New U.S. Releases – December ’09

Wow, it’s already the 7th of January and I’ve haven’t posted the summary of new whiskies coming stateside that we heard about in December! Sorry everyone. I’ve been under the weather lately. Here’s what we heard about.

Tomintoul 33 Year Old
Timeframe: 2010, no additional details yet
ABV: 43%
Price: $290
This will be replacing the current 27 Year Old Tomintoul.

Powers 12 Year Old
Timeframe: February 2010
ABV: 40%
Price: TBD
The standard Powers isn’t too bad so I can’t wait to see what this aged beauty will taste like.

Paddy’s Irish Whiskey
Timeframe: By St. Patrick’s Day
ABV: 40%
Price: TBD
The word on the street is that a very limited amount of Paddy’s will be coming stateside in advance of St. Patrick’s Day this year. If you want to try it you better grab it if you see it. And grab one for me too!

Redbreast 15 Year Old Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Timeframe: Fall 2010
ABV: 40%
Price: TBD
I almost passed out when I heard about this. Redbreast is an all time Apostle favorite (Matt, why haven’t we reviewed it yet?) and the mythical 15 Year Old was something that was produced only as a limited release a few years back but never made it across the pond. It was rumored to be amazing. Now it’s going into regular production and coming here. I’m as giddy as a school girl.

December was another light month for release news but we heard some good things on the Irish front. As always, if you heard about something that we didn’t please let me know.

Drink wisely my friends,

Richard