Connecticut’s Irene Tan, known for her consulting company, Whisky Mentors, as well as ownership of Canterbury Liquors, launched a new blend in collaboration with New York’s Kings County Distillery: Kings Code Whiskey Batch #1 Riona. Tan served as its Chief Blender. The new offering is a blend of 5- and 6-year American whiskey and 6-year-old whiskey from Ireland, copper pot distilled from malted barley. Kings County Distillery whiskeys are distributed in Connecticut via Worldwide Wines. Batch #1 Riona is the first of three blends in this Kings Code Series, with a second expected in the spring of 2024. Tan is a graduate of the Whiskey Marketing School, now a Level 4 Whiskey Sommelier, who also holds a WSET 2 Wine & Spirits Certification Passed with Distinction, a Diploma in Single Malt Whisky and a Diploma in the Art of Tasting Whisky from the Edinburgh Whisky Academy. She’s also a Certified Specialist of Spirits, a Certified Sherry Wine Specialist, an Executive Bourbon Steward and a Certified Whisky Ambassador, among highlights. In the summer of 2022, she completed a weeklong whisky course at Springbank Whisky School in Campbeltown, Scotland.