This autumn Diageo will release a collection of Game of Thrones-inspired single malts from its stable of distilleries, including Oban, Talisker, Lagavulin, Cardhu, Royal Lochnagar, Dalwhinnie, Clynelish and The Singleton.
Each bottling is expected to be named after the seven Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms – Stark, Targaryen, Lannister, Tyrell, Bolton, Baratheon and Martell – as well as the Night’s Watch, an army defending The Wall against the wildlings beyond. The eighth and nal series of Game of Thrones airs in 2019.
Meanwhile, around the world – literally – Australian whisky distiller Starward is maturing a cask aboard the Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth as she circles the globe, before returning to Melbourne to be bottled and auctioned for charity.