Everything You Need to Know About Sake
So. You think you’ve figured out wine pretty well. Then craft beer got big, and you had to learn what IBUs were. Craft cocktails came sneaking up behind you, and suddenly American whiskey has...
Does Rum Age Better Under the Sea?
Seven Fathoms Rum, true to its name, ages rum in an unusual place: 42 feet underwater. (1 fathom = 6 feet.) We recently caught up with Nelson Dilbert (above, left), co-owner and co-master distiller...
Maker’s Mark Lets Retailers Customize in ‘Private Select’ Program
Whiskey enthusiasts can now make their own Maker’s Mark.
The company announced its newest program this week — Private Select.
This program allows retail customers to “make their own Maker’s,” the company says, by finishing fully-matured cask strength...
Brown-Forman Breaks Ground on $50 Million Slane Distillery
Brown-Forman Corporation held its official ground breaking ceremony this week for Slane Distillery, the company’s initial entry into distilling Irish whiskey.
Slane Distillery is also the first distillery built by Brown-Forman outside of the United States.
The...
New Online Community Lets Users Explores, Buy/Sell Craft Spirits
Craft Spirits Exchange (CSX) today announced the launch of an online community and marketplace dedicated to the world of craft spirits.
The platform is now live and open to the public.
CSX offers its members a...
Number One with a Bulleit: Q&A with the Whiskey Brand Founder
Diageo’s Bulleit Bourbon is constructing a $115-million, 300-acre distilling and warehouse facility in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Not too shabby for a brand that eponymous founder Tom Bulleit rejuvenated in the late ‘80s — basing it...
Buffalo Trace Distillery Old Fashioned Sour Mash
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released two Old Fashioned Sour Mash whiskeys as part of its long-running experimental whiskey program.
Distilled in May of 2002, this recipe used Buffalo Trace’s proprietary mash, and the bourbon was cooked and cooled...
The Spice Trade
Flavored and spiced rums drive business by promising the beach in a bottle.
Sun, sand and surf — lazy summer days and easy-drinking rum cocktails continue to attract a thirsty, young LDA crowd. Spiced and...
The Case for Cachaça
Cachaça is the national spirit of Brazil and is wildly popular in its homeland with hundreds of producers. Most of that is largely for local consumption; however, a growing number of cachaça brands are...
Brand Spotlight Q&A: Tito’s, Crafted in Texas
Tito’s Handmade Vodka was born of one man’s passion. In the early ‘90s, Tito Beveridge was distilling vodka as a gift for friends. He opened the first legal Texas distillery in 1997, and ever...