How One Scotch Brand Attracts Both Mixologists and Sippers
Few Scotch brands have captured a wider demo that Monkey Shoulder. This blended whisky brand from William Grant & Sons launched in 2005 with the objective of attracting mixology use. In this goal it...
Jose Cuervo Announces First Añejo Tequila
Jose Cuervo has unveiled a new premium-level tequila, and its first añejo: Tradicional Añejo.
Tradicional Añejo is made with the original Cuervo family recipe from 1795. It matured for more than 12 months in new...
Buffalo Trace Releases 18-Year-Old Colonel E.H. Taylor ‘Marriage’
Buffalo Trace Distillery continues its homage to former owner Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. with a one-time-only, 18-year-old bourbon whiskey that marries three of the distillery's mashbills.
This 100 proof Bottled-In-Bond bourbon went into barrels...
Q&A: Few’s Paul Hletko on Craft Hand Sanitizer and Surviving COVID-19
Suddenly, craft hand sanitizer is the hottest thing.
Distilleries around the world have contributed in making of these products in defense against COVID-19. While generating cheery headlines, what actually goes into hand sanitizers is not...
Jose Cuervo Increases Stake in Conor McGregor’s Whiskey Brand
While reporting its first quarter earnings, drinks company Becle — owner of Jose Cuervo — disclosed a larger investment in Conor McGregor's Irish whiskey brand, Proper No. Twelve.
Becle had possessed a 20% stake in...
5 Cinco de Mayo Cocktails
Cinco de Mayo will not be the same this year, since many in the U.S. are still sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if we can’t go out, let us raise...
Ritual Zero Proof Unveils Non-alcoholic Tequila
As the low-cal trend continues, the emerging brand Ritual Proof has unveiled its new Tequila Alternative.
This joins the company's existing lineup of Ritual Zero Proof Gin Alternative and Ritual Zero Proof Whiskey Alternative.
Like all...
Rabbit Hole Launches Gin Finished In Rye Barrels
The fast-expanding Rabbit Hole Distillery has revealed its latest new product: Rabbit Hole Bespoke Gin.
This is a London Dry gin aged in the brand’s Boxergrail Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey barrels.
Rabbit Hole Bespoke Gin marks the...
9 Vodka Trends in 2020
Vodka is still king of the spirits. For all the press around trendier categories like whiskey or tequila, vodka retains the sales crown. It represents about one-third of spirits volume nationwide.
And vodka is still...
Buffalo Trace Releases Experimental Wheat Bourbon
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released its first experimental whiskey of 2020: a wheat-recipe bourbon aged for four years, cut with water, then re-barreled and left to age for another eight years.
Explained more broadly, the...