By Richard Thomas I wouldn’t say country music and whiskey are synonymous, not even in the popular imagination. In my reckoning, beer gets mentioned as much, if not more, but it’s not hard to see where the notion that the song and the drink are bound together. So, when I got a chance to have a chat with Texas-born Hudson ...
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Forthcoming Whisky Auction Billed As Most Expensive Yet
The second half of one devoted whisky lover’s ‘Perfect Collection’ will go under the hammer next month in a sale that is set to go down in whisky history. From 12-22 February 2021, over 1,900 bottles of the rarest, most coveted and expensive single malts in existence, including many from Scotland’s long lost distilleries, will feature in the sale hosted ...
Read More »Taking Tastings From A Whiskey Auction
Sampling Prime Choices From The Biggest Single Whisk(e)y Auction Lot Ever By Andrew Graham Whisky Auctioneer, a Scotland-based platform for buying and selling whisky and other spirits on the secondary market, held a private tasting October 15th call attention to the the auction of “Pat’s Whiskey Collection,” billed as the largest private gathering of bottles ever put on the block. ...
Read More »Six New Whiskey Books For Christmas
By Richard Thomas The 2020 Holiday Season has a quite different vibe to it that years past, due in large part to the covid-19 pandemic. With infection numbers spiking around the world, but nowhere worse than in (what is still Donald Trump’s) America, people are looking at the coming of winter and the end of patio and sidewalk drinking and ...
Read More »Jeff Arnett To Step Down As Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller
Following a nearly 20-year career at the Jack Daniel Distillery, where he served as Master Distiller for the last 12, Jeff Arnett is stepping down from his position, the company announced today. Appointed Master Distiller in April 2008, Jeff has stewarded the iconic Tennessee Whiskey and been instrumental to the growth of Jack Daniel’s, which is now sold in more ...
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