St. Patrick’s Day is Coming

If you are a days-that-end-in-y kind of drinker like I am, then you probably look forward to St. Patrick’s Day with just as much anticipation as I do. The patriotic crowd can have their Fourth of July, the tree-huggers can have their Arbor Day, the glutens can have their Thanksgiving, the religious folks can […]

Clever Marketing but Where’s My Booze?

I love Knob Creek. I’m by no means an expert in whiskey but I know what I like and Knob Creek is easily my favorite bourbon. That’s not to say that I won’t drink other whiskeys - I will and here lately I’ve had to do a lot more of that.
It hadn’t really […]

Operation Jim Beam

Have you noticed a change in the look of Jim Beam’s bottles? Well, if you haven’t yet you will soon.
I usually have a bottle of Jim Beam somewhere in the house. I like bourbon and, while JB isn’t my favorite, it’s certainly affordable and very decently palatable. It’s my ‘every day’ whiskey.
For […]

Get Your Irish On

Yep, it’s March which means stout, Irish whiskey, corned beef and cabbage and lots and lots and lots of green. Whether you like your green on a tee shirt, a pair of flip-flops or beer there will be plenty of it as we get closer to St. Patrick’s Day.
As far as I’m concerned, though, […]

Microdistillery of the Year

Malt Advocate, a whisky magazine, has named its pick for the microdistillery of the year. Before I tell you who the honoree is, take a guess where it’s located. Scotland? Ireland? Kentucky? Nope. Nope. And Nope.
The big winner for 2008 is Penderyn Distillery in Wales. Who knew there was […]

Scotch Bottle Art

For most Scotch lovers the art of the thing is what’s inside the bottle. Since Scotch is on the pricier end of the booze spectrum I haven’t had the chance to taste a lot of really fine bottles. But the few that I have tried left indelible sense memories that are as strong […]

For Scotch Lovers - A Whisky Community

On my last post about whisky and aging a fellow by the name of Doug left a comment. He suggested that we check out his community for whisky lovers. Oh boy, another themed myspace clone, right? But no, I think that they’ve really got something here.

A Word about Whisky and Aging

What does it mean when the label on a bottle of whiskey declares it to be 12 years old?

The Greatest Whisky in the World…Until Next Year

The Whisky Magazine has named their winners for the 2008 World’s Best Whisky awards. For the first time the single malt award didn’t go to a Scottish distiller. The winner this is the twenty year old Yoichi from Japan.

Bushmills’s 400 Years

Bushmills turned 400 this week.

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