By Richard Thomas Kingsbarns Distillery, owned by the same company as bottlers Wemyss Malts, is delighted to announce that bottles of its new make spirit are now for sale at the Visitor Center. The Kingsbarns Distillery Visitor Center was opened on Saint Andrews Day 2014 by the Wemyss family owners and the founder, local man Douglas Clement. Distilling began in ...
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Is Irish Poitin Here To Stay?
By Richard Thomas Irish whiskey is booming, with sales rising by double-digit numbers in recent years and interest sparking a new wave of small and mid-sized Irish distillery projects. Just as with a similar whiskey boom in the United States, that combination of whiskey-imbibing being cool again and a thriving craft distillery scene has brought what was once an illicit ...
Read More »Red, White Pike and Blue
By Julia Ritz Toffoli For year-round whiskey drinkers, the summer tends to pose a bit of a challenge. We want to keep drinking whiskey, but our winter favorites—like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds—don’t complement the heat very well, and stirred drinks are bit labor intensive if you’re making batches of cocktails for a BBQ or summer fête. With the Fourth of ...
Read More »If You Don’t Know White Whiskey, Don’t Write About It
By Richard Thomas Imagine that a wine and travel magazine, such as Wine Spectator or Food and Wine, wanted to do a piece on the rose wines from Ibizia, and how they were so enjoyable in the hot climate there and would therefore be just as enjoyable in similar places in the United States. Now imagine such a magazine giving ...
Read More »Silver Coyote Pure Malt White Whiskey Review
By S.D. Peters Rating: B+ Silver Coyote Pure Malt Whiskey is a noteworthy “white dog” from Santa Fe Spirits, distillers of the aged Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey. Many white whiskeys that have appeared as part of the recent trend are corn-, wheat- or rye-based varieties, such as LBL Moonshine, Death’s Door, and Wigle White Rye. These deliver their grainy flavor ...
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