Canada

85 years ago today, the five Shapira brothers and their partners opened Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The Shapira family is still in charge… Read More

There’s a lot of political turmoil these days, and European Union leaders threw gasoline on the fire with this week’s decision to impose new import… Read More

By Mark Gillespie November 11, 2020 – As Americans are drinking more at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s becoming harder to find some popular… Read More

OK, we’re not going talking about politics this week, but whisky has been made in and around Washington, DC for 400 years, including a distillery… Read More

Whisky is a universal drink, a pleasure that can be shared by all regardless of gender, color, national origin, disability, age (as long as one… Read More

It’s been almost three years since Brown-Forman and the Conyngham family fired up the stills at Slane Distillery on the family’s Slane Castle estate near… Read More

This week saw upcoming whisky events in the U.S., England, Ireland, Canada, and Australia either postponed or cancelled outright as the number of Covid-19 cases… Read More

Bars and pubs have reopened in some areas after lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19, only to be closed again when the number of… Read More

It would have been easy for Chris and Shanelle Montana to close Du Nord Craft Spirits after arsonists set fire to the distillery’s warehouse during… Read More

Recent protests over racism and police brutality against African-Americans have led to greater calls for diversity throughout American society, and the whisky industry is no… Read More

Whisky is what beer dreams of being when it grows up, but the Covid-19 pandemic has left craft brewers with tens of thousands of gallons… Read More

With tens of thousands of bar and restaurant workers around the world laid off because of mandatory bar and restaurant closings due to the Covid-19… Read More