The late Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder of Town Branch Distillery, Lexington, Kentucky, was honored with a Chairman’s Award by Drinks Ireland | Irish Whiskey on Thursday. He is the first to receive recognition in Ireland and the United States for his outstanding contribution to both the Irish Whiskey and Kentucky bourbon industries. Lyons was recognized by the Irish Whiskey Association ...

Jameson Distillery Bow St. has been named the World’s Leading Distillery Tour at the World Travel Awards (WTA) for the third year in a row. The awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence in global travel and tourism and the win further strengthens Bow St.’s position as a leader in tourism, globally. The 27th World Travel Awards Grand Final Ceremony took ...

Irish Distillers, maker of some of the world’s most enjoyed whiskeys, has once again joined forces with the Mitchell family to unveil its reimagined Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. With the most recent existing record of Blue Spot dating back to 1964, the launch will signal the end of a 56-year wait among the global whiskey community for ...

By Paer Johansson Rating: B+ Something big happened this week. Did you feel it? The 13th of October, Irish Distillers launched their 37th Edition of the Midleton Very Rare range. This is the last edition released by Former Master Distiller Brian Nation, as he is handing over the banner to Kevin O’Gorman. Brian chose a selection of pot still and ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: A Bushmills on Oct. 1 debuted the first release in a new annual series, “The Rare Casks.” It’s a dizzying and phenomenal dram: the 28-year-old expression was triple distilled in 1992 and spent 11 years maturing in ex-Oloroso sherry casks and bourbon barrels before marrying and having a secondary maturation of 17 more years in Cognac ...