January 6, 2017 – One week before Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States, a bottle of… Read More
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Beam Suntory Responds to Questions Over Booker’s Bourbon Pricing Change
January 5, 2017 – As retailers try to decide whether to raise their prices for Beam Suntory’s Booker’s Bourbon now or wait until existing stocks… Read More
Constellation Brands Expands Whisky Portfolio With Catoctin Creek Investment
January 5, 2017 – Three business days into the new year is all it took for the first distillery deal to be announced in 2017,… Read More
Beam Backtracks After Booker’s Boo-Boo
January 3, 2017 – Less than 24 hours after confirming plans to roll back its scheduled price increase for Booker’s Bourbon, Beam Suntory is now… Read More
The Art of Whisky Blending (Episode 622: January 1, 2017)
Blending is part art and part science, and unless you’re drinking a single cask whisky, every dram you try has been tweaked by the nose… Read More
Inside the Port Ellen Maltings
The days when each Scotch Whisky distillery malted its own barley are long gone, and only a few distilleries still have malting floors. Now, most… Read More
Episode 621: December 25, 2016
The founders of Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirits could have chosen to buy a distillery anywhere they wanted to, but they wanted to help revive Baltimore’s heritage… Read More
Sazerac Expanding Into Tennessee Whiskey With Distillery Purchase
December 22, 2016 – Sazerac is wrapping up a year of acquisitions and expansions with yet another deal, one that will give it a foothold… Read More
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold
December 18, 2016 – Australia’s leading malt whisky distiller has been sold, with a family-controlled group acquiring the Tasmania Distillery and its award-winning Sullivan’s Cove… Read More
Kavalan Dominates 2016 Malt Maniacs Awards
December 18, 2016 – For the third consecutive year, a whisky from Taiwan’s Kavalan Distillery has taken overall top honors in the Malt Maniacs Awards,… Read More
Episode 620: December 18, 2016
What do oysters have to do with making whisky? You might not think there’s much in common, but Glenmorangie is working with Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University… Read More
Taiwan’s King Car Unveils Massive Distillery Expansion
December 16, 2016 – Ten years ago, when Taiwanese industrialist Y.T. Lee turned the handle on the spirit safe for the first time at King… Read More