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Can’t Get A Rare Whiskey? Maybe A Lottery Can Help
By Richard Thomas Why waste your time chasing Pappy Van Winkle…(Credit: Kurt Maitland) The most frequent and common complaint found in American whiskey circles today is how certain brands have become...
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Maker’s Mark Puts A New Stave Into Private Barrel Programs
By Richard Thomas Maker’s new aging cellar(Credit: Richard Thomas) When Maker’s Mark carved its new Bourbon-aging cellar out of the adjacent hillside, the first of its kind in Kentucky, it was...
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The English Whisky Revival
By Richard Thomas The Cotswolds Distillery(Credit: Cotswolds Distillery) When Penderyn opened in 2000, returning whisky distilling to Wales for this first time since 1894, most observers I know of...
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Glenfiddich Seizes Back The Lead From The Glenlivet
By Richard Thomas Single Malt Supremacy:The Glenlivet vs. The Glenfiddich According to the latest sales data, The Glenfiddich is once again the world’s top selling brand of single malt Scotch, having...
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German Scientists Develop Method To ID Counterfeit Whiskeys
By Richard Thomas (Credit: UK Gov’t Archive) As The Whiskey Reviewer examined last week, counterfeit whiskey scams are on the rise around the globe, infesting both the bottom and top shelf ends of the...
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EU Threatens Bourbon Exports Over Trump Steel Tariff Proposal
By Richard Thomas Encouraged by its recent success in finalizing a new trade deal with Japan, the European Union (EU) has responded to talk of new tariffs to protect American steel by U.S. President...
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Iowa Whiskey: Making Bourbon In Corn Country
There Is Much More To Whiskey-Making In Iowa Than Just Rye By Richard Thomas Mississippi River Distilling in LeClaire, Iowa(Credit: Richard Thomas) One of the peculiar features of the craft whiskey...
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Tasmanian Whisky Has Come Of Age
Don’t Call Tasmania A Whisky Newcomer, Because They’ve Been Making It For A Generation By Richard Thomas Tasmania has more to it than just devils(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) In Tasmania, Lady Jane...
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Crown Royal Is Big Whisky. Real Big.
By Father John Rayls (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Crown Royal is the top-selling Canadian whisky in the U.S. and second best in the world, while ranking as the eight biggest world whiskey brand overall....
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What To Know About Dubai’s Whiskey Scene
By Debajit Dhar (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Dubai’s glitzy mega-resorts, glamorous hotels and deluxe dining venues offer whiskey enthusiasts various opportunities to enjoy their favorite spirit. It...
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Understanding Types Of American Whiskey
By Richard Thomas The Jack Daniel’s copper in Lynchburg(Credit: Brown-Forman) Part of the Bourbon Boom is the way in which the rise of Kentucky’s Native Spirit has tugged the other major categories of...
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Moderate Whiskey (Still) Drinking Good For Your Health
Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality from all-causes, according to a new, large study of over 333,000 U.S. adults published yesterday...
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American Spirits Exports Grow Double Digits, Led By Whiskey
The value of U.S. distilled spirits exports rose a robust 10.6 percent—up more than $67 million—to a total of $698.5 million in the first half of 2017 as compared with the same period in 2016, the...
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Bardstown Bourbon Company Growing Fast And Big
The Bardstown Bourbon Company (“BBCo”) announced today the expansion of its capacity to allow production of up to six million proof gallons – a move that will make it one of the largest bourbon...
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Whiskies Continue To Dominate Travel Retail Sales
The just-released annual IWSR magazine’s Top 100 Travel Retail Brands list reveals that most of the leading brands increased sales last year as the market began to recover following 2015’s downturn....
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The Changed Rules Of World Single Malts
How The Rise Of American And World Malts Have Changed The Fundamentals By Richard Thomas Until the advent of the World Whisk(e)y Boom, malt whisky has been a pretty stable category. The overwhelming...
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Eleven Years Of Parker’s Heritage Whiskeys
By Richard Thomas Parker Heritage Cask Strength Wheat Whiskey (2014)(Credit: Richard Thomas) Parker’s Heritage is one of two series of annual limited editions that leave enthusiasts guessing as to what...
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Is Tennessee Whiskey Bourbon?
By Richard Thomas The Lincoln County Process, JD style(Credit: Brown-Forman) Go into a bar—not a whiskey bar, but any bar—and you may hear a friendly argument as to is whether or not Tennessee Whiskey...
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Firestone & Robertson Bring Golf And Whiskey Together, Texas Style
By Father John Rayls The Whiskey Rance of Firestone & Robertson(Credit: Firestone & Robertson) Imagine it’s 1927 and we’re walking the grounds of the Glen Garden Country Club, the second oldest...
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Whisky-Making In Mainland Australia
By Richard Thomas Starward Whisky(Credit: New World Whisky Distillery) When Australian whisky became famous, it was really whisky from a single region that got the attention: Tasmania. This is because...
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