News Briefs for December 22, 2020

•Stagg Jr., Johnnie Walker Blonde, and new entries from Hochstadter’s, Gordon & MacPhail and Smooth Ambler are among the offerings featured in Whisky Advocate’s latest weekly roundup. The magazine’s website has all the details.

•Beam Suntory’s Alberta Distillers is launching a new limited-edition cask-strength whisky in the U.S. market: Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye. Made in Calgary from a 100% rye mashbill, the new entry carries an abv of 63.9% to 66% and is packaged in a faceted glass bottle. It retails at $70 a 750-ml. Alberta Premium is the fourth-largest Canadian whisky in its domestic market at approximately 300,000 cases, according to Impact Databank.

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