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60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of “whisky”… Read More

July 9, 2019 – When is a “Highland” whisky not a “Highland” whisky? That’s the crux of a federal lawsuit filed Monday by the Scotch… Read More

The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,… Read More

July 3, 2019 – In a move certain to set off fireworks within the distilled spirits industry, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Tax & Trade Bureau… Read More

Ten years after Pernod Ricard left Kentucky with the sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, the world’s #2 spirits company is back in the… Read More

June 10, 2019 – While the Treasury Department’s Tax & Trade Bureau has not yet officially published a proposed regulatory change to eliminate most requirements… Read More

Rock bands often sound differently after they replace a member, and the members of Metallica considered Master Distiller Dave Pickerell to be part of their… Read More

Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. Only the… Read More

This week’s episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We’re looking at Glyph, a “molecular whiskey” that’s engineered in a lab instead… Read More

The farming village of Knockdhu has 29 residents, 17 dogs, a bunch of sheep and cattle…and one distillery. Gordon Bruce has called Knockdhu home since… Read More

This week, we’re on location at the Wonderful World of Whisky Show in Cornwall, Ontario with everything from great whiskies and good friends to a… Read More

Irish Whiskey’s resurgence is only now beginning to make up for decades of obscurity over the last century, but with 23 active distilleries in Ireland… Read More