By Kurt Maitland When talking about the modern mixology movement, few men qualify as a “founding father” style figure more than Dale DeGroff. Also known as “King Cocktail,” DeGroff started laying the groundwork for the modern trend in the 1980s. His standing is cemented not only by being the author or co-author of three cocktail books, his own line of ...

Chatting With The Founder of Asheville Distilling Company By Richard Thomas Asheville, North Carolina is fast becoming the new “it” town in America, and part of its draw is its location. Situated just across the state line from Smokey Mountain National Park, Asheville is surrounded with outdoor beauty and activities, a feature that has drawn plenty of people with a ...

Talking About The Orphan Barrel Project With Diageo’s Whisky Ambassador By Kurt Maitland KM: As the son and grandson of two whisky men, what are some of your favorite whisky stories from your father and grandfather? EM: Some of my favorite stories I can’t repeat for various reasons as they invariably involved the, sometimes ingenious, methods of liberating liquid from ...

The WR Chats With Edrington’s “Malt Master” By Richard Thomas As the Master Blender for the Edrington Group, Gordon Motion had been the man behind the flavor profile of many high profile Scotch expressions in recent years, what with The Macallan and Cutty Sark as part of his purview. However, it’s Motion’s work with The Famous Grouse that is the ...

Interview with Matt Landan of Haymarket Whiskey Bar in Louisville, Kentucky By Kurt Maitland Louisville Urban Bourbon Trail has plenty of fine watering holes for the discriminating bourbon drinker, but some stand out even in that grouping. This is what was said about the Haymarket Whiskey Bar when Thrillist voted it one of the America’s 22 Best Whiskey Bars: “The ...