When it comes to alcohol, sometimes it pays to be really educated on the subject. From the history of whiskey (without the e) to a distillery-by-distillery evolution, we’ve compiled a long list of socially lubricated literature so you can stock your shelves as well as your bar cart. The bar book Was recommended to me […]
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Frey Ranch® Distillery Celebrates Women in the American Whiskey Movement Through Inaugural Women + Whiskey Campaign Tweet that Interestingly, females have a more nuanced sense of smell than males, which is useful for sniffing out and tasting a whiskey. In fact, scientific estimates indicate that 35% of women qualify as “super-tasters,” meaning someone who has […]
Wood Proof and Logo Bottle Seasons 2021 Proof & Wood Ventures has just added another special blend of rare whiskeys to its range – Seasons 2021. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, March 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Proof & Wood Ventures, the spirits company founded by spirits industry veteran Dave Schmier, has just added another special […]
By BRUCE SCHREINER LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bill Thomas sold thousands of bottles of his whiskey inventory in 2020 to keep his famous Washington, DC whiskey bar afloat when the coronavirus shut down much of the economy. The following year, the whiskey curator known for serving super premium and hard-to-get brands was restocking, even as […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bill Thomas sold thousands of bottles of his whiskey inventory in 2020 to keep his famous Washington, DC whiskey bar afloat when the coronavirus shut down much of the economy. The following year, the whiskey curator known for serving super premium and hard-to-get brands was restocking, even as COVID-19 forced it to […]
Shelves display bottles of bourbons for sale at a Pennsylvania fine wine and liquor store, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Harmony, Pa. Despite the continued challenges of the pandemic, American whiskey producers toasted another year of growth. Combined U.S. sales of bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and rye whiskey rose 6.7%, or $288 million, to $4.6 billion […]
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We’re weeks into 2022 and even though we’re looking first and foremost instead of dwelling on the past, we can’t help but think back to some of the best food and drink we’ve tried in the last year. Previously, we asked some bartenders and bar pros to tell us their favorite bourbon sips of 2021. […]
Editor’s Note: This kit was provided to us as a review sample by Liquor Lab. This in no case, by our editorial policies, influenced the final result of this review. It’s not a secret. I enjoy a good cocktail. They are fun to make, fun to drink, and even more fun to dissect. For people […]
Not all whiskey cocktails are created equal. Some are too sour, others too sweet. When it comes to badly made classics, professionals agree that the privileged few are in the danger zone. From over-ordered mixed drinks to monotonous, one-note flavors, there are whiskey cocktails that aren’t bartender favorites, for reasons ranging from unbalanced proportions to […]
Munich-based bar owner and whiskey expert Stefan Gabányi recently released a new edition of Schumann whiskey lexicon, which he first wrote in 1996, because he says whiskey is evolving and gaining popularity like never before. “It’s a bit of a phenomenon because there is usually a generational gap with spirits – no one wants to […]
The Hot Toddy is the perfect cocktail for this moment. Now, I know that many of you have read that last sentence and inwardly laughed at the idea of me referring to the present tense. “This moment?”, you say. “Are you sure you think about that moment and don’t confuse it with a boxcar moment, […]
Editor’s Note: After a long hiatus, we’re bringing back our Whiskey Cocktail Hour segment, in which we occasionally present you with an original whiskey-based cocktail idea for your viewing pleasure. Also note that we have provided purchase links at the end of this article for those who wish to have the option to collect Cocktail […]
Entrepreneurs generally start a business and then build up a clientele. Brian Shemwell and Tom “Fish” Adams do it backwards. This fall, the pair and their silent investors will open Barrel & Bond in Paducah, Ky., a small town in western Kentucky with a population of 30,000. On its shelves, there will be 1,200 to […]
Tennessee whiskey changed Fawn Weaver’s life. The entrepreneur, investor and best-selling author of “Happy Wives Club” read a story about Nearest Green, the Tennessee slave who taught Jack Daniels how to make whiskey. The rest is history, or at the very least, a New York Times article about his efforts to verify history. It also […]
Colorado doesn’t say how much of each type of spirits sells for, but ask around and people are saying right now it’s the whiskey that’s hot. American whiskey alone accounted for $ 3.4 billion in sales in the United States in 2017, which helped generate record exports, prompting the Distilled Spirits Council to proclaim American […]
Some like their whiskey pure, others like it on ice. Some prefer it with a little hard water at $ 10. Whatever your preferences, there is always a time and place for whiskey cocktails. We caught up with eight New York City bartenders to find out which drinks dominate all the rest and which you […]
Click to enlarge Tom perkins The beautiful lady’s selection of whiskey Chris Perry, a Michigan Bourbon Club member, calls it “Schrodinger’s Bourbon”: it’s that bottle of bourbon you’re afraid to open because it’s rare or precious. You worry that it won’t be worth your money or, worse yet, that it will be so good that […]
Midtown has become much more tolerable thanks to whiskey, and in abundance. Welcome to American Whiskey with the utterly muddled name, a drinking temple that is part of a rustic truck stop, a sports bar, a bachelor’s cellar and, of course, a top-notch whiskey bar. So yes, there are definitely buffalo heads on the wall. […]