Louisville, Kentucky-based Michter’s Distillery is bringing back its US*1 Barrel Strength Rye on a limited basis. The Kentucky straight rye is bottled at barrel strength (between 110.2 and 114.8 proof), compared to the 84.8 proof of Michter’s Single Barrel Rye. Michter’s other offerings include small-batch American whiskey, sour mash whiskey, single barrel Bourbon and small-batch Bourbon.

Serrallés USA is launching a limited edition 2005 Don Q Signature Release Single Barrel Rum to the U.S. market. Aged for more than 10 years, the Puerto Rico-sourced offering is the first in a series of Don Q single barrel releases, with a 2007 Single Barrel expression to follow in 2017. Don Q Signature Release Single Barrel 2005 (40% abv) retails at $39.99 a 750-ml., with 3,000 six-bottle cases coming to the U.S.

CIL US Wines & Spirits, a subsidiary of Camus Wines & Spirits, is extending its Glencadam single malt Scotch whisky brand with two new entries, a 25-year-old and Glencadam Origin 1825. Glencadam 25-year-old is 46% abv and retails at $500 a bottle. Glencadam Origin 1825, named for the year of the distillery’s founding in the county of Angus in the Scottish Highlands, was aged in American white-oak Bourbon barrels and finished in Oloroso Sherry butts. Intended to attract new single malt drinkers, Origin 1825 is bottled at 40% abv and retails at $45. All of Glencadam’s other expressions are bottled at 46% abv.

Indiana’s Backbone Bourbon Company is launching a limited-edition 10-year-old Reserve Straight Bourbon whiskey called “Old Bones” ($130). Old Bones is a barrel-strength (110 proof), high-rye Bourbon composed of 55% corn, 40% rye and 5% barley and distilled at MGP in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. 405 six-pack cases were produced. Backbone, which is present in 20 states, also markets Backbone Bourbon Uncut, Backbone Prime, Bone Snapper Rye and Bone Dry Gin.

Speyside single malt The Glenrothes, imported by Anchor Distilling, is launching a new non-age-statement whisky, Peated Cask Reserve. Rolling out nationwide, Glenrothes Peated Cask Reserve is made from a 1992 vintage whisky that spent time in Islay malt casks. The 40% abv malt, part of Glenrothes’ Reserve Collection, which debuted last year, retails at around $55 a bottle.

Hennessy Cognac has unveiled Hennessy 8, a new special edition created to commemorate the recent appointment of Hennessy’s eighth-generation master blender. Hennessy 8 features a blend of eight different eaux-de-vie, including seven hand-selected by departing seventh-generation Hennessy master blender Yann Fillioux and one eau-de-vie chosen by his successor and nephew, Renaud Fillioux de Gironde. The liquid is bottled in a hand-blown Baccarat crystal carafe and packaged in an oak chest alongside four tasting glasses designed by Georg Riedel and Fillioux. Limited to 100 carafe and chest sets, Hennessy 8 retails at $39,000 a set.

Kobrand Corporation is rolling out a new Peach expression under its Alizé Passion liqueur brand. A blend of peach flavors with premium French vodka, the new entry joins a brand portfolio that includes Alizé Red Passion, Gold Passion and Bleu Passion. It’s intended to be served on the rocks or in cocktails. Alizé Peach retails at $19.99 a 750-ml. and $23.99 a 1-liter. Back in 2000, Alizé’s volume was at more than 500,000 cases in the U.S. market, but is now at around half that level.

Jonathan Drew, founder of the Drew Estate cigar company, is moving into a spirits with a new venture called John Drew Brands. The new company’s portfolio initially will include Brixton Mash Destroyer—a 90-proof blend of Kentucky Bourbon and Florida rum—John Drew Rye and Dove Tale Rum.

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