By Richard Thomas Rating: B If one reads these pages about world whiskey or the business of whiskey at all, then the fact that France is the world’s second largest market for our thematic drink should be well-driven into your noggin by now. Because French whisky consumption is the highest in the world, at over 2 liters per capita annually, ...
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Alfred Giraud Heritage French Whisky Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B One of the things anyone who loves Scotch Whisky or follows world whiskies should know: France is the second largest market for Scotch Whisky in the world. They love the stuff, single malts in particular, and it therefore follows as something the above folks should never forget is that the French make their own whisky ...
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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 ...
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By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor I handed out a personal record of six A grades in 2020, but not a single A+, which makes both Best New Whiskey and Best To Pass My Lips hard calls to make. Frankly, my choices are easily interchangeable. Both were wonderful and both were released during 2020. Just a hair behind the two ...
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Located in the Monts d’Arrée, in the heart of the Armorique Natural Park, the Yeun Elez is a swamp considered in Breton legends as the Gateway to Hell. It is now also the namesake for a new peated whisky from France. According to the legend reported by Anatole le Braz, it is the place where the evil souls who haunted ...
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