Anti-Deceptive Whiskey Crusade Takes Wrong Turn In Maker’s Mark Lawsuit. Or Did It? By Richard Thomas Many in American whiskey circles felt they had scored a major victory earlier this year when Templeton Rye, long considered the top offender among those bloggers and enthusiasts concerned with deceptive practices in the whiskey industry, first came clean… Continue reading Deceptive Whiskey Lawsuits Run Off The Rails
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Chip Tate Agrees To Balcones Buy Out, Leaves Company
By Richard Thomas Chip Tate, the co-founder of Balcones who is often depicted as the brains behind the Texas distillery, was bought out by his company’s board, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald. Although the full terms of the settlement are confidential, Balcones board chairman Greg Allen confirmed that Tate had agreed to sell his 27%… Continue reading Chip Tate Agrees To Balcones Buy Out, Leaves Company
Behind The Great American Whiskey Shortage
Why You Should Relax, Because Most Of Your Whiskey Is Perfectly Safe By Richard Thomas The last few weeks have seen a new spate of stories coming from across the mainstream media proclaiming that a “Great American Whiskey Shortage” is just around the corner. The scary headlines conjure time warped images of store shelves as… Continue reading Behind The Great American Whiskey Shortage
Diageo’s Puzzling Strategy
By Richard Thomas Until word that Jim Murray had swept Scotch off the top of his rankings for Whisky Bible 2015 broke, two news stories last week had whiskey circles abuzz, and it is those two stories that will prove to have further reaching implications than anything Jim Murray could ever say or do: Diageo… Continue reading Diageo’s Puzzling Strategy
Whisky Bible 2015 Snubs Scotch
By Richard Thomas Many in the United Kingdom are crying foul over the forthcoming 2015 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, arguably the premier guide to international whiskeys, because for the first time not a single Scotch whisky has entered the book’s Top 5. Murray named the Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 the world’s… Continue reading Whisky Bible 2015 Snubs Scotch