By Richard Thomas World Whisky Day, that annual celebration for whiskey-lovers everywhere and of whiskeys made everywhere, is around the corner: the day itself if this Saturday, on May 21. If an enthusiast needs an occasion to venture into unfamiliar territory, this is it, because this is the day to embrace unknown bottles from faraway lands. What follows is a ...

This World Whisky Day, Hoist A Dram That Takes You Places By Richard Thomas World Whisky Day falls on the third Saturday of May, so this 10th installment of the celebratory date will fall on May 15th for 2021. Although many will mark the occasion by hoisting a familiar go-to, I see these “drinks holidays” as a great excuse to ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Ever since Balcones broke certain barriers in 2009 by making a corn whiskey with blue corn, both accelerating the trend for small distillers to reach for novel grains and asserting a Tex-Mex whiskey style for the first time, I’ve been waiting for some serious work to be done in making whiskeys with heirloom Mexican corn. ...