Old Taylor

It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is overseeing… Read More

Booker Noe passed away in 2004, but some of the whiskey he laid down shortly before his death is adding a new chapter to his… Read More

October 30, 2015 – The inevitable lawsuit could have been predicted from the moment that plans were announced last year to restore the historic Old… Read More

 October 17, 2015 – Pre-Prohibition Bourbons come up fairly regularly at auctions, but it’s rare that a whiskey estimated to be from around 1880 becomes… Read More

If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, the… Read More

March 16, 2015 – In a move that may be a sign of things to come, former George Dickel Master Distiller John Lunn turned up… Read More

For the second straight year, a Texas whiskey has won Best in Show honors at the American Craft Spirits Association competition. San Antonio’s Ranger Creek Brewing… Read More

Amrut got whisky lovers used to the idea of single malt whiskies from India, and now, Paul John is challenging Amrut’s standing as the leader… Read More

December 10, 2014 – Louisville is cementing its status as Bourbon’s tourism center, as Beam Suntory committed today to build a new $5.2 million Jim… Read More

May 21, 2014 – “It’s not a question now of if, but when.” That’s how Will Arvin, one of the partners behind the latest plans to… Read More

The old saying goes “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Dan Garrison’s life was full of lemons back in 2003, and he decided to… Read More

Jim Murray’s 2009 Whisky Bible named a hard-to-find rye whiskey as the Best Rye Whiskey in the World Under 10 Years Old. That whiskey is… Read More