Bucks County, PA is embracing whiskey and getting excited about the WHISKEY BOOM! Bucks County Alive’s website is engaging whiskey lovers and taking part in the whiskey craze that’s taking […]
Leakhunters
Did you know that there are people whose job it is to stop barrels from leaking? Barrels are miracles of design. I’ve seen their invention compared in importance to the […]
Japanese Whiskey
I am a huge fan of Japanese whisky… Two of the most influential figures in the history of Japanese whisky are Shinjiro Torii and Masataka Taketsuru. Torii created the Yamazaki […]
What Makes This Bourbon Boom Different Than Other Liquor Fads?
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
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 […]
Orphan Barrel Releases…Craft whiskeys?
Interesting read. Diageo’s “orphan barrel” releases can’t last forever even with the solera method of aging employed in making their Blade and Bow bourbon…wonder who they’ll buy next? The only […]
Bourbon is Not Scotch…
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”…
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 […]
Larceny is the new Old Fitzgerald?
The Larceny brand of bourbon by Heaven Hill is a nod to the legend of John Fitzgerald… Max Shapiro’s daughter, Kate Shapiro Latts, is the business savvy designer of the […]
Old Fitzgerald- the Survivor.
Everyone wants Pappy Van Winkle, but Old Fitzgerald came first. The Old Fitzgerald brand (originally Jn.E.Fitzgerald bourbon) was created by S.C. Herbst around 1870. In the 1890’s Herbst purchased the […]