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...
Corazon Tequila Expresiones del Corazon
Corazon Tequila has again aged stand-alone Blanco tequila in barrels that once held Old Rip Van Winkle and Buffalo Trace whiskey. The result is a limited, high-end collection of tequilas; Expresiones del Corazon
This is the second...
Bourbon Isn’t Having All the Fun
American whiskeys show no signs of slowing
There may never have been a time like now in the long history of American whiskey. Bourbon, of course, is on fire, and distillers are now dealing with...
A Global Phenomenon: Bourbon Continues to Boom
The chant “Buy American” can now be heard in bars and cocktail lounges around the globe. According to the Beverage Information Group, Bourbon is one of the bankable beverage trends in the U.S. Sales...
Buffalo Trace 2015 Antique Collection
Buffalo Trace Distillery will release its 2015 Antique Collection in late September or early October.
The collection will once again feature five limited-release whiskeys of various ages, recipes and proofs:
George T. Stagg
The 2015 George T. Stagg weighs...
Jameson Collaborates with Craft Brewery on Caskmates
After Jameson lent out whiskey barrels for craft-beer aging via its Drinking Buddies program, the company is now making use of these barrels the other way.
Jameson has announced Caskmates: whiskey aged in stout beer barrels.
Irish microbrewery Franciscan Well...