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By Richard Thomas Rating: B- It’s been a while since we’ve touched on Jura single malts (several years for me in particular), so I think a little reintroduction is in order. Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides, north of and adjacent to Islay. It’s a mountainous and boggy island, and it’s main claims to fame are having more ...

Louisville has been positioning itself as Bourbon Central in recent years, with a handful of events such as the annual Bourbon Affair and Whisky Live being held in the Derby City. Now the inaugural Bourbon & Beyond is coming to Louisville on September 23 to 24, and, in addition to the bourbon and music, it includes high profile food service ...

One of Ireland’s leading whiskey companies,Walsh Whiskey Distillery, has appointed Lisa Ryan to the position of Distillery Manager. The company produces The Irishman and Writers’ Tears premium Irish whiskeys, which are sold in over 40 countries worldwide. Ms. Ryan has responsibility for the production of all three styles of Irish whiskey (pot still, malt and grain) at Walsh Whiskey Distillery ...

On June 1, four Colorado distilleries came together for the first-ever Colorado Whiskey Collaboration Project. Each participating distillery will hand-craft a rye whiskey, without using any specialty malts, in their local facility and collectively fill a donated new North American white oak, toasted and charred, 53-gallon barrel from Independent Stave Company. This distinguishes the Colorado project from the Mid-West and ...

By Richard Thomas “Women in whisky” as a thing has become almost passe. There are so many women’s whisk(e)y clubs around the world that I often wonder why anyone thinks of female enthusiasts as novel, and a surge of women have taken leading creative roles across the industry in recent years. Behind the latter development were a few trailblazers, who ...