Father’s Day Interview With Wes And Kyle Henderson of Angel’s Envy Bourbon By Richard Thomas One thing I’ve observed about the whiskey business is how many prominent figures may have started at the bottom, but entry to that bottom rung was secured by family connections. Indeed, whereas in other industries a family dynasty might be frowned upon, in whiskey they ...

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 ...

Interview With Matthew Lurin, Host of NYC’s Water Of Life Event By Kurt Maitland Fans of our favorite spirit know that whiskey can do many amazing things. Matthew J Lurin, MD MBA FACEP CPE, hopes that it can also help in the fight against cancer. Matt is hosting the first annual whisky fundraiser, The Water of Life. This event is ...

New Midleton’s Master Blender Talks Jameson And “Catholic Whiskey” By Richard Thomas The way New Midleton organizes the division of labor for its whiskeys makes explaining the various tasks that go into whiskey-making much simpler, especially compared to the omnibus job title “Master Distiller” as it is used in the United States. Brian Nation has that title down in Cork ...

By Richard Thomas   “Women Who Whiskey” is all the rage in the media nowadays, so much so that there is even a thriving club going by that name. Yet most of the spotlight is on women who write about or work in the whiskey industry, and with the notable exception of Christina Hendricks, not on women who are otherwise ...