• ColdSnap Offers Bourbon Based Ice Cream

    ColdSnap, a Boston-based food technology company, launched their ice cream and frozen confection machines in 2024 for commercial markets and, in their first year of availability, secured a roster of customers for their machines which included Best Buy, Holiday Inn, LinkedIn, Marriott Hotels, Mastercard, NBC Sports and three universities – Ohio State, South Carolina and […] The post ColdSnap Offers Bourbon Based Ice Cream first appeared on Whisky Critic -…

  • Bourbon’s Unsung Heroes – Susan Reigler

    I have known Susan Reigler for over thirty years. I first met Susan when she was the restaurant critic and whiskey writer for the Courier-Journal. I was working for United Distillers as their North American Archivist at that time. Susan… Continue Rea…

  • A Pretty Large Bag of Longmorn, Randomly

    Longmorn-Glenlivet 23 yo 1994/2018 (52.6%, Cadenhead’s, Rum cask, Guadeloupe, 222 bottles) Longmorn 17 yo 1996/2014 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection for The Whisky Fair Limburg, 1st fill sherry, cask #72322, 748 bottles) …

  • Turning the Tables on Mark

    With WhiskyCast celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, we thought we’d start the year by turning the tables on host and creator Mark Gillespie. Longtime… Read More

  • Old Grand-Dad 16 Year Old Bourbon Review

    By Richard Thomas Rating: A- For a long time, the only brand in the Jim Beam portfolio that was more neglected than Old Grand-Dad was Old Overholt. The only two expressions in the line were the namesake standard and Old Grand-Dad 114, a favorite budget buy among fans of high rye bourbon. What is more, …

  • Longrow 21 Year Old Peated Scotch Review

    By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A Longrow is named after a distillery that was once located next to Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Scotland. The original distillery was founded in 1824 by John Ross and closed in 1896. The property was later incorporated into Springbank, and Longrow’s old warehouse now houses Springbank’s bottling hall. In the …

  • Wrapping up 2024 with a few Glen Grant and 2024’s favourites

    Glen Grant 14 yo 2009/2024 (56.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, Kirsch Import Germany, refill sherry hogshead, cask #900927, 269 bottles) Glen Grant 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.3%, Royal Mile Whiskies, sherry hogshead, cask #59894, 181 bott…

  • WhistlePig Collabs With Alice Cooper

    Vermont-based WhistlePig has collaborated with rock and roll icon Alice Cooper and released an alcohol-free pre-mixed Old Fashioned cocktail infused with adaptogens called Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry Old Fashioned. Adaptogens are described as ‘non-psychoactive ingredients’. The limited edition Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry old Fashioned ready-to-pour cocktail has been crafted with WhistlePig’s non-alcoholic 100% […] The post WhistlePig Collabs With Alice Cooper first appeared on Whisky Critic – Whisky…

  • The Business of Creativity Can Be Tough

     In this stock image, ‘business’ is represented by a guy in a white shirt and tie while ‘creativity’ is represented by a lightbulb bursting with color, which is some pretty lazy creative.About ten years ago, I wrote about what happened when a very…

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