Glen Grant’s Dennis Malcolm to Retire
After a career spanning 63 years in the Scotch whisky industry, longtime Glen Grant master distiller Dennis Malcolm OBE will retire at the end of… Read More
A Debut Whisky for Ardnahoe
Islay’s Ardnahoe Distillery has released its first single malt since the distillery opened in 2019, and we’ll talk about the journey with Scott Laing of… Read More
The Latest Drops from The Last Drop
James Espey and Tom Jago founded The Last Drop 15 years ago with a goal of finding casks of rare whiskies and other spirits and… Read More
From One Nation to Another
O’Shaughnessy Distilling master distiller Brian Nation arrived in Minneapolis nearly three years ago after leaving Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, and it’s been an interesting transition. We’ll… Read More
Suntory Rebrands Beam Suntory as Suntory Global Spirits
Ten years after acquiring Beam Inc. for $16 billion to create Beam Suntory, Suntory Holdings has dropped the Beam name from its corporate branding in… Read More
2XO: A Second Act for Dixon Dedman
Dixon Dedman’s family history in the whisky business goes back more than a century. 2XO (for Two Times Oak) is his second act in the… Read More
A Green Fuel Source for Distillers?
Beam Suntory has successfully tested the use of green hydrogen as a fuel source for directly-firing stills, and is part of a pilot project to… Read More
Laphroaig’s Barry McAffer to Leave Islay
Native Ileach Barry McAffer has announced his plans to leave Laphroaig Distillery, where he has been the distillery manager since 2022. McAffer departs after 13… Read More
A Sleeping Giant Awakens at Port Ellen
For 41 years, the Port Ellen Distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Islay sat silent. Last month, a multi-million dollar restoration of the distillery was completed… Read More
15 Years of Texas Whiskey
Texas is booming as a whiskey region, with distilleries all over the Lone Star State. That history only goes back about 15 years, when pioneers… Read More