Phil Lynch

The other night, one of the whiskey bars in Louisville held a “Jim Rutledge Tribute Night” to honor the retired Four Roses master distiller. Less… Read More

April 27, 2016 – It’s 5:00pm in Scotland, and Billy Walker should be in a giddy mood. Hours earlier, he and his partners in the… Read More

Earlier this year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky announced plans to replace many of its age-statement single malts with new no-age-statement versions. The company’s past projections of… Read More

Dewar’s has focused on its Blended Scotch whiskies for generations, with the limited exception in recent years of single malts from Aberfeldy. However, a team… Read More

Chuck Cowdery is regarded as one of the top Bourbon writers around, and is one of the few writers to be inducted into the Kentucky… Read More

August 15, 2015 – Russian officials have expanded their sanctions against American whiskey to take on the largest brand in the business with a targeted… Read More

March 22, 2014 – The next committee hearings are set for Tuesday in the Tennessee General Assembly’s debate over changes to standards for what can… Read More

March 19, 2014 – With debate in the Tennessee General Assembly stalled until next Tuesday on proposed changes to the state’s law setting specific standards… Read More

March 19, 2014 – No action came during Tuesday’s Tennessee General Assembly hearings on proposals to change the Jack Daniel’s-backed law passed last year that… Read More

March 17, 2014 – In a public relations war, the news release is often the simplest, yet one of the deadliest ways to strike back… Read More

Bruichladdich expressions come and go…sort of like the waves on Loch Indaal do. Laddie fans are lamenting a decision to pull the Laddie Ten, Sixteen,… Read More

March 14, 2014 – Call it a “Clash of the Titans” if you will, but two major distillers — and Tennessee’s two largest distillery owners… Read More