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The (New) Old Guard Of American Whiskey
By Richard Thomas Chris Morris,Woodford Reserve(Credit: Brown-Forman) The last few years has seen a changing of the guard in the American whiskey industry, as a handful of senior figures have retired...
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Brewstilling: Making Beer And Whiskey Under One Roof
Craft Whiskey’s Intersection Between Distilling And Brewing By Father John Rayls and Richard Thomas Is this mash tun for beer or whiskey?(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) In Ireland and Scotland, a common...
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Tennessee’s Craft Whiskey Scene
By Richard Thomas The copper of Prichard’s Distillery, granddaddy of Tennessee craft whiskey(Credit: Prichard’s Distillery) Tennessee is not just the Volunteer State, but also America’s second whiskey...
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The Newest Distilleries In Scotland
A Look At The Most Recently Founded And Opened Scotch Whisky Distilleries By Richard Thomas Ardnamurchan Distillery(Credit: Adelphi) Part of the romance of Scotch Whisky is its plethora of...
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Five Fun Facts About Single Malt Scotch
By Richard Thomas Glenmorangie’s pot stills(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) With roughly 100 active distilleries in Scotland, and that number on the rise, a whisky-lover could spend all their vacations on...
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Drink More Whiskey. It’s Good For You
The Health Benefits Of Imbibing Whisk(e)y By Richard Thomas (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) In olden times, strong whiskey was often thought of as genuinely medicinal. Leaving aside a sawbones surgeon...
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Countries That Drink The Most Bourbon
The Top 10 Importers of Bourbon Whiskey Around The World By Richard Thomas (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) The most important difference between America and the other traditional whiskey-making...
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Double Oaked Bourbon Is A Thing Now
What You Need To Know About Twice, New Barreled Bourbon By Richard Thomas Charring new American Standard Barrels(Credit: Brown-Forman) Earlier this year, Jim Beam released their new Double Oak Bourbon,...
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Rye Whiskey 101
The Guide To “America’s Original Whiskey” By Richard Thomas The humble ear of rye(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Driven in large part by its popularity as a core cocktail spirit in the mixology boom that...
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The Short Cuts Around Aging Whiskey
Can Technology Shorten The Science Of Barrel Maturation? By Richard Thomas Big distillers have billions invested in stock and infrastructure(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) If public has been smothered with...
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What Goes Into A Bourbon Barrel
By Richard Thomas Charring new American Standard Barrels(Credit: Brown-Forman) One of the things I am continually surprised to discover about whiskey fans is how little they most of them know about the...
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What Is Peat, And Why Does It Turn Some People Off?
By Richard Thomas A pile of cut peat(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) One of the signature flavor characteristics routinely associated with Scotch whisky is smoke, specifically peat smoke. Not all whiskies...
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What Happened To Wheat Whiskey Anyway?
In The Midst Of The Bourbon Boom And The Rye Revival, All Eyes Are On American Malts As “The Next Big Thing.” What Happened To Wheat Whiskey? By Richard Thomas (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) When Heaven...
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Around The Globe With Five Malt Whiskeys
By Richard Thomas Amrut Single Malt Indian Whisky(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Bourbon is undoubtedly booming, but it’s malted barley that stands as the dominant basis for world whisk(e)y. Leaving aside...
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Old Pogue Is Expanding, But Not Fast Enough For Fans
By Richard Thomas Most of Old Pogue’s stock is in Bardstown, but some is in Maysville(Credit: Richard Thomas) Unsurprisingly, the American whiskey I am asked most often about whether I can help someone...
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Bardstown Bourbon Company Gaining Steam
By Richard Thomas (Credit: Richard Thomas) The last couple of weeks saw some buzz around MGP, the Indiana distillery that produces most of the stock whiskey bought and traded among distilleries and...
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Distilled Spirits Council Reports Whiskey Still Surging Ahead
The distilled spirits sector achieved accelerated growth in 2016 with supplier sales up 4.5 percent to $25.2 billion, volumes up 2.4 percent to 220 million cases and a seventh straight year of market...
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Alberta Distillers: Canada’s Own MGP
By Richard Thomas Whistle Pig 100% rye, 100 proof whiskey(Credit: WhistlePig Among even casual U.S. whiskey fans, the role of Indiana’s MGP Distillery as the principal supplier of America’s stock...
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What To Know About The American Whiskey Buy Outs
Your Favorite New Bourbon Brand Was Probably Bought Out. What Does That Mean? By Richard Thomas Angel’s Envy Distillery(Credit: Angel’s Envy Distillery) If you pay attention to the American whiskey...
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Crafty Bottled In Bond Whiskeys
By Richard Thomas Dad’s Hat Bottled in Bond Rye(Credit: Richard Thomas) Although most headlines about the American micro-distilling movement tend to focus on its explosive growth, a boom that now has...
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