Why Fine Single Malts Should Be Your Alternative To Pappy Van Winkle Fever By Kurt Maitland The annual outbreak of Pappy Fever has come and gone, and if you haven’t acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle whiskey yet it will likely cost you dearly to do so. January is the time of the doldrums, of having come up empty ...
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Elijah Craig Reportedly Going NAS
Updated January 23, 2016 By Richard Thomas The American whiskey blogosphere sparked ablaze late yesterday as word broke that Heaven Hill Distilleries would transition their popular Elijah Craig 12 Year Old Bourbon into a no age statement whiskey (NAS), with the new version entering the distribution pipeline as early as today. Reportedly, the stock used to make Elijah Craig will ...
Read More »Why You Should Collect Whiskey Instead Of Wine
By Richard Thomas When it comes to booze collecting, nothing really compares to the rituals and trappings of wine collecting. The careful selection of big reds suitable for bottle aging and from a fine vintage; the cosseting of these bottles for years in a properly arranged cellar; the acquisition of a rare, aged bottle and consequent risk that the contents ...
Read More »Whiskey Shortage Report 2015
Putting Last Year’s Shortage Scare Stories Under The Microscope By Richard Thomas The previous year’s most consistent whiskey storyline was the “whiskey shortage,” spawning a plethora of articles in the whiskey press and the larger mainstream media, running right up to the last days of 2015. Tales of rapidly evaporating stocks of Scotch and bourbon have been a staple of ...
Read More »Craft Distilling: Completing The Comeback From Prohibition
By Richard Thomas Tomorrow is the 82nd Repeal Day, marking the end in the United States’ biggest and most misguided experiment in social engineering, Prohibition. What makes recent Repeal Days particularly momentous is that they take place in the midst of a burgeoning craft distilling movement, with hundreds of small distilleries in operation in nearly every one of the 50 ...
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