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The Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition Round-Up
By Richard Thomas Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2015(Credit: Kirin Brewing) Almost a decade ago, Four Roses released the Mariage 2008, the first in a series of what would become known as the...
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Six Laws That Made American Whiskey
By Richard Thomas George Washington leads the militia Whiskey Rebellion (Credit: Public Domain) Whiskey is a quintessentially American drink, a connection that becomes clear when one sees how...
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Diageo: Scotch Whisky’s Colossus
By Richard Thomas Johnnie Walker Blue(Credit: Johnnie Walker) If anyone outside of the booze trade has heard of Diageo, it is probably in regards to some move the drinks mega-corporation made that was...
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The Priciest Bourbons And Ryes In 2018
American Whiskeys At Over $3,000 A Bottle By Richard Thomas Old Rip Van Winkle 25 Year Old(Credit: Sazerac) Although the prices commanded by ultra aged, rare American Whiskeys have not quite caught up...
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Busting Canadian Whisky’s Five Biggest Myths
By Richard Thomas Diageo has been known to make some strange moves, but wrecking newly acquired companies isn’t one of them(Credit: Public Domain) Canadian Whisky occupies an odd place with world...
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Solera Whiskeys And Infinite Barrels
By Richard Thomas Blade and Bow Bourbon(Credit: Diageo) Solera aging jumped over from fortified wines in Southwestern Europe to whisky-making about 20 years ago, but it’s virtues have only been...
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New Scottish Distilleries To Watch In 2018
By Richard Thomas Kingsbarns Distillery(Credit: Wemyss Malts) Recent years have seen each and every year billed as a “record setter” for new distilleries set to open in Scotland, and 2018 will be no...
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Hard Summer For Bourbon Country
By Richard Thomas The collapsed Warehouse 30 at Barton 1792(Credit: Sazerac) In the midst of the Bourbon Boom and with autumn, the season when the most anticipated American Whiskey releases come out,...
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Grant’s Has Shaken And Stirred Its Core Line-Up
By Richard Thomas The new Grant’s Whisky lineup(Credit: William Grant & Sons) Back in July, Grant’s Blended Scotch Whisky gave its line-up a top to bottom shake up, compete with new expressions,...
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New TTB Regulations May Injure Craft Whiskey Sector
By Richard Thomas (Credit: Architect of the Capitol/Public Domain) The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB for short, is the agency responsible for regulating what...
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New Irish Whiskeys To Go On The Lash With For St. Paddy’s Day
By Richard Thomas (Credit: Irish Distillers) If any part of world whiskey is booming bigger than bourbon, it must be Irish Whiskey. When I started The Whiskey Reviewer, there were still just four...
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American Whiskey Exports A Casualty In Trump’s Trade War
The Distilled Spirits Council today released a new report showing the negative impact of the retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskeys is accelerating, particularly to the European Union (EU), according...
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Colorado’s Leopold Bros. Begins Building New Malting Facility
Leopold Brothers, the Colorado-based distillery that is probably best known for its interest in recreating Maryland-style rye whiskey, started construction of a new malting facility last week. Having...
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The Science Behind The Lincoln County Process
By Richard Thomas The Lincoln County Process, JD style(Credit: Brown-Forman) Among all the facets of making this or that form of American Whiskey, the least understood by far is the Lincoln County...
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With Small Accidents, Kentucky Is Getting Lucky
By Richard Thomas Jim Beam’s 2019 Woodford County fire(Credit: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet) Moreso than other recent accidents, the blaze that sent 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam whiskey up in...
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The Stills Used To Make American Whiskey
By Richard Thomas The Jack Daniel’s copper in Lynchburg(Credit: Brown-Forman) As whiskey’s popularity in America has driven enormous growth in the industry’s new secondary role as tourist destinations,...
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Heriott-Watt University Delves Into Scotch Yeasts
Heriot-Watt University and the Port of Leith Distillery are undertaking a comprehensive examination of the impact of yeast on the flavors found in Scotch whisky. Funded by Innovate UK, the Knowledge...
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Canadian Equity Firm Quietly Becoming Kentucky Bourbon’s Latest Player
By Richard Thomas (Credit: Richard Thomas) The bourbon boom times have brought plenty of new investment into the whiskey industry in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and along with it have been several...
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Seven Seals Apply Accelerated Aging To Malt Whisky
Pushing the boundaries in the innovation of whisky making, the team at Seven Seals whisky in Stans, Switzerland, have taken the craft of whisky finishing to the next level, and developed a new...
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Rachel Barrie Becomes A Keeper of the Quaich
Rachel Barrie, one of the world’s top whisky Master Blenders, also known as the ‘First Lady of Scotch’, was recognized with one of the Scotch industry’s most prestigious accolades by being inducted as...
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