A World of Whiskey, Poured Every Weekday
Jimmy Russell’s Diamond Anniversary Marks Change and Constancy At Wild Turkey By Richard Thomas The whiskey-soaked TV series Justified is often billed as a show where you can read a man by the bourbon he drinks. In the early seasons, bad-ass, white hat Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens is a Jim Beam man, whereas arch-outlaw Boyd… Continue reading Jimmy’s Year
By Richard Thomas The American craft whiskey boom and the widening interest in home distilling has created a demand for stills and other distillation items on a scale that simply did not exist 15 years ago, leaving established copperworks shops such as the famed Vendome of Louisville, Kentucky with waiting lists stretching out more than… Continue reading Close-Up On Hillbilly Stills
By Richard Thomas A common daydream for many a whiskey drinker is buying a whole barrel of their favorite standby and taking it home, and if cost were no object (a standard barrel of even an ordinary whiskey can run to several thousand dollars) many would make that daydream into reality. Private barrel programs are… Continue reading Private Barrel Programs
The WR Chats With Edrington’s “Malt Master” By Richard Thomas As the Master Blender for the Edrington Group, Gordon Motion had been the man behind the flavor profile of many high profile Scotch expressions in recent years, what with The Macallan and Cutty Sark as part of his purview. However, it’s Motion’s work with The… Continue reading Q&A With Gordon Motion, Famous Grouse Master Blender
By Richard Thomas Ireland used to have the smallest distilling sector of the major, traditional countries, with just three big plants in operation: Bushmills, New Midleton (Jameson, among others), and Cooley. By the end of 2015, that number should climb above a dozen. Ireland is certainly in the midst of a major round of distillery… Continue reading New Irish Distilleries Review
