New and Highly Rated Whiskeys

This release uses the same mash bill as the one Abraham Overholt used when he founded the brand in Pennsylvania in 1810 — 80% rye and 20% soft malted barley. Today, the Overholt brand is made in Clermont, Kentucky at the James B. Beam Distilling Co. with other Overholt Rye bottlings incorporating some corn in the recipe unlike this release. Bottled at 47.5% ABV, A. Overholt Straight Rye is available nationwide beginning April 2024. (SRP $39.99)

This Small Batch Rye expression from Sagamore Spirit is the first 100% Maryland-distilled rye whiskey from the brand. Using non-GMO grains sourced from their Farm-to-Table process, this whiskey used a blend of triple-distilled high and low rye mash bills. It was matured for 4-6 years and was blended in small batches of 20 barrels. Bottled at 93 proof, it's available globally beginning May 2024. (SRP $39.99)

Torabhaig is a single malt distillery located on the Isle of Skye. Its first ever release was in 2017, and this bottling, Cnoc Na Mòine, is the third chapter of its Legacy Series, in which it chronicles its pursuit of reaching a 10 year old whisky and flagship edition. It's a sherry-matured, peated single malt, bottled at 92 proof, and non-chill filtered.

Following a 7 year-old rye whiskey released in 2023, Knob Creek has introduced a 10 year-old rye whiskey. Aged in deeply charred American oak barrels, this Kentucky straight rye whiskey is made in the pre-Prohibition style. It is a permanent addition to the Knob Creek portfolio. Bottled at 100 proof, it's available nationwide beginning June 2024. (SRP $69.99)

This High Wheat Bourbon is a new addition to the brand's estate-distilled Origin Series with 100% of production including distilling, aging, and bottling handled by the brand in Bardstown. Here, a bourbon mash bill with a high percentage of wheat is used in the production (53% corn, 39% wheat, 8% malted barley). Aged for 6 years, this is bottled at 106 proof (53% ABV). This is the fourth release and the second wheated bourbon in the Origin Series following their Bottled in Bond Bourbon made with 20% wheat. Availability for this new core offering begins August 2024. (SRP $49.99)

Triple Oak joins the brand's Signature Series which also includes the Port Wine Barrel finished bourbon released in 2011 and Caribbean Rum Cask finished rye released in 2013. It's made from a blend of three oak-finished bourbons with the followings types of barrels: Hungarian oak (Hungary), Chinkapin oak (Kentucky), French oak (France). Bottled at 46%, this is an ongoing release with availability nationwide beginning October 2024 with an early release exclusively at the distillery in downtown Louisville on September 14, 2024. (SRP $74.99)

Launched in fall 2024, Nectarosity is one of two new additions to the Compass Box core collection joining Orchard House and Peat Monster. Among the parcels of whisky in this blend is single grain whisky from Girvan as well as Clynelish malt whisky aged in custom-toasted and charred oak which was seasoned with new make grain whisky. Whiskies aged in first-fill bourbon and palo cortado sherry-seasoned casks are also incorporated in the blend. Available nationwide beginning September 2024. (SRP $64.99)

Released in September 2024, Bulleit 10 Year Rye is a permanent addition to the brand's portfolio. It's made with the same mash bill recipe as the flagship rye whiskey which was first released in 2011 — 95% rye and 5% malted barley. Aged for 10 years in new, charred American oak barrels, it's bottled at 91.2 proof. (SRP $49.99)

The Original — the flagship single malt for Glenmorangie — has been updated from a 10 year-old expression to a 12 year-old. Aged a minimum of 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels, this bottling will launch globally in 2024 with the US getting its allotment in fall 2024. (SRP $49.99)

Meikle Tòir (mee-kuhl tor) is a peated single malt whisky brand released by The Glenallachie. The brand uses mainland peat from St. Fergus in its production as well as locally sourced malted barley from Scottish producers. The Chinquapin One is aged for 5 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels followed by a finishing in Chinquapin virgin oak from Missouri's Northern Ozark region. The spirit comes in at 35ppm and 48% ABV. Introduced in the UK in late 2023, it's available in the US beginning February 2024. (SRP $75)