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The Antiquity brand is available in two variants – Antiquity Blue and Antiquity Rare. Antiquity Blue is made of Indian and Scotch malt whisky blended with grain spirit . [ 2 ] Antiquity Blue was awarded "Silver Best in Class" in the Spirits Tasting competition by the 2012 International Wine and Spirit Competition at the Wine and Spirits ...
The original grain spirit, whisky (or whiskey in Hiberno-English) and its specific origins are unknown but the distillation of whisky has been performed in Ireland and Scotland for centuries. The first confirmed written record of whisky comes from 1405 in Ireland, the production of whisky from malted barley is first mentioned in Scotland in an ...
Green Distillery (1796–1870s), notable for its use of an early continuous distillation apparatus, invented by the distillery's then co-owner, Joseph Shee; Kilbeggan Distillery, formerly the Brusna Distillery and Locke's Distillery, claimed as the oldest licensed distillery, referencing a licence issued in 1757, although it was closed in 1954; production resumed at the site in 2007, but with ...
The third Saturday in May marks a momentous occasion for whiskey enthusiasts and aficionados around the world. It's World Whiskey Day, a time to raise our glasses and toast to the exquisite amber ...
The word whisky (or whiskey) is an anglicisation of the Classical Gaelic word uisce (or uisge) meaning "water" (now written as uisce in Modern Irish, and uisge in Scottish Gaelic). This Gaelic word shares its ultimate origins with Germanic water and Slavic voda of the same meaning. Distilled alcohol was known in Latin as aqua vitae ("water of ...
Both bourbon — a type of whiskey — and Tennessee whiskey can trace their origins to the 18th and 19th centuries in the American South. One common story ties bourbon’s creation to the white ...
Ancient Age is a 36-month-old bourbon, bottled at 80 proof. Ancient Age 90 is a variation of the traditional 36-month old bourbon, bottled at 90 proof. Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star is bottled at 90 proof. The product line also includes Ancient Age Preferred blended whiskey, bottled at 80 proof.
Buffalo Trace's Ancient Ancient Age 8 Year Old was only made for the Japanese market and so is sought after by collectors in other regions. [2] An Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond, barreled in 1965 and bottled in 1971, was estimated by its collector in 2016 to be worth $1,000. [10] A 1974 bottle of Old House Reserve was estimated at $6,500 in ...