Bushmills’s 400 Years

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published April 27, 2008

Bushmills turned 400 this week.

Filed under: whiskey on April 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

Another Loopy Liquor Law

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published April 26, 2008

I tend to go on about this but the variety of silly laws regarding alcohol sales and consumption never cease to amaze me.

Filed under: Alcohol Law, Beer, whiskey, whisky on April 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Boozin’ Gavel

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published December 7, 2007

Got a spare $30K lying around? You might want to head to Christie’s in New York this weekend for some pretty interesting old and rare bottles of booze are going on the block.

Filed under: auction, cognac, madeira, scotch, whiskey on December 7th, 2007 | No Comments »

More Beam for Your Buck

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published September 17, 2007

Fred Noe, the seventh generation master distiller at Jim Beam, saw his portrait added alongside his predecessors’ this past week.

Filed under: Bourbon, whiskey on September 17th, 2007 | No Comments »

Confusion Over Whiskey vs. Whisky – What’s In a Name?

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published August 29, 2007

I thought that I’d worked out the difference between whiskey and whisky. I was wrong. In Ireland and Scotland it’s easy – the Irish make whiskey and the Scottish make whisky. But in the US and elsewhere the lines begin to blur.

Filed under: What's In a Name?, whiskey, whisky on August 29th, 2007 | 16 Comments »

National Bourbon Heritage Month is aComin’

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published August 7, 2007

The US Senate has declared September to be National Bourbon Heritage month. How does one celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month? Drink bourbon and go to a bourbon festival.

Filed under: Bourbon, whiskey, whisky on August 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Gallon of Scotch, Anyone?

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published August 2, 2007

Islay Distiller releases the biggest bottle of Scotch whisky in the world.

Filed under: scotch, whiskey, whisky on August 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Um, That Is Scotch, Right?

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published July 29, 2007

The Beer Blog blogger muses about the authenticity of the stuff in Scotch bottles.

Filed under: scotch, whiskey, whisky on July 29th, 2007 | No Comments »

Another Bourbon Trail Convert

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published June 15, 2007

A friend and I are planning to spend a few days on the bourbon trail in Kentucky sometime soon. But we’re having trouble getting our schedules to mesh. From my wife’s perspective this is all a bunch of silliness but then she doesn’t like distilled spirits and she married me so already I know that [...]

Filed under: Bourbon, whiskey on June 15th, 2007 | No Comments »

Look Who’s Distilling Now

Written by Bryce Eddings | Published May 28, 2007

Taking the idea of extreme beer to the logical next step some craft brewers here in the US are trying their hands at distilling.  Even though alcohol and tax laws seem to have been written, at least in part, to make brewing and distilling mutually exclusive endevours, these brewers are willing to wade through the [...]

Filed under: Beer, Bourbon, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, whiskey on May 28th, 2007 | No Comments »

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