OF COURSE, WE’RE STARTING WITH AN IRISH COFFEE RECIPE!
Drink up, lads and lasses! It’s St. Patrick’s Day! (Well, it’s a workday, too, so perhaps you should obey that directive after 5 p.m.) If you’re compelled to drink some Irish whiskey today, why no…
According to a news release, the world’s largest cooperage saw the increased popularity for spirits with “smokey” character and decided to develop a barrel offering smoke characteristics not achievable by traditional toasting or charring methods. ISC’s…
BUFFALO TRACE AUCTIONING FIVE 6-LITER BOTTLES OF O.F.C. BOURBON FOR CHARITIESBuffalo Trace Distillery announced the upcoming auction of five, 6-liter bottles of O.F.C. Bourbon at a starting bid of $25,000 each. You read that correctly. According to the…
AT HEAVEN HILL, IT’S SEXY TO BE 17When it comes to March releases, it’s sexy to be 17 years old at Heaven Hill Distilleries. Last week I received a sample of the first Hill Heritage Collection (HHHC) release, which is a 17-year-old bourbon….
SMALL DISTILLERS FACING COSTLY BARREL SHORTAGERunning a small distillery is tough, and this VinePair article shows it’s not getting any easier. Not only are barrel prices soaring, their availability to small distilleries is shrinking. FEW Spirits…
File this under “We wish could have made this up, but it’s fo’ real.” Top-ranked UFC fighter and Lafayette, La., native Dustin Poirier has launched a new bourbon named Rare Stash.
According to a news release quoted in “The Acadiana Advocate,” Poirier…
In Chuck Cowdery’s early 2022 edition of his quarterly print piece, “The Bourbon Country Reader,” he says MGP should kill off the George Remus brand and find another name for the otherwise good bourbon created for that SKU. Not only was he a successful…
Ever played this whiskey dork game? You go to a bar or restaurant and rapid-survey the bottles while thinking, “Had it. Haven’t. Have it. Hate it.” When I looked at this list of 20 top-selling whiskeys in the U.S., I added a new response. “Who drinks t…
That’s the growing concern at Kentucky distilleries, where thousands of whiskey fans sample whiskeys from thousands of barrels every year. The news first came from WhiskeyCast operator Mark Gillespie, who’d learned that “private pick” programs—which di…
