By Elizabeth Emmons, Kurt Maitland and Richard Thomas The first day of February saw Michter’s open their second distillery in Louisville, this one a tourist destination and working micro-distillery located on the west end of the city’s famed Whiskey Row. The company has entered well-trod territory, with Evan Williams, Jim Beam and Old Forester preceding them in that particular niche, ...

Walker Comes Around As Whisky Comes Back Into Fashion In Spain By Emma Briones So, you’ve decided to go on holiday to Spain. I have good news for you! Besides sunny days and awesome food, we’ve got a new mandatory stop for whisky fans around the world. It is in Madrid and it is the first of its kind: the ...

By Emma Briones By the end of the 60s, Red Spot couldn’t be found in the shelves. Fifty years later, Mitchell & Son and Irish Distillers, have decided that it was about time for a comeback. Thus, the original Red Spot has been reimagined and recreated in this new single pot still whiskey. Not so long ago, “The Spots” occupied ...

By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor Best New Whiskey, Heaven Hill 27 Year Old Bourbon: This survivor of the greatest American distillery disaster of modern times, the 1996 Heaven Hill fire, is more than just a magnificent pour of ultra aged bourbon. It also somehow got to the grand old age of 27 years, ancient in bourbon terms, without becoming ...

By Richard Thomas The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB for short, is the agency responsible for regulating what appears on the labels of alcoholic beverages in America. If an enthusiast is familiar with the agency, that knowledge likely comes from a time when blogs and bourbon forums were rife with discontent over inconsistently applied ...