Irish Whiskey

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

Marianne Eaves had a bright career path in her future as the first female master distiller at a Kentucky Bourbon distiller when she suddenly decided… 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

Very few Bourbon brands can claim much of a pre-Prohibition heritage, but Brown-Forman’s Old Forester can. George Garvin Brown created Old Forester in 1870 in… 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

Yeast is one of the three main ingredients in whisky, along with grain and water. While we understand what grain and water contribute to the… 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

Among horse racing enthusiasts, “pinhooking” is the name for investing in a young horse based solely on its pedigree and potential for success, then cashing… Read More

This week, we’ll wrap up our two-part tour of Gladfield Malt in New Zealand, where Gabi and Doug Mitchell have turned the family’s barley farm… Read More

Malted barley is critical to the making of many whiskies around the world, and this week, we’ll take you inside the malting process with a… Read More

As governments start to relax lockdown restrictions in the fight against the Covid-19 virus, some distilleries are slowly starting to welcome the public back. While… Read More

As parts of the world begin to reopen following lockdowns to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, bars are likely to be among the… Read More