A “Precious” Way to Celebrate
The “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and a new whisky has come from Middle Earth to mark the… Read More
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Whiskey On the Big Screen
Documentary filmmaker Greg Swartz is back with his fourth whisky film. “West of Tradition” looks at the nascent American Single Malt movement through the story… Read More
A Busy Month at George Washington’s Distillery
September is shaping up to be a busy month at George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon in Virginia, with weekend tastings and discounts on Washington’s… Read More
25 Years of Stories, Laughs, & Whisky
Bruichladdich Distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Islay is marking 25 years since its resurrection in 2001 by a hardy band of whisky makers led by… Read More
Bruichladdich Goes Greener Still
Islay-based Bruichladdich has gone green before and now has gone Greener Still, with the release of their 15-year-old single malt which is an addition to the Still Series, celebrates Bruichladdich’s 25th anniversary and showcases the distillery’s desire to de-carbonize their distillery. Bruichladdich’s Greener Still is distilled from a combination of organic, biodynamic and Bere barley […]
This Week in Whisky News
Here’s a consumer-impact focused scan of the last week across Scotch, bourbon, Irish, Japanese, and world whisky. Links go to the original reporting/announcements. Bacardi takes… Read More
The United States of Bourbon
In a project so ambitious that it required more than five years of traveling across the entire United States, Lost Lantern Whiskey has created the… Read More
From Bloody Butcher to Bruce’s Blue: Heirloom Grains at Jeptha Creed
Kentucky’s Jeptha Creed Distillery grows all of its corn on the Nethery family’s farm nearby, including heirloom grains like Bloody Butcher (red corn) and Bruce’s… Read More
Bruichladdich Revives Yellow Submarine
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary aboard a Yellow Submarine – specifically, Yellow Submarine III – a commemoration of both the distillery’s inaugural whisky after it re-started in 2001 and a real yellow submarine that was discovered off Islay’s coast near the distillery in 2005. Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine III lacks the fancy […]
Bruichladdich Jumps Into RTD Pool For Summer
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery is jumping into the ready-to-drink (RTD) pool for summer in a collaboration with Whitebox that will feature four canned cocktails. The Bruichladdich/Whitebox RTD’s consist of a Whisky Sour [made with Bruichladdich’s Classic Laddie] canned at 19% alcohol by volume [38 proof], a Dry Martini [33.9% alcohol by volume – 67.8 proof], a […]