By Richard Thomas One of the topics I sometimes hear discussed by the whiskey fandom in America is how variable the flavor profile of a cask strength brand can be. Note that this is a peculiarly American subject, not because there aren’t so many cask strength Scotch whiskies in regular release, but because Americans seem to be much more in ...
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Wait, Wasn’t Craft Whiskey Supposed To Go Bust?
By Richard Thomas No sooner was the craft distilling boom a clear phenomenon in the United States than certain pundits began to wonder aloud and in print “when is the craft spirits bust coming?” That line of thinking wasn’t necessarily hostile, seeing as how the boom and bust cycle of business is an axiom. It’s a fair question. Indeed, it ...
Read More »The World’s Ten Most Underrated Whiskies
By Richard Thomas If you have been a whiskey enthusiast for a long time, then you have watched as the world’s whiskey boom keeps on gaining momentum. Even the coronavirus pandemic seems to have been little more than a hiccup. The newcomers from a decade ago are now well-entrenched fixtures, more newcomers (both individual distillers and entire countries) have kept ...
Read More »Around The World With Six Whiskies
This World Whisky Day, Hoist A Dram That Takes You Places By Richard Thomas World Whisky Day falls on the third Saturday of May, so this 10th installment of the celebratory date will fall on May 15th for 2021. Although many will mark the occasion by hoisting a familiar go-to, I see these “drinks holidays” as a great excuse to ...
Read More »Q&A With Jason Stubbs, Managing Director at Barr an Uisce
By Kurt Maitland KM: Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and how Barr an Uisce got started? JS: My background is in Information Technology. I was a full-time musician for 8 years before starting the whiskey business. The idea for Barr an Uisce came from my business partner, Ian Jones. Ian is a scientist and runs a ...
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