Monday, January 20, 2014

Suntory Offers Less Than $1 Billion for Whyte & Mackay: CNBC


Moneycontrol.com
Suntory Offers Less Than $1 Billion for Whyte & Mackay: CNBC
Bloomberg - Suntory Holdings Ltd., the Japanese whiskey and soft-drinks company controlled by billionaire Nobutada Saji, offered to buy out the entire Whyte ...

Tom Kitchin: Great all-year-round haggis recipes


Scotsman (blog)
Tom Kitchin: Great all-year-round haggis recipes
Scotsman (blog) - No Burns Supper would be complete without a wee dram of whisky – the great “water of life”. Traditionally, a Scotch whisky toast will be proposed to ...

Johnnie Walker, Alfred Dunhill to develop new travel retail exclusive ...


DFNIonline.com
Johnnie Walker, Alfred Dunhill to develop new travel retail exclusive ...
Drinks Business Review - Johnnie Walker Blue Label, a Scotch whisky brand owned by UK-based Diageo, has partnered with Alfred Dunhill to develop a new travel retail ...

ARI Ireland plots major commercial redevelopment at Dublin Airport T1


MoodieReport
ARI Ireland plots major commercial redevelopment at Dublin Airport T1
MoodieReport - In liquor, the company will adapt its acclaimed specialist store The Irish Whiskey Collection into a new concept called The Whiskey Collection, ...

Pre-Prohibition Cocktail: Rob Roy - The Whiskey Jug

Pre-Prohibition Cocktail: Rob Roy - The Whiskey Jug
Josh Peters - Simple and delicious the Rob Roy came to life well before prohibition took hold of America in 1920 at the Waldorf Astoria. This famous cocktail was ...

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry. - Southern Rockies ...

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry. - Southern Rockies ...
Chas Clifton - I must admit that I too once looked down from the highlands of Scotland on what I viewed as the low ground of American whiskey. Like Risen's friend, I ...

Much-anticipated Black Button Distilling opening on Saturday

Much-anticipated Black Button Distilling opening on Saturday
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - The first grain-to-glass craft distillery in Rochester since Prohibition will offer unaged corn whiskey and wheat-based vodka at the opening, with citrus ...

Push for Fargo distillery follows national trend

Push for Fargo distillery follows national trend
In-Forum - Wood barrels will be instrumental in the production of the whiskey, Kath said. “In distilled spirits, all of the color of whiskeys and much of the flavor is ...

Cork village pipes up to welcome whiskey

Cork village pipes up to welcome whiskey
Irish Examiner - We're accustomed to bonfires and crowds for returning sporting heroes but a town rolling out a welcoming committee for a couple of barrels of whiskey ...

Introducing TINCUP American Whiskey, a Rugged, Rocky Mountain ...

Introducing TINCUP American Whiskey, a Rugged, Rocky Mountain ...
Drinks Business Review - Proximo today announced the launch of TINCUP American Whiskey. Created by distilling legend Jess Graber, founder of Stranahan's Colorado ...

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon Review - The Whiskey Jug

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon Review - The Whiskey Jug
Josh Peters - This is my third bottle of Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon, but I still remember my first. I was living in the horrifically repressed state of Utah at the time ...

Trend suggests Japanese owners won't hamper flow of popular ...

Trend suggests Japanese owners won't hamper flow of popular ... Waterbury Republican American - CLERMONT, Ky. -- Kentucky bourbon remains authentically American, whiskey insiders maintain -- even when some of its distillers answer to foreign ..

Andy Wood Interview: Adnams boss on a success story hailed by Prince William -

Britain's proud brewing industry has rarely faced such tough times. Beer drinking is in decline, pubs are closing at an alarming rate, consumers are feeling the pinch and the threat of minimum alcohol pricing hovers menacingly.

Moonshine venture in Utica lifting spirits

While making moonshine in a backwoods still is illegal, MSD can do so with its federal license.

SHHHHH...: Whisky Flavor Profiles and Data

SHHHHH...: Whisky Flavor Profiles and Data
Vanessa Walker - If there's something nerdy on the internet that involves graphs, plotting, numbers, and animated maps, you bet your bottom dollar I'm a fan. So when I ...

Barrel-aging is making spirits bright for cocktails


New York Daily News
Barrel-aging is making spirits bright for cocktails
New York Daily News - Whisky and other boozes gain their flavor, character, color and, frankly, their elusive charm from aging in a barrel. Putting a cocktail back in a barrel ...

Record $631850 for Macallan Whisky

Record $631850 for Macallan Whisky
Bangkok Post - Sotheby's said it sold a bottle of Macallan for HK$4.9 million (US$631,850) in Hong Kong, setting a record for the most expensive bottle of single malt ...

Our view: Gin and good government tonic


Washington Post
Our view: Gin and good government tonic
Roanoke Times - In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, photo, a Jim Beam bourbon bottle is on display at the Jim Beam visitors' center at Clermont, Ky. (AP Photo/Bruce ...

Don't feel bad if you're not a 'Super Dad'

Don't feel bad if you're not a 'Super Dad'
Inside Bay Area - Bring me a bourbon and an evening paper. I'll be in my easy chair. Jeff Edelstein. Listen, I think it's great some dads take this very active role in rearing ...

The Wine and Cheese Place: 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey

The Wine and Cheese Place: 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey
Paul Hayden - A smooth, malty and slightly sweet, blended Irish Whiskey named after his mother and aunt, the two fiery-redheads whose likenesses are on our bottle.

Craft Distillers Fuel American Whiskey Renaissance

Craft Distillers Fuel American Whiskey Renaissance
WWNO - Manny Gonzales, the beverage director of Saloon, a whiskey bar in .... It's primarily made with corn, whereas Irish whiskey or pretty much all other ...

Duped by the cold tea 'Scotch' gangs

Bargain booze hunters in Blackpool who think they've snapped up half price bottles of Scotch and vodka are getting home to discover they've coughed up for something a bit weaker... cold tea or lukewarm water.

Join whisky expert in Grantham for wee dram on Burns Night

And just so they feel they have earned their reward, imbibers in Grantham are being offered the chance to improve their knowledge at the same time.