Scotch, bourbon, Japanese, world whisky. Tariffs, new distilleries, the auction year.
The new annual series opens with a 12-year-old bourbon at 115 proof and $299.99, batched from mature stocks across the rick houses and bottled in a decanter modelled on the brand's mid-century holiday releases.
More than a decade after the original trilogy, the series returns as a Whisky Shop exclusive: a sherry-cask 10-year-old at £70 from 16 October, and a 22-year-old at £380 that buyers of the first bottle can ballot for.
The third TIME:SPACE entry is a 20-year-old single malt at 44.8 percent, finished in the first 200 casks seasoned with The Macallan's own Valdespino sherry. RRP £1,100.
Ninety-nine barrels, a ten-proof spread, and a $399 price tag: Brown-Forman's ultra-premium bourbon is back for 2026, and the canister tells you exactly which barrel you own.
The Cambo Collection opens with a 10-year-old STR-matured autumn bottling: 640 cases, £65, on sale 8 October. Each year will explore a different side of the estate.
The new Cigar Malt Signature Reserve is a permanent five-cask addition to the Principal Collection: 18 years old, 46 percent, on sale 19 October at £299.
Active craft distillers fell 25.6 percent in a year. Volume, value, and exports all fell. The 2025 Craft Spirits Data Project reads like a casualty report.
Wyoming sold, Famous Grouse gone, profits down 28 percent. The Macallan's owner is concentrating on fewer, more expensive bottles.
Two casks, £4.25 million. One bottle, US$625,000. The closed Japanese distillery keeps resetting the auction ceiling.
A whisky distillery, a visitor destination, and a northern frontier. Three different answers to the same question: what does Scotch expansion look like now?
Scotch is free of US duties again. Cognac and Irish whiskey are not. Two estimates, one deadline, and the fine print behind both.
US$200 million, 150,000 barrels a year, and the return of Heaven Hill distilling to Bardstown for the first time since 1996.