By Richard Thomas If you have been a whiskey enthusiast for a long time, then you have watched as the world’s whiskey boom keeps on gaining momentum. Even the coronavirus pandemic seems to have been little more than a hiccup. The newcomers from a decade ago are now well-entrenched fixtures, more newcomers (both individual distillers and entire countries) have kept ...

An April 1st The Whiskey Reviewer Exclusive With Julian van Winkle III By Richard Thomas Today Julian van Winkle III, head of the Van Winkle whiskey brand, announced today that he would take advantage of changes made in Kentucky law late last year and sell all van Winkle whiskeys directly to consumers. “For a long time now, buying a bottle ...

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that it has canceled its annual Kentucky Bourbon Affair fantasy camp in 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. “While we are encouraged with vaccinations and declining cases, it would be difficult to hold such intimate, elegant events that attract people from all over the world,” KDA President Eric Gregory said. “It would not ...

Whisky history was made at the end of February as the curtain came down on the auction of the ‘Perfect Collection’ of whisky. With a total final hammer price* of $9,100,000 (£6,675,000), the collection of 3,900 bottles has become the highest value private collection ever to sell on the secondary market at an auction dedicated to one single collector’s whisky. ...

Some Brief Words About Brett Ferencz, aka The Scotch Trooper By Kurt Maitland We just lost quite a figure in the whisk(e)y community. He was not a blender, distiller or brand owner. He was just a person that melded his three great passions — Star Wars, whiskies and let’s not forget his photography — into something that could be enjoyed ...