Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Interview, Part 1: Jean-Jacques Dubau, Managing Director For North America, Gruppo Campari

Interview, Part 1: Jean-Jacques Dubau, Managing Director For North America, Gruppo Campari
There is also potential for growth in Canadian whisky—we launched Forty Creek last year and we're now accelerating it into more markets. We don't ...

Don Draper and the History of Rye Whiskey


Don Draper and the History of Rye Whiskey
WhistlePig Rye is a premium, 100 percent rye whiskey, aged for ten years, and bottled on a farm in rural Vermont. Already unique for its mash bill and ...

Beam bus tour looks to Whiskey Rebellion's impact on distilling


Beam bus tour looks to Whiskey Rebellion's impact on distilling
A docent at the Oliver Miller homestead in South Park, the site where the first shots were fired in the Whiskey Rebellion, shows a flintlock rifle to a ...

Highspire Whiskey follows old tradition of using 100 percent rye


Highspire Whiskey follows old tradition of using 100 percent rye
The result of that project is Highspire Pure Rye Whiskey, which he debuted at the Austin Food and Wine Festival Sunday with a trio of cocktails that ...

EXCHANGE: Whiskey Acres toasts local grains for spirits

EXCHANGE: Whiskey Acres toasts local grains for spirits
After that cooled, yeast was added to consume the sugar producing alcohol for whiskey, which is then sucked into one of four fermentation tanks.

Essential Louisville Bourbon Bars


Essential Louisville Bourbon Bars
Louisville is the center of the bourbon universe, according to Bourbon Historian Michael Veach. Whether you're in town for Derby or you live here full ...

Kentucky Derby, parties: fast horses, bourbon and fabulous hats


Kentucky Derby, parties: fast horses, bourbon and fabulous hats
If you go, prepare to see fabulous hats and taste the best the River City has to offer, including some of the finest bourbons around. Then there's the ...

Riding the Bourbon Trail


Riding the Bourbon Trail
A bourbon chocolate candy and two samples of Woodford Reserve bourbon, Distillers Select, left, and Double Oaked, are provided to visitors at the ...

'Louisville's bourbon' takes Kentucky Derby stage


'Louisville's bourbon' takes Kentucky Derby stage
If the Kentucky Derby is America's race, Old Forester may be Louisville's bourbon, and this year the two come together as Old Forester debuts as the ...

Attention, bourbon lovers!

Attention, bourbon lovers!
I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to interview him. . . . and maybe get a taste of the planet's rarest, most celebrated bourbon. So. Bourbon lovers.

Bourbon Babe to Gov. Beshear: 'Pardon My Pappy'


Bourbon Babe to Gov. Beshear: 'Pardon My Pappy'
FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY — When the law breaks a case, usually it's the crook who pays the price. But this time, it's the bourbon that could be going ...

Ladies, you might want to swap the bourbon for a bong


Ladies, you might want to swap the bourbon for a bong
That's a lot of bourbon. (Sorry, I don't drink Cosmos.) It's hard to say why women are binge drinking more. We do know, though, that women are much ...

Foodstuffs: Spring drinks at Americana


Foodstuffs: Spring drinks at Americana
Have you wanted to expand your whisky knowledge (and not just your drinking knowledge)? Has Vom Fass (833 42nd St.) got a series of classes for ...

Scotch whisky chief calls for political focus on competitiveness not constitution


Scotch whisky chief calls for political focus on competitiveness not constitution
The Scotch Whisky Association has said the industry faces headwinds in key export markets, and warned that despite the Smith settlement the ...

RECAP: Raise the Macallan Whisky Tasting


RECAP: Raise the Macallan Whisky Tasting
Last week Denver whisky enthusiasts were given the chance to attend Raise the Macallan, a whisky tasting that provided attendees with the ...