Washington & Whisky
OK, we're not going talking about politics this week, but whisky has been made in and around Washington, DC for 400 years, including a distillery owned by George Washington himself. There may not be q...
2 Nov 20201h 5min
Old Forester Bourbon Celebrates 150 Years
Very few Bourbon brands can claim much of a pre-Prohibition heritage, but Brown-Forman's Old Forester can. George Garvin Brown created Old Forester in 1870 in the same way many of today's whiskey entr...
26 Okt 202055min
20 Years As a Whisky Maverick
John Glaser and his team at Compass Box Whisky Company are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. While Glaser has had his disagreements with the Scotch Whisky establishment over the years, he'...
19 Okt 20201h 4min
The English Whisky Scene
England's modern whisky scene only goes back to 2006, when the English Whisky Company started distilling at St. George's Distillery in Norfolk. Since then, it's grown by leaps and bounds, and the firs...
12 Okt 20201h 9min
Whisky's Need for Diversity and Inclusion
Whisky is a universal drink, a pleasure that can be shared by all regardless of gender, color, national origin, disability, age (as long as one is legally old enough to drink), and so on. The trouble ...
5 Okt 20201h 5min
Uncovering Whisky's Past with the "Bourbon Archaeologist"
There are literally hundreds of old distillery sites around the eastern half of the United States dating back to the early colonial days. While their stories have largely been lost over time, bits and...
28 Sep 202050min
Unique Whisky…From An Even More Unique Distillery
Every distillery is unique, but there's one in Australia that could redefine your concept of "unique." Belgrove Distillery is on Peter Bignell's farm near Kempton, Tasmania, and he not only grows the ...
21 Sep 202055min
Yeast's Impact on Whisky
Yeast is one of the three main ingredients in whisky, along with grain and water. While we understand what grain and water contribute to the taste of a whisky, yeast's contributions are far more myste...
14 Sep 20201h 2min
