Walker Comes Around As Whisky Comes Back Into Fashion In Spain By Emma Briones So, you’ve decided to go on holiday to Spain. I have good news for you! Besides sunny days and awesome food, we’ve got a new mandatory stop for whisky fans around the world. It is in Madrid and it is the first of its kind: the ...

By Emma Briones By the end of the 60s, Red Spot couldn’t be found in the shelves. Fifty years later, Mitchell & Son and Irish Distillers, have decided that it was about time for a comeback. Thus, the original Red Spot has been reimagined and recreated in this new single pot still whiskey. Not so long ago, “The Spots” occupied ...

By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor Best New Whiskey, Heaven Hill 27 Year Old Bourbon: This survivor of the greatest American distillery disaster of modern times, the 1996 Heaven Hill fire, is more than just a magnificent pour of ultra aged bourbon. It also somehow got to the grand old age of 27 years, ancient in bourbon terms, without becoming ...

By Richard Thomas The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB for short, is the agency responsible for regulating what appears on the labels of alcoholic beverages in America. If an enthusiast is familiar with the agency, that knowledge likely comes from a time when blogs and bourbon forums were rife with discontent over inconsistently applied ...

By Richard Thomas Choosing a whisk(e)y gift for an enthusiast poses a common problem for everyone, whether you are an enthusiast or not: buying a bottle can be tricky. After all, even if you know something about whiskey and about your subject’s tastes in it, you also need to know something about his or her collection to make an educated ...