By Kurt Maitland Actually Dave’s full and proper list of titles are: David Sweet, President USA and Canada Whisky Live USA, Whiskies & Spirits Conference USA, and Senior Vice President North America Whisky Magazine. With both the Whiskies & Spirits Conference (February 23rd) and Whisky Live NYC (February 24th) hitting New York City this week, I reached out to Dave, ...

A Talk With Jack Daniel’s Assistant Distiller By Richard Thomas Sitting down with Chris Fletcher, then working in the Lead Chemist at Buffalo Trace, was only the second interview I did for The Whiskey Reviewer, and just the third published. We spoke of Fletcher’s prior work in the lab at Jack Daniel’s and the differences between Lynchburg and Frankfort, but ...

A Brief Chat With Dark Corner’s Executive Distiller By Richard Thomas Nestled in the Appalachian foothills of Greenville, South Carolina, Dark Corner Distillery is building up a reputation, both as a tourist destination and for its whiskey. They bill themselves as making the “World’s Best Moonshine,” a pretty tall title to defend, but the pile of medals the corn whiskey ...

By Kurt Maitland As the Master Blender for Diageo’s Johnnie Walker, Dr. Jim Beveridge has access to one of the most extensive collections of single malt and grain whiskies on the planet. His creations run from recent Johnnie Walker releases like the Explorers’ Club Collection and his re-imagining of an old classic, Johnnie Walker Double Black, to individual blends that ...

By Kurt Maitland Making a long story short, I ran into Reid Mitenbuler at a tasting. I’ve seen his work before and dove into his book right after. For me, it’s one of the best books on American whiskey that I’ve had the pleasure to read this year. I had to catch up with Reid to bombard him with questions ...