January 17, 2017 – Manhattans are traditionally made with Bourbon or Rye, but William Grant & Sons provided this recipe for a White Manhattan using… Read More
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How Retailers Price Whiskies (Episode 623: January 8, 2017)
The controversy over Beam Suntory’s sudden decision to change its plans for a Booker’s Bourbon price hike during the New Year’s holiday weekend left both… 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
Episode 617: November 27, 2016
What we think of today as the boom in craft distilling started 20 years ago this year, when San Francisco brewer Fritz Maytag bottled the… Read More
Balblair 1990 Takes Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award
August 22, 2016 – For the third year in a row, a single malt from Inver House Distillers has taken top honors at the Whisky… Read More
Episode 597: July 10, 2016
The push by distillers for US Government recognition of an “American Single Malt Whisky” definition would also have an impact on single malt whiskies from so-called… Read More
The Balvenie’s David Stewart Hono(u)red by Queen Elizabeth
July 5, 2016 – The Balvenie’s longtime malt master, David Stewart, has virtually every award that can be presented to someone in the whisky industry… Read More
Brendan McCarron: The Heir Apparent
May 25, 2016 – Most businesses have succession plans in place, and the whisky business is no exception. At Kentucky’s Four Roses Distillery, longtime Master… Read More
Glenfiddich Sweeps Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards
May 2, 2016 – Glenfiddich Distillery has swept the annual Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards in results announced Sunday night at the festival’s closing… Read More
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989… Read More
The Brian Kinsman Interview
Brian Kinsman became the sixth Master Blender in the history of William Grant & Sons in 2009, following in the footsteps of his mentor, David… Read More
Episode 580: March 12, 2016
There was once a time when Ireland’s single pot still whiskies were among the world’s most popular drams, but a combination of changing tastes, politics,… Read More