Seven years after acquiring Glenglassaugh Distillery, Brown-Forman is releasing a new core range from the coastal distillery. The lineup includes the first 12-year-old single malt… Read More
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Book Review: Wright Thompson’s “Pappyland”
By Mark Gillespie October 13, 2020 – Let’s face it…mention Pappy Van Winkle to a whiskey lover and you’ll probably get one of three responses:… Read More
Opening the Distillery Doors Slowly (Episode 820: May 24, 2020)
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
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years… Read More
A is for Australia, B is for Bourbon…
No, we’re not tasting Australian Bourbons…we have Australians tasting Bourbons this time around! Lilith Morgan and Chris Tatzenko make the long trip from Australia to… Read More
Episode 478: May 10, 2014
Mark Brown heads up Buffalo Trace and its parent company, Sazerac, and he’s known for speaking his mind even when it goes against the rest… Read More
Episode 459: January 4, 2014
Southern California isn’t the place you’d normally think of for a Bourbon to call home, but Steve Gertman picked the wine country of Santa Barbara… Read More
Episode 440: August 31, 2013
Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Bourbons may well be some of the hardest whiskies to find, and hundreds of people call the Old Rip Van… Read More
Buffalo Trace Experiments With Wheated Bourbons
July 9, 2013 – Bourbon distillers have their own unique ways of making America’s native spirit, and each one will tell you a different tale… Read More
Episode 397: November 10, 2012
Kentucky is synonymous with Bourbon, but few places maintain the history of Bourbon in the Bluegrass State like the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History… Read More
Episode 393: October 13, 2012
Italians are known for their wine, but one Italian firm helped pioneer the concept of single cask whiskies. Silvano Samaroli started bottling his own casks… Read More
Episode 332: September 4, 2011
Every September, whiskey lovers start prowling their favorite liquor stores for the arrival of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection whiskies. This year’s lineup of three… Read More