James E. Pepper Distillery Welcomes Tourists To Visit After Many Dormant Years American By Nino Marchetti / July 11, 2018 The James E. Pepper distillery in Lexington, Kentucky, opens again to visitors from the outside world over 50 years after it was shuttered. Continue reading > Share
Whiskey Review: Writers’ Tears Irish Whiskey Irish Reviews By Shauna McKnight / July 10, 2018 We review Writers’ Tears Irish Whiskey, made from a blend of Irish single malt and single pot still whiskeys. Continue reading > Share
Parker’s Heritage Collection 12th Edition Finishes Bourbon In Ex-Orange Curacao Barrels Bourbon By Nino Marchetti / July 10, 2018 Parker’s Heritage Collection 12th Edition, part of an annual release of higher end Heaven Hill whiskeys, takes a bourbon aged seven to eight years and finishes it in ex-French orange curaçao liqueur barrels. Continue reading > Share
New Basil Hayden’s Two By Two Rye Whiskey Blends In Some Bourbon American By Nino Marchetti / July 10, 2018 Basil Hayden’s Two By Two Rye Whiskey, a new limited offering from Beam Suntory, blends together two straight rye and two straight bourbon whiskies of varying ages. Continue reading > Share
A Celebration of Casks: Stranahan’s Cask Thief Puts the Focus on Finishing Distillery Profiles Lifestyle By Margarett Waterbury / July 9, 2018 Stranahan’s Distillery’s annual Cask Thief festival gives attendees a chance to taste six high proof single barrel Stranahan’s whiskeys straight from the cask. Continue reading > Share
Crown Royal Brings a 13-Year Age Statement Whisky to Market Canadian By Nino Marchetti / July 8, 2018 The new Crown Royal 13 Year Old Blenders’ Mash comes from this Canadian whisky brand’s Noble Collection, which showcases higher end bottlings of a limited nature. Continue reading > Share
Arran Malt Brodick Bay Celebrates Beauty of a Scottish Isle Scotch By Nino Marchetti / July 7, 2018 Arran Malt Brodick Bay is a limited edition Scotch whisky that’s 20 years old and has been matured in bourbon barrels and sherry hogsheads before being finished in Oloroso sherry butts. Continue reading > Share
National Dive Bar Day (July 7) and the Seagram’s ‘7 and 7’ American Lifestyle Reviews By Cameron Holck / July 6, 2018 We take a bottle of Seagram’s 7 whiskey for a spin as we get ready for National Dive Bar Day on July 7 (yes, that’s another one of those days). Continue reading > Share
One Man, One Ocean, Two Whiskey Distilleries: An Irish And American Tale American Distillery Profiles Irish By Lew Bryson / July 6, 2018 Rob Cassell is the founder of not one but two distilleries: New Liberty in Philadelphia, and Connacht Whiskey Company in Ballina, Ireland. Continue reading > Share
Some Perspective on the Barton Whiskey Warehouse Collapse Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / July 6, 2018 The complete collapse of a whiskey aging warehouse at the Barton distillery in Kentucky, while certainly of note, won’t hurt its parent company’s operations in the least. Continue reading > Share
Douglas Laing XOP Platinum Port Dundas Continues 70th Anniversary Theme Scotch By Nino Marchetti / July 6, 2018 The new Douglas Laing XOP Platinum Port Dundas is a 40 year old single grain, single cask whisky from a closed distillery out of Glasgow, Scotland. Continue reading > Share
Whiskey Review Round Up: Glendalough Irish Whiskey Irish Reviews By Jim Bonomo / July 5, 2018 We review three whiskeys from Glendalough Distillery outside of Dublin, Ireland. Each one employs a different type of finishing cask. Continue reading > Share
