Friday, January 10, 2014

Spirits get lift from S. Fla's new distilleries

Spirits get lift from S. Fla's new distilleries Houston Chronicle
MIAMI (AP) — The unaged whiskey that DJ Noel crafts from an industrial park in Miami-Dade County takes about a week to go from still to bottle.

Toast The New Year With Connecticut-Made Whiskey

Toast The New Year With Connecticut-Made Whiskey Patch.com
All whiskey, which is a grain-based alcohol, essentially begins life as moonshine. Onyx Moonshine is an unaged whiskey made from 50 percent corn, ...

Tom Eblen: Pure prose about Lexington business in 2013

Tom Eblen: Pure prose about Lexington business in 2013 Lexington Herald Leader
Kentucky's hottest commodity in 2013 was bourbon, as more drinkers around the world developed a taste for this state's native spirit. Especially ...

Wanted: Western Actress for Japanese Drama

Wanted: Western Actress for Japanese Drama Wall Street Journal (blog)
“Massan,” which will air from September next year through March 2015, is based on the lives Masataka Taketsuru, the father of Japanese whiskey...

Fogged In Lounge: Another Irish Whiskey Cocktail (or Two)

Fogged In Lounge: Another Irish Whiskey Cocktail (or Two) Rowen
The second of my recent attempts at an aromatic Irish whiskey cocktail. So far, I've done two subtle variations, one with sweet vermouth and the other ...

On the Spot: Derek Brown, restaurateur, bar mogul and lover of bubbly

On the Spot: Derek Brown, restaurateur, bar mogul and lover of bubbly Washington Post His latest creation, Southern Efficiency (1841 Seventh St. NW), opened this month; it serves about 30 different varieties of bourbon and Tennessee .

Ten Bourbon Cocktails for New Year's Eve

Ten Bourbon Cocktails for New Year's Eve Louisville.com
Most of the time I'm perfectly happy drinking my bourbon on the rocks (or on the whiskey stones). But sometimes I want to dress it up a bit so I can feel ...

Horrigan: Building a hipper city: Get Wacha to take a goat to IKEA

Horrigan: Building a hipper city: Get Wacha to take a goat to IKEA STLtoday.com In May, GQ Magazine announced that “Thanks to a new generation of genius bartenders and rebel distillers, whiskey is the official drink of the people.

Central Texas distillery founder wins acclaim for bourbon

Central Texas distillery founder wins acclaim for bourbon Austin American-Statesman
Widely regarded as one of the more discerning whiskey critics in the world, Murray gives Garrison's release a 96 score, “the second highest I've ever ...

Make it: Cocktails for New Year's Eve

Make it: Cocktails for New Year's Eve Edmonton Sun
Just recently proof whisky, a small batch Canadian distiller was named one of the best Canadians in the world by Whisky Magazine's World Whisky ...

Creativity Best of 2013: The Best Alcohol Ad We've Seen and More

Creativity Best of 2013: The Best Alcohol Ad We've Seen and More AdAge.com
But then, this short film running in Europe for Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, created out of New York boutique Opperman Weiss and directed by RSA's ...

Seven Grand, Downtown Los Angeles

Seven Grand, Downtown Los Angeles Cigar Aficionado
Really, whiskey is the word at Seven Grand, a cigar-friendly bar in downtown Los Angeles (there's another in San Diego). Still, plaid is the prominent ...

Review: Woodford Reserve Master's Malt Whiskey

Review: Woodford Reserve Master's Malt Whiskey Drink Spirits
We are big fans of Chris Morris, who is not only the Master Distiller for Woodford Reserve, but he's THE whiskey guru for Brown-Forman. Chris Morris ...

Drink of the Week: A shot of High West American Prairie Reserve ...

Drink of the Week: A shot of High West American Prairie Reserve ... Salt Lake Tribune
"That's my new favorite," Whiskey Street Cocktails & Dining owner Jason LeCates says about this drink. If you want your whiskey shot chilled, try it "on ...

Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey, Our Drink of the Week!

Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey, Our Drink of the Week! OC Weekly (blog)
Years of touring in Denver (where I have perhaps my most devoted fan base after the homeland) has turned me on to Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey...

Whisky: sales unbottled

Whisky: sales unbottled Moneycontrol.com
The depths of winter. Time for roaring log fires and a nice warming glass of Scotch. Imagery is a powerful thing when it comes to selling spirits. And the ...

Roots of the spirits: Where scotch, brandy, cognac, whiskey originated

Roots of the spirits: Where scotch, brandy, cognac, whiskey originated Livemint
Various different brands of liquor are made at Midleton, from gins and vodkas to Irish whiskey. But the most famous of them all, the brand that is ...