Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Crouch Distilling Aims for Small-Batch Greatness


Crouch Distilling Aims for Small-Batch Greatness
Somewhere between learning about cutting the heads and tails (various volatile substances that you want to eliminate when distilling) of the whiskey ...

American whiskey now worth £190m in UK


American whiskey now worth £190m in UK
Big brands helped push growth of American whiskey up by 19% in the UK last year, making it one of the “stand out” sub-categories in the country's ...

Letter | Front page whiskey ads


Letter | Front page whiskey ads
Now the paper is covered with whiskey. On Wednesday, you gave whiskey free advertisement on the front page. If the management of this paper is not ...

If We Had A Benjamin To Spend On American Whiskey, Here's What We'd Buy

If We Had A Benjamin To Spend On American Whiskey, Here's What We'd Buy
I agonized over my choices for quite some time, but realized I could just tell you what I did actually buy for $100 after getting back from that trip. Even if ...

Allied Blenders plans to raise Rs 800 cr

Allied Blenders plans to raise Rs 800 cr
Its flagship brand Officer's Choice whisky registered a 16% growth, taking its market share to 37% of the regular whisky segment, while ABD's ...

Bull in a China Shop - bar review: instant classic in Shoreditch


Bull in a China Shop - bar review: instant classic in Shoreditch
What they say: Opposite the iconic Tea Building in Shoreditch sits an all-day restaurant and whisky bar with a subtle hint of the Orient. Behind a ...

Straight Up: Milroy's and The Vault


Straight Up: Milroy's and The Vault
Consider this a warning for those who trip through the door disguised as a bookcase at the back of Milroy's whisky shop in Soho and descend the ...

Cuervo Owner JB & Cia. Considers Bond Sale To Finance Bushmills Deal


Cuervo Owner JB & Cia. Considers Bond Sale To Finance Bushmills Deal
JB agreed to acquire the Irish whiskey brand from Diageo earlier this year, for $408 million and full ownership of the Don Julio Tequila brand (Diageo ...

Top 10 royal family whiskies


Top 10 royal family whiskies
While Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated with the release of one of the world's most expensive Scotch whiskies, Prince Harry's ...

Johnnie Walker® Scotch Releases "Johnny for Johnnie"


Johnnie Walker® Scotch Releases "Johnny for Johnnie"
The world's leading Scotch whisky has partnered with the highly anticipated feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures, Home Box Office and Rat-Pac ...

The Sharp End: A room with a tipple of whisky on the rocks, please


The Sharp End: A room with a tipple of whisky on the rocks, please
For my money, I think the Bell family had it right – almost the only time I drink whisky is at the bar of a luxury hotel. As a tipple, Scotch whisky is funny ...

Sotheby's HK to Auction Rare 'The Last Drop' Whisky, Musigny 1976


Sotheby's HK to Auction Rare 'The Last Drop' Whisky, Musigny 1976
Bottle #1 of The Last Drop 50-year-old blended scotch whisky along with Burgundy wines from Maison Camille Giroud, including two lots of the very ...

Glenfiddich maker to take on Diageo in India with blended whiskies


Glenfiddich maker to take on Diageo in India with blended whiskies
William Grant & Sons, the UK-based distiller of popular single malt scotch whiskies like Glenfiddich and Balvenie, is expanding its presence in India.

Reviewing Herman Marshall Whiskey's Bourbon, Rye & Single Malt


Reviewing Herman Marshall Whiskey's Bourbon, Rye & Single Malt
When I first heard of Herman Marshall whiskey, I assumed, as with so many of the American whiskeys and bourbons I've tried and seen, that it was ...

Trekking the Bourbon Trail should include distillery tours, sampling


Trekking the Bourbon Trail should include distillery tours, sampling
One of the reasons for bourbon's distinctive color and flavor is being aged in charred oak barrels. There are multistory warehouses filled with the ...

Are you in on the bourbon boom?


Are you in on the bourbon boom?
Have you noticed that all around you people are drinking a brown drink in a rocks glass with one really large ice cube in it? Most likely, it's bourbon in ...

How to make a charcoal and chamomile cocktail


How to make a charcoal and chamomile cocktail
“The inspiration for the Chamomile and Charcoal Old Fashioned came from my research into Japanese whisky culture, which is centred around the ...

Best Selling Single Malt Whisky in the World


Best Selling Single Malt Whisky in the World
On the other hand, Japanese whiskies were exactly patterned after the Scotch, as I discovered too myself on my short trip to Kyoto when I visited ...