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News Briefs for June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

•High West The Prisoner’s Share, Penelope Cigar Sessions Chapter 1, and Tomatin 12 Year Old Sherry Cask are among the offerings featured in Whisky Advocate’s latest weekly roundup. Expanded core lineups, returning expressions from established series, a Brother’s Bond 1 Hotels exclusive, and more new whiskies are highlights of this week. The website has all the details.

•Spirits-based RTD brand Lake Hour has jumped into the spiked iced tea market with a new line of vodka-based cocktails. The 5% abv cocktails come in four varieties—Raspberry Tea, Blackberry Tea, Green Tea, and Earl Grey Tea—all at 113 calories per 12-ounce can. Lake Hour’s vodka iced teas are available in New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Florida. The new teas from the Geneseo, New York-based brand sit alongside Lake Hour’s other canned cocktails, including Watermelon Cucumber Tequila seltzer, and Peach Jasmine, Honeysuckle Ginger, and Rosemary Yuzu vodka-based seltzers.

•Tequila Casa Azul has shifted production to a new distillery, La Roca, NOM 1646. The move, according to the company, is a step toward achieving the brand’s sustainability goals. La Roca distillery is operated by the Montes family, who also operate the Las Américas distillery, Casa Azul’s previous home. Production of Casa Azul has already begun at La Roca, with the first Tequilas produced there set to hit the market this summer. Casa Azul’s celebrity backers include the NFL’s Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce, actress Eiza González, and golfers Michelle Wie West and Brooks Koepka, among others.

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