American whiskey – Page 15

Go Visit a Local Distillery!

Posted on: September 14, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Distilleries

This is a message to anyone getting excited about drinking and buying whiskey- Go visit a distillery. Go visit many. You don’t have to go to Kentucky, there is probably […]

Jefferson’s Whiskey?

Posted on: September 10, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Famous Whiskey Drinkers , History , Non Distiller Producers , Reference , Taxes , Whiskey Facts

Thomas Jefferson may have a whiskey named after him, but maybe not for the reasons you think… When the Jefferson’s brand of whiskey was launched in 1997, the brand said […]

Poor Old Crow…When Will You Get Your Due?

Posted on: September 8, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Bourbon , Distilleries , Famous Whiskey Drinkers , Production , Reference , Whiskey Facts

Poor Old Crow…when will you get your due? Old Crow bourbon long ago fell to the bottom shelf. It uses the same mash bill and yeast as Jim Beam, but […]

Is Cask Strength the Best Way To Buy Whiskey?

Posted on: September 7, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Barrels , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Packaging , Production , Reference , Scotch , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey Science

Is cask strength whiskey the best whiskey? Seems like a question most people you’d ask would answer “Yes!” to right away. There’s quite a bit to consider here, however. The […]

William McKinley’s Political Cocktail

Posted on: September 6, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , cocktails , Famous Whiskey Drinkers , History , Whiskey Facts

Today was the day President McKinley was shot… What does this have to do with whiskey, you ask? William McKinley had a cocktail named after him while he was running […]

Old Taylor Distillery Returns…

Posted on: September 5, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Article link , Distilleries , History , Patents , Production

Old Taylor Distillery is coming back to us! The Old Taylor Distillery was built in 1877 by Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. as his own “personal castle” distillery. The place […]

What Makes This Bourbon Boom Different Than Other Liquor Fads?

Posted on: September 1, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , craft whiskey , Production

No one wants to drink what their parents drank… Mad Men, Prohibition-style cocktails, trendy bars and their mixologists…it all contributes. I’ve heard that whiskey is a fad and that young […]

Solera Aging in Whiskey

Posted on: August 31, 2015November 8, 2015Aging Techniques , American whiskey , Blends , Bourbon , Production , Whiskey Facts

I wonder if we won’t start seeing more solera aged bottlings of whiskey in the future… Dave Pickerell was the first to use the solera aging technique in whiskey production […]

Bourbon is Not Scotch…

Posted on: August 29, 2015January 22, 2023Aging Techniques , American whiskey , Barrels , Blends , Bourbon , Reference , Scotch , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations

Bourbon is not Scotch. Silly and obvious, I know, but after reading an article where a man was blasting bourbon distilleries for removing age statements, I feel it must be […]

To “E” Or Not To “E”…

Posted on: August 28, 2015November 8, 2015American whiskey , Article link , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations

The spelling of the word whiskey is somehow an argument… I’ve been asked this question many times, “What is the correct spelling of whiskey?” There is no correct spelling. It […]