Most people think of whiskey legends as having been distillers or distillery owners, but I would argue that America’s “whiskey historians” deserve some of that praise, as well. After all, […]
Jenny Lind- “The Swedish Nightingale” Inspires Whiskey Makers
THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT CELEBRITY WHISKEYS, folks! (Sorry to shout with all caps, but if there’s one thing that an #AmericanWhiskeyHistory page should do, it should be to remind […]
An Argument To Rethink Something We Believe To Be True
“There were 6 distilleries licensed to manufacture medicinal whiskey during Prohibition.” If we’ve read it once, we’ve read it a thousand times. However, this statement is not true for a […]
Interview with Whiskey Lore
Episode 1– When Pennsylvania Ruled American Whiskey Drew and I discuss Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey tradition and history. Episode 2– Breaking Pennsylvania Through Kentucky Bourbon’s Hold on American Whiskey History The […]
Does Terroir Influence Whiskey?
When a wine maker talks about what sets his/her wine apart from others, you can be sure terroir will be a part of their explanation. Terroir is “the complete natural […]
Dear Whiskey Advertisers,
Women like whiskey too, advertisers. I have been unable to avoid web articles on “women and whiskey”, women in the whiskey industry, or the all too common “10 reasons why […]
Rare Bottle of OFC Bourbon Raffle in the Philadelphia,PA Area
BOURBON + BBQ + DVFF FUNDRAISER + WIN A VERY RARE BOURBON BOTTLE By Joe Canals West Deptford THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 2017 7:00 PM — 8:30 PM An Evening […]
Summer 2016 PA Distillery Tour #16- Stoll and Wolfe Distillery, Lititz, Pa
Every once in a while, you get to see a circle being completed. The last distillery to close its doors in Pennsylvania was Michter’s Distillery in Schaefferstown in 1990. The […]
“Tennessee Whiskey”
I heard a song this morning called “Tennessee Whiskey”. The artist’s name is Chris Stapleton. He records out of Nashville, Tennessee. (Makes sense…) Nashville is home to two of Corsair’s […]
Here We Come A-Wassailing!
I was singing a Christmas carol to myself and realized- Hey, this has whiskey in it! Or, at least, it CAN have whiskey in it… Here we come a-wassailing Among […]