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July 3, 2018 – While the European Union’s new 25 percent import tariff on Bourbon, Tennessee, and other American whiskies has only been in effect… Read More

The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try… Read More

If you’re young, you might think 45 is old. If you’re older, you might think 45 is still pretty young. But when you’re talking about… Read More

The Glasgow Distillery Company won’t release its first 1770 Glasgow single malt whisky until later this year, but the four-year-old company is already kicking off… Read More

June 18, 2018 – The list of countries scheduled to impose import tariffs on Bourbon and other American-made whiskies has grown again, with China becoming… Read More

Tax cuts that took effect at the start of 2018 encouraged many US whisky distillers to expand their facilities. Now, they’re caught in the middle… Read More

Historians aren’t sure who distilled the first Scotch-style single malt whiskey in the United States, but Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery has a pretty solid claim… Read More

With Father’s Day coming up, we’ll meet a Scottish woman following her father into the whiskey business. That’s right…whiskey. Jennifer Nickerson married her Irish farmer… Read More

June 6, 2018 – This weekend’s G7 Summit in Quebec with heads of state from the world’s largest industrialized nations is likely to be one… Read More

Canada and the European Union are planning retaliatory tariffs on imports of Bourbon and other American whiskies after this week’s move by the Trump Administration… Read More

Updated June 5, 2018 – Mexico has now joined the whiskey trade war of 2018, imposing new 25 percent import tariffs on Bourbon imported from… Read More

Bourbon scares some people away…at first. Often, those who approach Bourbon gingerly develop a true passion for it, and become what Linda Ruffenach refers to… Read More