LauraFields - Dram Devotees

John Hall’s Forty Creek

I have found that many of the new distillers in America have come to distilling from breweries and beer production. It’s a logical step, as “beer” must be brewed before […]

Jim Murray’s World Whisky of the Year for 2016 goes to…

Posted on: November 20, 2015Canadian Whisky , Distillation , Distilleries , History , International Whiskies , mashbills , Production , Reference , Rye , Wheat , Whiskey Facts

So the news is out that Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye was named the 2016 World Whisky of the Year by renowned whiskey writer Jim Murray. This news will most […]

Whiskey and Baseball.

Posted on: November 19, 2015October 25, 2022American whiskey , History , Production , Whiskey Facts

Nothing is more American than Whiskey, Baseball, and Apple Pie. Only, it turns out apple pie isn’t originally American at all…Apples aren’t even native to the Americas. So I’m just […]

What defines whisk(e)y?

Posted on: November 18, 2015American whiskey , Reference , Scotch , Taxes , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations

So what determines what whisk(e)y is anyway? Government laws and regulations do. They have changed over the years, but as whiskey becomes a larger contributor to government budgets (through taxes) […]

Jim Beam’s “Small Batch” Collection

Posted on: November 16, 2015November 16, 2015American whiskey , Bourbon , Distilleries , History , mashbills , Master Distiller , Whiskey Facts

Jim Beam is one of the most famous names in the American whiskey world. The historic roots of the Beam family cover over 200 years in bourbon making, but the […]

Herman Melville’s Rye Whiskey Reference

Posted on: November 14, 2015December 1, 2022Aging Techniques , American whiskey , History , mashbills , Reference , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations

Today is the day that Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was published by New York’s Harper and Brothers in 1851. There is a reference in the book that connects whiskey to […]

Every Man Deserves His D.E.W.

Posted on: November 12, 2015November 12, 2015Distilleries , History , Irish Whiskey , Production , Whiskey Facts

Every man deserves his dew…Tullamore Dew, that is. The new Tullamore Dew Distillery opened its doors and began distilling whiskey in Tullamore, County Offaly In Septemebr 2014. This new state […]

Midleton Distillery -Old and New

Posted on: November 10, 2015November 12, 2015Blends , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Irish Whiskey , Production , Prohibition , Whiskey Facts

Midleton Distillery is home to the whiskeys we will be tasting this Thursday at Nektar in New Hope. The distillery in use today is not the one founded in 1825 […]

What is the Difference Between a Flavored Whiskey and a Liqueur?

Posted on: November 8, 2015November 10, 2015American whiskey , Production , Reference , Whiskey laws and regulations

I was just speaking to a bartender that wanted to know the difference between flavored whiskey and liqueur. Hopefully, by now, most of us are aware that Southern Comfort (made […]

Article on the Dram Devotees in the Intelligencer (Doylestown & Bucks County)

Posted on: November 7, 2015September 24, 2022In the Media

Great article today about the Dram Devotees of Bucks County in the “Bucks County Courier Times” and “the Intelligencer” today! Whiskey is coming back to Bucks County! https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/entertainment/dining/2015/11/06/whiskey-enthusiasts-develop-taste-for/18078540007/ Whisky enthusiasts […]