Monday, March 31, 2014

Boutique cellar


Business Standard
Boutique cellar
Since scotch whiskey is matured in used barrels, the single malt's colour depends on whether the cask used previously carried light bourbon or the ...

The Idiot's Guide to Not Drinking Pappy Van Winkle


Esquire (blog)
The Idiot's Guide to Not Drinking Pappy Van Winkle
The bourbon is so good, and in such short supply, that it has gone from whiskey to talisman, and the oldest bottlings are now bought and sold for four ...

Jack Daniel's angers competitors over 'Tennessee whiskey' rule


Raw Story
Jack Daniel's angers competitors over 'Tennessee whiskey' rule
For Jack Daniel's, Tennessee's world-famous corn-based whiskey should be made according to a strict recipe — basically, its own. But to rivals, some ...

A Bill To Distill Simmers In Tennessee


NPR
A Bill To Distill Simmers In Tennessee
NPR
The state legislature passed a bill last year saying whiskey can be labeled "Tennessee" only if it's made in the state from a mash that's 51-percent corn ...

New Hopkins liquor store takes a shot at whiskey


Minneapolis Star Tribune
New Hopkins liquor store takes a shot at whiskey
Ace Spirits, a new whiskey and craft beer boutique, has opened in Hopkins. Owner Louis Dachis said it will sell every whiskey available in Minnesota.

Bourbon Steak – Glendale | gas•tron•o•my

Bourbon Steak – Glendale | gas•tron•o•my
gas•tron•o•my Gastronomer
This is Chef Mina's 18th restaurant and the 5th Bourbon Steak; there are additional locations in Scottsdale, Washington D.C., Miami, and San ...

Philadelphia tastes the high life with two new restaurants

Philadelphia tastes the high life with two new restaurants
The restaurant scene in Philadelphia is set to reach a 'whole new level', with the opening of not one but two restaurants including Bank & Bourbon at ...

Absinthe in Asbury: Watermark cocktail has 'Snazzy' appeal

Absinthe in Asbury: Watermark cocktail has 'Snazzy' appeal
The Bourbon Black Currant at Watermark on the Asbury Park boardwalk is quite a cool concoction, using only a handful of the finest ingredients to ...

Platinum Seed Digital Marketing launches new division: Social Seed

Platinum Seed Digital Marketing launches new division: Social Seed
... in winning a number of new accounts, including: Hendrick's Gin, Grant's Blended Scotch Whisky, Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Glen Grant, ...

Chivas Regal aims to demystify the blended whisky category


Talking Retail
Chivas Regal aims to demystify the blended whisky category
Deluxe Scotch whisky brand, Chivas Regal, is aiming to demystify the blended whisky category and in doing so help the trade benefit from the huge ...

Choose your whisky clan this May

Choose your whisky clan this May
This May, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is putting ancient rivalries aside with the launch of Clans & Drams - a month-long celebration of 'whisky ...

Jack Daniel's appoints Splendid for rock and roll brief

Jack Daniel's appoints Splendid for rock and roll brief
Jack Daniel's has appointed Splendid Communications to help launch a campaign reminding consumers of the whiskey brand's ties to music.

Whiskey Maker Challenges Tennessee Law

Whiskey Maker Challenges Tennessee Law
NASHVILLE (CN) - A Tennessee law that requires alcohol manufacturers to store their booze in the county where it was made, in or a neighboring ...

Nikka Japanese whisky launches Coffey Malt

Nikka Japanese whisky launches Coffey Malt
Japanese whisky brand Nikka has released a coffey malt as part of its permanent range, having previously launched only as a limited edition.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Women and whiskey: Raise a glass to a complicated relationship

Women and whiskey: Raise a glass to a complicated relationship
It's no surprise that whiskey would be the favorite drink of a 1930s, ... Today, women are drinking, selling and advocating for whiskey — once seen ...

Top 5 Whisky Bars in London – visitlondon.com blog

Top 5 Whisky Bars in London – visitlondon.com blog
Visit London Blog Jonny Payne
Do you prefer your whisky with or without water; do you spell whiskey with an 'e'; or are you a Japanese-distilled whisky aficionado (try saying that ...

Sisters show entrepreneurial spirit


The Northern Scot
Sisters show entrepreneurial spirit
Speyside is home to more whisky distilleries than any other part of the country, including internationally renowned brands such as Glenfiddich, The ...

Penderyn honours Dylan Thomas with iconic whisky


The Spirits Business
Penderyn honours Dylan Thomas with iconic whisky
Welsh whisky distillery Penderyn is to release a Dylan Thomas-inspired expression as the third limited edition in its Icons of Wales series.

Tara Jones: The Bourbon Room on Hollister Serves Up an Eclectic Mix


Noozhawk
Tara Jones: The Bourbon Room on Hollister Serves Up an Eclectic Mix
The Bourbon Room's restaurant front bares a nameless welcome sign against a peaceful Santa Barbara skyline. (Tara Jones / Noozhawk photo).

Jameson Stories: a fifth generation master cooper and his tools

Jameson Stories: a fifth generation master cooper and his tools
Over generations, whiskey producers have discovered that White Oak is the wood for aging Irish whiskey. The casks from the United States, with ...

ARI's Centenary Series celebrates key moments in Irish history


DFNIonline.com
ARI's Centenary Series celebrates key moments in Irish history
Aer Rianta International has launched a limited-edition Irish whiskey marking 100-year anniversaries taking place in Ireland over the next five years ...

Edinburgh International Science Festival examines the science of whisky


The List
Edinburgh International Science Festival examines the science of whisky
Scotland's whisky sells itself all around the world, in vast quantity and hugely profitably, thanks in large part to a well-crafted image of romantic history, ...

2014 World Whiskies Award winners announced


The Drinks Report
2014 World Whiskies Award winners announced
Japanese whiskies still remained strong in the Blended category, and the venerable Master of Malt 40 Years Old liqueur scooped the Liqueur category ...

Monday, March 24, 2014

Teeling announces 26 and 30 Year Old bottlings


The Spirits Business
Teeling announces 26 and 30 Year Old bottlings
The Teeling 26 Year Old has been aged for 25 years in ex-Bourbon casks, and given a further 11-month maturation in white Burgundy barrels before ...

Arizona's 'microdistilleries' on the rise

Arizona's 'microdistilleries' on the rise
TEMPE — Arizona Distilling Co. adds a little bit of Arizona to its products. Copper City Bourbon honors a Prohibition-era brewing company in Douglas

North Charleston distiller looks to expand to Kentucky

North Charleston distiller looks to expand to Kentucky
If the site is acquired, the company plans to renovate existing warehouses and other buildings and start making bourbon in 12 to 18 months. The $20 ...

Indiana winery gets OK to begin brewing up hard liquors in-house; whiskey, vodka, gin in works

Indiana winery gets OK to begin brewing up hard liquors in-house; whiskey, vodka, gin in works
STARLIGHT, Indiana — Soon to join the list of Huber's world-famous fruit brandy and wine will be spirits of an entirely different flavor — whiskey...

Lawmakers mull full repeal of Tenn. whiskey law (copy)

Lawmakers mull full repeal of Tenn. whiskey law (copy)
State lawmakers are considering an outright repeal of a 2013 law that established, for the first time, a legal definition of Tennessee whiskey.

Chattanooga Whiskey leaders work toward 2015 Stillhouse opening


Nooga.com
Chattanooga Whiskey leaders work toward 2015 Stillhouse opening
Leaders of Chattanooga Whiskey have been in heavy planning mode for the past few months—buying equipment for their downtown Stillhouse, ...

A Texas whiskey for every taste


Dallas Morning News
A Texas whiskey for every taste
Balcones Texas Single Malt Whisky, about $70 per bottle at Sigel's (select stores) and Spec's (all stores). Herman Marshall Texas Bourbon Whiskey, ...

Take a walk on the mild side In remote Scotland

Take a walk on the mild side In remote Scotland
TARBERT, Scotland -- I don't have much to tell you about Scotland, really. It's true, they have whisky, and kilts, and some people speak with an accent ...

Last call for Wild Turkey at Ark. bottling plant

Last call for Wild Turkey at Ark. bottling plant
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Fourteen people will be out of work as the bottling of Wild Turkey bourbon moves from a Fort Smith plant to a facility in ...

Louisiana transplant one step closer to opening distillery in Chesterfield

Louisiana transplant one step closer to opening distillery in Chesterfield
Amacker said he hopes to produce four to nine products, including clear whiskey, aged whiskey, rye whiskey, clear rum, spiced rum, aged rum and ...

Glenglassaugh Torfa joins distillery's core range


The Spirits Business
Glenglassaugh Torfa joins distillery's core range
The new Scotch whisky from the Highland distillery has a “smoky, peaty, phenolic nature”, whose name is derived from the Old Norse word for turf, ...

William Grant appoints global ambassador


The Spirits Business
William Grant appoints global ambassador
Rob Allanson joins William Grant & Sons Ltd. as the new global ambassador for Grant's Blended Scotch Whisky. Allanson joins Grant's after an eight ...

Icons of Whisky Awards 2014 - - Islay Blog

Icons of Whisky Awards 2014 - - Islay Blog
Icons of Whisky Awards 2014. Saturday, March 22 2014. Mickey Heads, Distillery Manager of Ardbeg, Laphroaig Distillery and Diageo, owners of ...

Single Cask Nation Releases First American Whisky: Catoctin Creek Rye

Single Cask Nation Releases First American Whisky: Catoctin Creek Rye
March 21, 2014, Purcellville, VA– Jewish Whisky Company's Single Cask Nation today announced it will release its first American whisky bottling, ...

Famous explorers club sues Johnnie Walker parent


New York Daily News
Famous explorers club sues Johnnie Walker parent
On the other hand, Diageo, which owns Johnnie Walker whisky, slapped the Explorers Club name on a new brand of whisky in late 2012, that's sold in ...

Belfast Whiskey Distillery's Titanic 5 and 15yo

Belfast Whiskey Distillery's Titanic 5 and 15yo
Titanic is a five-year-old Irish whiskey named after the famous ship, which was built in Belfast. Only 1,400 bottles of the 15-year-old McConnell's will be ...

Teeling Whiskey sees two of its brands win world honours

Teeling Whiskey sees two of its brands win world honours
The Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey was awarded the title of “World's Best Grain Whiskey” and the Teeling 21-year-old Single Malt Silver Reserve ...

Lots of Green in Irish Whiskey, New Homes and the Cloud

Lots of Green in Irish Whiskey, New Homes and the Cloud
A lot of those marchers celebrated with Irish whiskey, now the fastest growing whiskey category in the US, up 460% since 2002. It was also busy in the ...

Japan's whisky industry 'not affected' by Suntory acquisition


The Spirits Business
Japan's whisky industry 'not affected' by Suntory acquisition
Suntory's acquisition of Beam Inc will not have a large impact on the Japanese whisky industry – though it could allow other producers to enhance ...

Amrut Indian Whisky | JRCX

Amrut Indian Whisky | JRCX
JRCX JRCX
Amrut Indian Single Malt Whisky Until today, I didn't know India made whiskey, but thanks to Flaviar, I actually had a chance to learn about it today.

Recap: Nikka Japanese Whisky Tasting | LA Cocktails

Recap: Nikka Japanese Whisky Tasting | LA Cocktails
LA Cocktails the minty
Nikka Whisky. Was it just a year and half ago when I first tried Nikka Whisky for the first time? Anchor Distilling started importing Nikka Taketsuru 12 ...

Olly talks whisky on ITV's This Morning » Olly Smith

Olly talks whisky on ITV's This Morning » Olly Smith
Olly Smith Jess
Olly talks whisky on ITV's This Morning—. This Morning whisky Phillip Schofield. Olly takes Holly and Phil through a tasting of whiskies from Scotland, ...

Isle of Jura 1989 / 24 Year Old / Cask #30726+7

Isle of Jura 1989 / 24 Year Old / Cask #30726+7 - The Whisky Exchange
Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect. The Whisky Exchange : Online Whisky Shop - Buy Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Whiskies of ...

UK wine industry is not on same footing as beer, cider and whisky, says Wilson Drinks Report

UK wine industry is not on same footing as beer, cider and whisky, says Wilson Drinks Report
The UK wine industry is unlikely to receive the same kind of duty cuts awarded to the beer, cider and Scotch whisky industries in this week's Budget as ...

New fund takes its whisky neat

New fund takes its whisky neat
"The majority of our fund will be focused on single malt aged whisky but we will also put a small portion into looking at Japanese whiskies, potentially ...

World Whiskies Awards 2014

World Whiskies Awards 2014
This is mainly down to the rounds that the whiskies have to go through to qualify. Each time refining the pack down, each round having to meet a strict ...

Tassie whisky named world's best single malt


Brisbane Times
Tassie whisky named world's best single malt
"It'll really put Sullivan's Cove and Australian whisky on the world map, there'll be a lot of promotion of this in places like Britain and France, so it will ...

Savannah Bourbon sources best of Lowcountry

Savannah Bourbon sources best of Lowcountry
Savannah Bourbon, Georgia's first bourbon since the prohibition, make and bottle their new products Sweet Tea Lemonade and Savannah 88 at their ...

How Japanese Single Malts Surpassed Scotland's Finest

How Japanese Single Malts Surpassed Scotland's Finest
My first sip of a great Japanese single-malt whisky was back in 2004, when the 18-year-old Yamazaki was first introduced into the U.S. I found its ...

Diageo Targets the Booming Bourbon Market with Bulleit

Diageo Targets the Booming Bourbon Market with Bulleit
Five years ago, Bulleit Bourbon moved 40,000 nine-liter cases with a marketing budget of zero dollars. Now Diageo (NYSE: DEO ) , the world leader of ...

EXCHANGE: Suburban bourbon part of growing trend

EXCHANGE: Suburban bourbon part of growing trend
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — Small batches of gin, bourbon and other spirits are leading a business growth spurt in Illinois. Craft distillery licenses ...

INDIA: Two Local Whisky Brands Join $1bn Sales Club

INDIA: Two Local Whisky Brands Join $1bn Sales Club
Two Indian whisky brands have become the latest to join a small group of local consumer brands to breach the $1bn retail sales mark. According to ...

Perth to host new Home of Whisky Festival

Perth to host new Home of Whisky Festival
As one of Scotland's great whisky-producing regions, Perthshire is home to both the country's smallest distillery, Edradour, as well as the oldest, ...

Springbank matures in old whisky capital

Springbank matures in old whisky capital
Springbank in Campbeltown, at the foot of the Kintyre peninsula, is one of only two remaining distilleries in what was once the whisky capital of ...

Whisky Jewbilee Gambles on June Sipfest


Jewish Daily Forward (blog)
Whisky Jewbilee Gambles on June Sipfest
Whisky Jewbilee is moving up in the world. The kosher whisky event that started in 2012 when the much bigger WhiskyFest New York shifted from a ...

Scotch whisky duty frozen in last Budget before independence referendum


Telegraph.co.uk
Scotch whisky duty frozen in last Budget before independence referendum
George Osborne has used the final Budget before the independence referendum to freeze duty on Scotch whisky and praise the industry as a “great ...

Fat-Washing Whiskey is Apparently a Thing Now

Fat-Washing Whiskey is Apparently a Thing Now
But why in heavens would take a perfect good bottle of whiskey and make it taste like something else? I'd say that's almost un-American, but that ...

Blind Tiger's "Whiskey Business" Sneaks Up on You

Blind Tiger's "Whiskey Business" Sneaks Up on You
We're in full-on spring mode here at Gut Check world headquarters, but that doesn't mean we're giving up whiskey. The spirit is known to warm a fella ...

'Whiskey War' fought in Delaware in 1874

'Whiskey War' fought in Delaware in 1874
Tim Prindle, a 2012 OWU graduate who is a graduate student at Bowling Green State University, spoke about “Delaware's Whiskey War 1874” at the ...

Tennessee whiskey law change opposed by Jack Daniel's


ABC7Chicago.com
Tennessee whiskey law change opposed by Jack Daniel's
Bottles of Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey and Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey sit side by side at a Louisville, Ky., liquor store.

Slainte to St Patrick with top Irish tipples


Falkirk Herald
Slainte to St Patrick with top Irish tipples
A whiskey from Bushmills is a good place to start. Its long history of distilling dates back to 1608 and its famous single malt, Bushmills Malt Irish ...

'Whisky: The Manual' Tells You What To Drink And How


Forbes
'Whisky: The Manual' Tells You What To Drink And How
tracing its expansion from the British Isles to the New World and Japan, a topic with which I am particularly fascinated, as Japanese whisky is currently ...

Jim Beam buy helps Japan's Suntory latch onto US bourbon craze

Jim Beam buy helps Japan's Suntory latch onto US bourbon craze
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If anyone should find it odd that a Japanese distillery was planning to merge with a U.S. bourbon brand steeped in the ...

The American Dr(e)am: From Branch to Bottle. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky

The American Dr(e)am: From Branch to Bottle. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky
www.caskstrength.net - whisky blog Joel Harrison & Neil Ridley
It is no secret that what aids this transformation, and where a large percentage of the flavour of whisky comes from, is the oak barrels in which the spirit ...

Penderyn Whisky | The call of the Honeyguide

Penderyn Whisky | The call of the Honeyguide
It remains the only whisky currently produced in the Wales. Produced by the Penderyn Distillery, previously known as the Welsh Whisky

New PE fund targets whisky's liquid assets

New PE fund targets whisky's liquid assets
The price of rare whisky has grown for even a wee dram, providing an investment opportunity, say a pair of veterans from the wine and spirits industry.

Gruppo Campari Releases Glen Grant 50 Year Old Scotch Whisky

Gruppo Campari Releases Glen Grant 50 Year Old Scotch Whisky
I have protected and cared for this barrel for 50 years, letting it breathe and patiently waiting for the magic and interaction of whisky and wood.”.

Historic Scotch whisky distillery faces closure


The Spirits Business
Historic Scotch whisky distillery faces closure
A 200-year-old Scotch whisky distillery could face closure as its parent company goes into liquidation. The-Bladnoch-Distillery. The parent company of ...