By Richard Thomas The American craft whiskey boom and the widening interest in home distilling has created a demand for stills and other distillation items on a scale that simply did not exist 15 years ago, leaving established copperworks shops such as the famed Vendome of Louisville, Kentucky with waiting lists stretching out more than a year. A crop of ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The craft whiskey boom in the United States seems to have brought distilling to nearly all of the 50 states, but only a few are seriously vying for the number three slot following Kentucky and Tennessee. Texas is one of the contenders, and with micro-distilleries like Garrison Brothers it’s not hard to see why. Based ...

By Richard Thomas Almost a century before Louisville, Kentucky became the Derby City it was the Bourbon City, and for as long as Louisville has been America’s bourbon town, it has also been the hometown of Evan Williams. That little piece of historical fact makes it very appropriate that the first of what will eventually be a handful of tourist-oriented ...

By Richard Thomas A common daydream for many a whiskey drinker is buying a whole barrel of their favorite standby and taking it home, and if cost were no object (a standard barrel of even an ordinary whiskey can run to several thousand dollars) many would make that daydream into reality. Private barrel programs are often seen as a gateway ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B+ Located twenty miles north of the Scottish city of Inverness, The Dalmore qualifies as a Highland distillery. It is one of the crown jewels of the Whyte & Mackay portfolio, a collection that has seen a lot of interested potential buyers as of late. The distillery’s has produced many rarefied and dearly sought-after offerings, and ...