s Share, which included whiskey as younger as 11 months outdated. This can be a restricted launch, nevertheless it’s obtainable nationwide. Whereas The Prisoner’s Share isn’t new, having first debuted in 2022, it is emblematic of Excessive West’s curiosity in exploring cask finishes. Late final 12 months, the distillery partnered with Casa Noble tequila on The Noble Share, a mix of straight ryes completed in Marques de Casa Noble añejo barrels.
Penelope Cigar Periods Chapter 1 American Whiskey
ABV: 50.5%
SRP: $80
Availability: Restricted, nationwide
Penelope joined forces with cigar makers Cynn Coburn (Dissident Cigars) and Lee Marsh (Stolen Throne Cigars) for this launch, enlisting their assist to style by means of 19 completely different mashbills to find out which paired finest with cigars. They landed on a mix that features straight bourbon, American single malt, and American gentle whiskey, all of which had been aged for a minimum of 6 years. The ultimate product has a derived mashbill of 72% corn, 15% rye, and 13% malt.
Cigar whiskies, that are particularly made to be paired with cigars (and typically pipe tobacco), have been round for the reason that Eighties when Dalmore launched the primary model of its now-famous Cigar Malt. However lately, extra distillers have been leaping on the bandwagon. Usually, cigar whiskies give attention to maturation and cask ending—with most of them drawing influences from a minimum of three several types of barrels—however Penelope as an alternative focuses on mixing, grabbing flavors from mixing completely different mashbills collectively. Penelope is planning to show Cigar Periods into an annual collection, with every new expression specializing in pairing with particular cigars.
Woodinville 8 12 months outdated 100% Rye
ABV: 50%
SRP: $130
Availability: Restricted; nationwide, distillery, and on-line later this month
Washington craft distillery Woodinville is releasing its oldest rye whiskey so far. The newcomer is distilled solely from unmalted rye—similar to Woodinville’s flagship rye—and it carries an 8 12 months outdated age assertion. The primary 500 bottles shall be obtainable on the distillery starting tomorrow, June seventh, at 7:00 a.m. Later this month, the whiskey shall be obtainable on Woodinville’s on-line retailer and at retailers across the nation.
Citadel & Key Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey Chapter 4 Kentucky Straight Bourbon
ABV: 52%
Worth: $175
Availability: on-line and retail at Citadel & Key
First launched in 2021, the restricted launch Untold Story of Kentucky collection companions with the Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild to spotlight African Individuals’ fashionable and historic contributions to the spirits trade. The bottle’s label depicts the narrative of Dallas Peters, an African American who was a pivotal distiller and falsely accused barrel thief at Outdated Taylor Distillery, what’s now modern-day Citadel & Key. His story underpins the model’s persevering with give attention to nurturing variety and fairness throughout the distilling trade. All bottle gross sales shall be donated to the label’s scholarship fund.
Not like the two-barrel blends elsewhere within the collection, this launch is the primary single barrel, with solely 204 bottles obtainable. As a cask power bottling of the model’s flagship small batch bourbon, the main target of the recipe is on the model’s beloved heirloom Hickory King corn. Equipped from native Walnut Grove Farms, the grain was broadly cultivated a century in the past and mentioned to contribute notes of darkish fruits and chocolate in 73% of the mashbill, alongside 10% Kentucky-grown rye and 17% malted barley.
These in Kentucky have the chance to buy the whiskey at a ticketed dinner ($120 every) on June nineteenth on the state’s first Black-owned USDA Licensed Natural Farm: Coleman Crest Farm. The dinner kicks off the start of SoulFeast Week, a cultural celebration of the neighborhood and delicacies in Lexington.
RD1 Sister Cities Japanese Mizunara Cask and French Oak Completed Kentucky Straight Whiskey
ABV: 51%
Worth: $70
Availability: Nationwide, on-line, and on the distillery
Recognized for its wood-finished bourbons, RD1 has unveiled its first blended whiskey: a limited-edition wooden stave-finished expression honoring the sister cities of its dwelling in Lexington. The whiskey begins with a 5 12 months outdated high-rye bourbon aged in American Oak barrels. French Oak “Necklaces” sourced from the forests of Central France are added to the barrels, a nod to Lexington’s seaside sister metropolis of Deauville, France. A 7 12 months outdated bourbon and eight 12 months outdated rye whiskey are then added to the combo, completed with frivolously toasted mizunara staves honoring Lexington’s different sister metropolis of Shinhidaka, positioned on Japan’s Northernmost island of Hokkaido.
Although French Oak made its first look in 2022 as a everlasting fixture within the core lineup, this launch marks the primary time the label has used mizunara. The prized oak is understood to lend itself properly to working alongside different woods for ending, characterised by mild notes of incense and sandalwood with out overpowering the ultimate taste. That is the second launch from the label after transferring operations to the newly minted vacationer vacation spot and distillery at The Commons in Lexington.
Nice Jones Wheated Bourbon
ABV: 45%
Worth: $45
Availability: Nationwide
This Manhattan distillery has launched a wheated bourbon as a part of its core lineup. Aged for at least 4 years, its mashbill consists of corn, malted barley, rye, and purple winter wheat. All grains are sourced from the Black Filth area, an space wealthy with fertile soils, positioned in Southern Orange County in Warwick Valley, New York. It joins the core lineup of a straight bourbon, straight rye, and four-grain bourbon, all of which had been launched in 2021 when the distillery first opened its doorways.
This broadly obtainable new wheat bourbon sits in distinction to Nice Jones’s different cask-finished distillery-exclusives. Experimental casks similar to moscatel and mezcal had been used within the Distiller’s Drop mix from this previous March, whereas final 12 months the label launched a cabernet franc purple wine cask-finished bourbon, which scored 90 factors with our tasting panel.
15 Stars Founders Reserve Tremendous Aged Rye
ABV: 47.5%
SRP: $139
Availability: Restricted; nationwide and 15stars.com
Whereas 15 Stars has primarily specialised in ultra-aged bourbon since its first whiskey debuted in 2022, its new Founders Reserve represents its oldest mix of straight ryes but. Sourced from Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, the mix consists of ryes aged 8, 9, 13, and 14 years.
15 Stars is owned by father-son mixing duo Rick and Ricky Johnson, who’re primarily based in Bardstown, Kentucky. The model’s identify references Kentucky’s historical past—it was the 15th state admitted into the Union.
Wyoming Whiskey Buffalo Invoice Cody Bourbon
ABV: 48.5%
SRP: $80
Availability: Restricted; Wyoming-exclusive
All through its 16-year historical past, Wyoming Whiskey has paid tribute to the individuals, locations, and animals which have formed the American West, amongst them Senator Clifford P. Hansen; Outdated Trustworthy; and Grizzly 399. Its new launch honors Buffalo Invoice Cody, a well-known fixture of the Outdated West who was additionally a extremely adorned conflict hero by the point of his loss of life in 1917.
Comprised of Wyoming-grown grains and distilled at Wyoming Whiskey’s Kirby-based distillery, the brand new bourbon is a mix of 26 barrels, all chosen by grasp blender Brendan Prepare dinner. The whiskey is 6 years outdated. As a Wyoming-only launch, you’ll be hard-pressed to search out this for those who’re not native to the state; that mentioned, the distillery does supply delivery by means of a number of web sites, together with Caskers, ReserveBar, Flaviar, and Minibar.
Misplaced Lantern Summer season 2025 Assortment
ABV: Varies
SRP: Varies
Availability: Restricted
Vermont-based impartial bottler Misplaced Lantern has debuted its Summer season 2025 Assortment, highlighting farm distillers throughout the U.S. As a part of the gathering, the corporate can also be introducing Farmers’ Fields bourbon and rye, two property blends that co-founders Adam Polonski and Nora Ganley-Roper created.
The six single cask releases come from 4 completely different distilleries throughout the nation, and embrace:
- Frey Ranch Property-Grown Nevada Straight Bourbon (62.64%, $100; 200 bottles)
6 12 months outdated (67% corn, 12% malted barley, 11% rye, and 10% wheat); unique to New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island - Whiskey Acres Property-Grown Illinois Straight Bourbon (59.05%, $100; 176 bottles)
5 12 months outdated (75% yellow dent corn, 15% wheat, and 10% malted barley) - Frey Ranch Property-Grown Nevada Straight Rye (59.25%, $100; 230 bottles)
6 12 months outdated whiskey comprised of 100% winter rye - Corbin Money Property-Grown California Straight Rye (66.5%, $130; 230 bottles)
7 12 months outdated (100% Merced rye); on-line unique - Far North Property-Grown Minnesota Straight Rye (55.75%, 226 bottles; $100)
4 12 months outdated (65% Hazlet rye, 25% heirloom corn, and 10% malted barley) - Frey Ranch Property-Grown Nevada Straight Wheat (60.65%, $100; 233 bottles)
6 12 months outdated (100% mushy white winter wheat)
Frey Ranch, Whiskey Acres, Corbin Money, and Far North signify among the most devoted grain-to-glass distillers within the U.S.; all the founders operated household farms earlier than leaping into the whiskey enterprise, and stay lively in agriculture to at the present time.
On the subject of the Farmers’ Fields blends, the bourbon (58.95%; $100; 428 bottles) is a wedding of Far North, Frey Ranch, and Whiskey Acres bourbons, whereas the rye (58.7%; $100; 538 bottles) blends whiskey from all 4 featured distilleries. All releases are bottled at cask power and non-chill filtered; for people who aren’t state- or online-exclusives, bottles can be found at lostlanternwhiskey.com, seelbachs.com, and in California, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, in addition to on the Misplaced Lantern Tasting Room in Vergennes, Vermont.
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Legal guidelines Headwaters Sequence: Rio Grande Rye
ABV: 50%
SRP: $85
Availability: Legal guidelines Whiskey Sanctuary unique
Denver-based Legal guidelines Whiskey Home has launched the second expression in its annual Headwaters Sequence, which honors the state’s rivers. This 12 months’s version is a rye whiskey made in honor of the Rio Grande. It’s distilled from heirloom rye grown within the San Luis Valley and was lower to 50% ABV utilizing water from the Rio Grande. The whiskey shall be obtainable solely on the Legal guidelines Whiskey Sanctuary, the distillery’s new tasting expertise heart which opened in January. Ten % of the gross sales for this launch shall be donated to the Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Mission, a nonprofit group devoted to conserving the river.
Brother’s Bond 7 12 months outdated Regenerative Single Barrel Bourbon
ABV: 47.5%
SRP: Varies
Availability: 1 Accommodations unique
Brother’s Bond, the whiskey model of actors Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, is debuting a brand new bourbon in partnership with the luxurious hospitality group 1 Resort. It’s a single barrel expression that was picked by 1 Accommodations beverage administrators Steve Minor and Harrison Deakin. The liquid was distilled solely from regenerative grains, and it bears a 7 12 months outdated age assertion. This launch can solely be discovered at 1 Accommodations places, with 375 ml bottles obtainable for in-room minibars and pours obtainable at bars. The worth will fluctuate relying on the placement.
Scotch
Tomatin 12 12 months outdated Sherry Cask Single Malt Scotch
ABV: 40%
SRP: $70
Availability: Nationwide; imported by
Final 12 months, Highlands distillery Tomatin added a seventh expression to its core vary with the discharge of its 12 12 months outdated Sherry Cask. However the whiskey has not been obtainable within the U.S.–till now. It’s now stateside and can stay a everlasting expression going ahead.
The whisky was aged solely in sherry casks. Tomatin’s different core choices embrace a quartet of NAS single malts aged in several cask mixtures; a 12 12 months outdated aged in each bourbon and sherry casks; a 14 12 months outdated matured in bourbon barrels and tawny port casks; and an 18 12 months outdated aged in oloroso casks.
Loch Lomond The Open Course Particular Version 2025 Chianti Wine Cask Completed Single Malt Scotch
ABV: 46%
Worth: $60
Availability: Restricted annual launch; imported by Foley Household Wine & Spirits
Loch Lomond 2002 22 12 months outdated The Open Course Assortment 2025 Spanish Oak Casks Single Malt Scotch
ABV: 46.7%
SRP: $350
Availability: Restricted annual launch; 3,500 bottles globally; imported by Foley Household Wine & Spirits
Loch Lomond whisky has been the official spirit of The Open Championship and the AIG Ladies’s Open since 2018. Grasp blender Michael Henry’s newest Highland single malt creations have fun The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, Northern Eire in July. The Particular Version is a non-age assertion whisky matured in a mixture of American oak and completed in first-fill chianti wine casks for 8 months. Using American oak at Loch Lomond can embrace first-fill bourbon casks, refill casks, hogsheads, and re-charred casks. Each whiskies use spirit distilled in Loch Lomond’s straight-necked stills solely. The 22 12 months outdated was matured in American oak casks and hogsheads and completed in first-fill Spanish oak casks, chosen as a hyperlink to La Girona, the Spanish Armada warship that sank off Lacada Level alongside the north coast of Ulster in 1588, just some miles up the highway from Royal Portrush.
The Open is golf’s oldest championship and dates again to 1860; the identify of each match winner is printed contained in the field of this 22 12 months outdated. Royal Portrush has the capability to ship all of the challenges that hyperlinks golf brings, setting the stage for a memorable match this 12 months. After profitable in Augusta, Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy shall be hoping to proceed his current type when he comes dwelling for The Open.
Collectible
Gordon & MacPhail The Mr George Legacy Sequence 1954 from Glen Grant Distillery single malt scotch
ABV: 50.5%
SRP: $10,000
Availability: Restricted; 130 bottles globally
Honoring George Urquhart, “The daddy of single malt scotch whisky,” the ultimate launch within the five-part collection is a 70 12 months outdated Speyside single malt distilled on April 28, 1954. Its complete maturation was spent in first-fill sherry puncheon No. 1823. All 5 releases within the collection had been distilled at Glen Grant Distillery between 1953 and 1959; the fourth version was rated 96 factors, whereas the third version, launched in 2023, scored 95 factors.
George Urquhart was the second technology of the Urquhart household to run the corporate. He helped popularize single malt scotch by means of the Connoisseur’s Selection vary from the late Sixties onward, a collection that included whiskies from near 100 completely different scotch distilleries. He established and maintained relationships with dozens of distilleries, enabling Gordon & MacPhail to purchase newly crammed casks that G&M would mature and bottle themselves. Now run by the fourth technology of the household, the grandchildren of George Urquhart, Gordon & MacPhail is celebrating its 130th anniversary this 12 months. This closing launch consists of simply 130 bottles in tribute to the event.
