The Directors of Walsh Whiskey Distillery have decided to split the business by separating out the existing drinks brands business, built on the Writers’ Tears and The Irishman premium and super-premium Irish whiskeys, from the distillery business at Royal Oak, in Ireland’s County Carlow. Current sales, marketing and distilling objectives are being fully met, however the Irish and Italian Directors ...

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 Emma Briones Rating: B+ Coffee and coffee houses have been and remain trendy for the “it crowd,” and sometimes beyond. Specialty coffee has awaken millennials all around Europe, hungry for a hot or cold beverage that can be enjoyable and also look great on social media (and thank God we are already past the avocado-coffee trend!). The combination of ...

By Richard Thomas As a Gen Xer guy, I was part of the tail end of the days when people bought actual printed girlie magazines, so I must make a confession/disclaimer in opening this interview: Carrie Stevens, Ms. June 1997, was my favorite from that era. Twenty years later, I tripped over her social media, remembered her, and became a ...