By Kurt Maitland Earlier this year, Dale DeGroff aka “King Cocktail”curated a George Dickel Rye and Cocktail Event at Bacchanal in NYC. You know Dale from our interview with him earlier this year as well as his having written some of the best cocktail books in circulation, such as his classic The Craft of the Cocktail and The Essential Cocktail. Dale ...

By Richard Thomas As with so many things trendy, New York hosts one of the hottest whiskey scenes in the U.S. Between the liquor companies, stores and bars, it seems every single day hosts not just one, but several tasting events. At the same time, New York remains one of the national centers for indie music. Keeping both things in ...

By Richard Thomas In their quest for authenticity most legal moonshiners try to lay claim to some kind of illegal connection, but few come across as authentic as Silver Trail Distillery’s Spencer Balentine. With family roots in Western Kentucky ‘shining, Balentine can talk the talk, so much so that he appeared as “The Legal Guy” in Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners. He walks ...

By Richard Thomas One of the things the whiskey boom has brought about is what they are calling “The Golden Age of Whiskey Books.” Books about whiskey and every imaginable intersection with whiskey are coming out just about every week, as we well know here at The Whiskey Reviewer because of how frustrated we are by our inability to read and ...

By Kurt Maitland When you think Canadian whisky, I dare you not to think of Canadian Club. For almost 30 years, Dan Tullio has been the Canadian Club Brand Ambassador. His official title is Director of Canadian Club, so who better to ask about what’s going on with this iconic brand? KM –   What makes Canadian whisky in general, and Canadian ...