The world celebrates International Beer Day today – August 7, 2026 – and beer behemoth AB InBev took time out from their busy money-making schedule to release a “Cheers to Beer” promotional campaign featuring all of their beers. The 90-second promo showcases several of their high-profile beers such as Stella Artois and Michelob Ultra in […]
Organisers of Scotland’s largest multi-city whisky festival have announced the launch of this year’s event, which will take place across venues in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Whisky Week, which will run from August 20th to September 13th, invites whisky lovers to discover Scotland’s thriving whisky culture through specially curated menus, exclusive drams and unique experiences, […]
It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 7th 2026. Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 11YR, Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Selection #17 […]
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The aromatics are loaded with chocolate and nuts–think Baby Ruth candy bar–followed by freshly ground baking spices, hard cherry and orange candies and toasted oak. Mizunara oak sweetens and polishes the bourbon.
This image is from the Schenley Distilleries newsletter Remarks of Merit, dated October, 1938. These newsletters are really monthly magazines published by Schenley and given out to their employees each month. They are filled with news of the company as…
Highland Park 16 yo ‘Between You and I’ (48%, OB, 2025)
Highland Park 8 yo ‘Old Orkney’ (47%, Decadent Drinks, bourbon and sherry refill hogsheads and butts)
Highland Park 8 yo (100 proof, Gordon & MacPhail, UK, +/1970)
Secret Orkney (HP) 25 yo 20…
This week saw the latest development in a 12-year legal battle between Brown-Forman and VIP Products, the maker of a novelty dog chew toy that looks like a bottle of Jack Daniels but makes all kinds of “poop jokes.” It’s been a back-and-forth case…
By Richard Thomas While I was promoting my latest book, Behind the Bottle: Jack Daniel’s, earlier this spring, I fielded more than a few questions about what the difference is between sour mash and sweet mash whiskey-making. If that seems off-topic, I initially found it a little odd as well, but I have since chalked …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Sometimes pundits have real, lasting influence. So, whenever I see someone scoff at Blade & Bow in a blog or an internet forum, I chalk it up to Chuck Cowdery’s very personal feud with certain individuals at Diageo, which had the trickle down effect of a chunk of enthusiasts being …
A 1,000-year-old Irish oak tree has been transformed into three exceptionally rare whiskey casks in a landmark moment for Ireland’s distilling and cooperage heritage. Specialist coopers at Kentucky Bourbon Barrel in Kildare have created three 225-litre casks from the giant tree, which was brought down by Storm Elin in December 2023 on Preston’s Estate on Swainstown Farm, Co Meath. The Preston family are descendants of the renowned Preston’s of Drogheda, …
