October 2025
Chivas Regal Crystalgold
This might be the Scotch industry’s biggest innovation in decades: a Scottish spirit that’s crystal clear, thanks to a bold experiment in charcoal filtration. In an exclusive Australian launch, Members of The Whisky Club get to try it first.
United KingdomColour Clear
Nose Sweet apple pie & creamy butterscotch with hints of orange
Palate Complex with sweet red apples, juicy pears with warming spice, rich and long lasting
Overview
rom die-hard purists to the whisky-adventurous, everyone’s curious to try this wild non-whisky experiment – it’s definitely one you’ve got to taste for yourself.
Chivas Regal has stretched the boundaries of Scottish spirits on the convention-breaking CHIVAS REGAL CRYSTALGOLD. Through the magic / advanced technology of charcoal filtration, this first-fill Bourbon matured spirit has had every trace of colour removed, leaving a transformed, crystal clear spirit.
Is this the Scotch industry’s biggest innovation in decades? While your brain might be a bit confused when you first nose or taste it, your palate won’t be – Chivas Regal have managed to squeeze “sweet apple pie, creamy butterscotch, hints of orange, juicy pears and warming spice” into this trailblazing translucent dram.
Some Aussie distilleries – including Starward, with its New World Projects: Project X release – have experimented with tiny-batch experiments of this nature in the past; but this is the first time it’s had the full weight of an outfit like Chivas Regal behind it.
It debuted exclusively in Australia with the Club for $100, just in time for summer.
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THE SPECS
Price: $100.00
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 40.0%
Maturation: First-fill Bourbon American oak casks
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Chivas Regal's History
The year is 1801. Two brothers, John and James Chivas, packing up from rural Scotland, arrive in Aberdeen with big ideas and bigger hearts. Their first stop: groceries, luxury goods, fine wines. They built a reputation not just on what they sold, but how they sold it. When people wanted something they couldn’t find, James Chivas tracked it down. When whisky drinkers asked for something smoother, gentler, he began blending whiskies in his cellar. That craft of blending became the backbone of Chivas. Then in 1843, those efforts caught royal attention, and Chivas Brothers earned their first Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria at Balmoral.
Fast‑forward to 1909, and the whisky world got its first taste of something new: a 25‑year‑old luxury blend, designed for discerning palates in New York and beyond. Chivas Regal was born. The roaring success of that first luxury blend was tempered by huge global events. Prohibition in the USA (the 1920s) very much threw a spanner into the works. Bars shut, imports dried up, and Chivas was forced to pause in many markets.
But whisky, like whisky drinkers, is resilient. In 1938 Chivas Regal re‑launched its 12‑year‑old expression: a blend designed to capture the richness of those older whiskies, in a more approachable package. From there, the brand continued to evolve over time, as all good whisky distilleries must.
At the centre of Chivas’ flavour lies Strathisla Distillery, in Keith, Speyside – the oldest continuously operating distillery in the Scottish Highlands. Its sweet, fruity, honeyed malts are the core of the house flavour, giving Chivas Regal its cream and fruit character. Longmorn is another malt that features heavily. Alongside grain whiskies, these help create the balance; smoothness, richness, no harsh edges. But exactly which whiskies go in, or how much of each? That’s the secret kept behind locked doors.
Over the 20th and 21st centuries, Chivas didn’t rest on its laurels and nailed a few releases that saw its fame continue:
- 1997: Chivas Regal 18 Year Old joined the lineup. Richer, deeper, a step up for whisky lovers wanting more age.
- 2007: The 25 Year Old returned in force. Heritage, luxury, prestige.
- New expressions showed up: Mizunara‑cask finishes, limited editions, "Extra", "XV", special blends.
In 2001, the brand became part of Pernod Ricard, giving it resources and global reach to share that Speyside magic far and wide. Finally, new charcoal filtration technology turned the famous Speyside spirit into a crystal clear bottling. In 2025, Chivas Regal Crystalgold launched in Australia exclusively to Members of The Whisky Club.
Distillery Facts
Region: Various
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