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Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye

Kilbeggan Distilling Company has announced the release of Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye: an Irish whiskey with a high quantity of rye within its mash. Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye has a mash of malt, barley and...

Naked Grouse Blended Malt Whisky

Edrington has announced its newest release: Naked Grouse Blended Malt Whisky. This expression is a combination of single malt whiskies from The Macallan, Highland Park and Glenrothes. Naked Grouse matured in first-fill sherry casks. Bottled at 43% ABV,...

DISCUS Names New CEO

The Distilled Spirits Council and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility have named Chris R. Swonger, long-time government affairs executive and industry veteran, the president and CEO of both organizations. The move is meant to...

Choosing the Right Retail Technology

Editor's note: This is one of several features from our 2018 Technology Guide, which includes our annual Retail Technology Buyer's Guide. Download the full guide here. Technology solutions are increasingly critical in the brave new...

Wine Pros Share Their Favorite By-The-Glass Whites

Editor's note: As so many beverage trends begin at bars and restaurants, we occasionally cross-post from our on-premise sister publication Cheers magazine. A glass of white wine can refresh like a dip in the sea...

Canadian Cannabis: Advantages and Drawbacks for America

Canada this week will officially legalize the manufacture, distribution, possession and use of cannabis. It becomes the first country to do so, which pushes Canada into the center of the cannabis universe. What does this...

Cîroc Black Raspberry

The newest release from Cîroc Vodka is Cîroc Black Raspberry. This expression is made with vodka five times distilled from French grapes, finished in a copper pot still in Southern France. Cîroc Black Raspberry is infused with a blend of...

Pernod Ricard Invests $173M in Irish Whiskey

Irish Distillers, a unit of Pernod Ricard and among the largest global producers of Irish whiskey, has announced an investment of around $173 million in sites at Cork and Dublin. The investment is to help...

Laphroaig Launches 28 Year Old Whisky

Laphroaig has come out with a new Scotch on the higher end of the age-statement scale. The Islay distillery has announced Laphroaig 28 Year Old. This whisky first matured in different-size casks, from quarter casks to butts,...

Bill Coors Dies at 102

The beer industry has lost a legend. Molson Coors Brewing Company announced that William (“Bill”) K. Coors, former chairman of the board of Adolph Coors Company, died peacefully at his home at age 102. Coors was...