By Richard Thomas National Bourbon Day is this coming Sunday, June 14th*. An interesting coincidence about that date is how it is not far off from the mid-point of the year. With that in mind, the best way to celebrate the holiday for America’s “national spirit” is to sample some of the new bourbons released in the first half of ...

First Distillery To Operate In Dublin In 125 Years The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) today officially opened its brand new distillery and visitor centre in The Liberties, Dublin. The €10 million distillery is the first in Dublin in over 125 years and the only fully operational distillery in the city at present. As well as a fully functioning distillery, there ...

The Top 5 “Corns From A Jar” For Hot Weather Sipping By Richard Thomas Two things life in the South are synonymous with are sweltering summers and corn whiskey, and in my view the two go hand in hand. As the mercury climbs up the thermometer, well-done corn whiskey comes to occupy a larger slice of my sipping time. Back ...

Talking With Mississippi River Distilling’s Co-Owner and -Distiller By Richard Thomas Iowa’s Mississippi River Distilling isn’t found near a media-friendly major city, such as New York or Chicago, but they have nonetheless risen to become one of the “Four Kings” of American craft whiskey. Started in 2010 by the Burchett brothers, both of whom jumped from white collar office jobs ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Seeing as how Blanton’s Gold Edition was the second release of one of the most prized of premium bourbon brands, and one that is by and large unavailable to Americans, I sometimes find myself wondering why it doesn’t have a substantial buzz hovering over it. Even if you assume that the talk of taking the ...