Pearls and contemporary design when Auchentoshan revamps their bottles and packaging

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Auchentoshan Distillery – home to Scotland’s only triple distilled single malt whisky – is set to introduce new expressions to its premium product range along with a new contemporary look and feel to its bottle shape and packaging design.
The new bottle shape and packaging design is a radical move from its [...]

Go get your guns to protect yourselves against this double shooter from Ardbeg

This beauty bottling of the Ardbeg 1974 is definitely something to die for.

Ardbeg Double Barrel Inspired by the tradition of a shooting party, Ardbeg have created a Double Barrel guncase, crafted by a traditional guncase maker.
The package contains:

- Two single cask bottles of Ardbeg 1974 – the oldest and rarest Ardbeg
- Eight sterling [...]

The Macallan launches 55 year old single malt whisky in Lalique decanter

The Macallan and Lalique has unveiled The Macallan in Lalique Natural Colour decanter containing a 55 year old single malt whisky valued at £6,000 (USD$12,000).
The natural colour decanter has been designed by the legendary French crystal house Lalique, exclusively for The Macallan. A limited edition, of only 420, have been produced, each individually numbered [...]

A new design for Nikka Whisky

The Cool Hunter reports that Michael Young the Hong-Kong-based British designer of practically everything — has just designed a startling black bottle for Japanese Nikka Whisky.
I’m personally work in the creative business and I’m for differentiation and change. But my personal opinion is that this one looks like shit. What’s yours?
It is kind of [...]

Scotch Calendar 2008 by Thomas Jackson

The Scotch Blog had a post yesterday about Scotch, a calendar that presents a dozen standout malt whiskies for the aficionado.
Each spread features a photograph of a special bottle, plus an abundance of fascinating information: notes on aroma, appearance, and flavor; a tasting chart; background on the water source and casking, plus a color [...]

Wrinkled bottle shows age & character

The NotCot blog, one of my favorites when I’m looking for visual inspiration has a post about Whisky bottle packaging.
“Wrinkle Bottle is a packaging project that dramatically highlight an intrinsic peculiarity of high quality spirits: the aging. The realistic reproduction of human wrinkles engraved on the bottle, ironically puts up the long years that [...]

I’m a sucker for good design

Sometimes I end up bringing a new bottle home to my Whisky collection with only the design of the bottle in mind. I have never tried the Pendleton Whisky from Canada. But one thing is for sure, next time I pass one I’ll buy one.
Damn good looking bottle. Found it while searching for something.
(Yeah [...]