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6 hrs ago | Dowd's Spirits Notebook

Montana's first legal whiskey to debut

RoughStock Distillery , the only legal craft distiller in Montana -- ever, is about to unveil its first batch of single malt whiskey.

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Related Topix: Montana, Montana Government, Liquor

Thu Jul 09, 2009

About.com

Tales of the Cocktail - Day 2: Chemistry and Whiskey Legends

I have to say that the Tales of the Cocktail experience is growing on me and I am very glad to have finally been able to make the trip.

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Related Topix: Drink, Chemistry, Science, Liquor, Home Gardening, Home

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Daily Yomiuri

KANSAI&WEST / Where there's a whiskey, there's a way

Shinjiro Torii, founder of the forerunner of whiskey maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., was said to have had extremely sensitive senses of smell and taste in addition to a flair for business.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, World News, Japan

Scotsman.com News

Pressure mounts on Diageo over whisky plant closure

DRINKS giant Diageo has come under mounting criticism over its shock move to close its iconic Johnnie Walker whisky plant in Ayrshire.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Tue Jul 07, 2009

BBC News

Douglas Fraser on the future of Scotland's whisky industry

Diageo's dilemma: to tell its workforce first that they're getting sacked, or to let politicians in on the news beforehand? The global drinks giant opted to give its employees priority, if only to tell them that they are being treated as dispensible.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Just-Drinks.com

UK: Blavod Extreme Spirits signs Bruichladdich whisky deal

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Tulsa World

Glenlivet's cask-strength whisky is a beauty

With the slight but welcome dip in temperature, it seemed fair game to discuss a malt whisky.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Herald

Diageo job losses: Salmond accused of 'snoozing' on job

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond was today accused of "snoozing on his watch" over the announcement that drinks giant Diageo is to shed 900 jobs.

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Related Topix: Drink, Strathclyde County, Scotland, World News, Liquor, United Kingdom, Central County, Scotland,

Galloway Today

Battle to save whisky jobs steps up

The battle to save 700 whisky jobs is due to intensify on several fronts and across the political divide.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Scotsman.com

Johnnie Walker labeling under review following distillery closure

JOHNNIE Walker whisky bottle labels will need to be changed after parent company Diageo announced an overhaul that will see the closure of its last operation in the brand's home town of Kilmarnock.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Coshocton Tribune

Waldschmidt built sturdy little house on frontier

Suppose you are Christian Waldschmidt. You wake up on a summer morning in a sooty, one-room homestead that is more bunker than house.

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Related Topix: Northwest Territory, Bluegrass, Camp Dennison, OH, Union, OH, Drink, Liquor

Sky News

Several Hundred Drinks Jobs Axed By Diageo

Diageo is closing its drinks packaging plant and 200-year-old distillery with the loss of 900 jobs.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland, Drink, Liquor, Entertainment

Mon Jun 29, 2009

State Journal

Distillery purchases Old Taylor Bourbon

Buffalo Trace Distillery has purchased Old Taylor Bourbon, named after E.H. Taylor Jr., the great-nephew of President Zachary Taylor.

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Related Topix: Frankfort, KY, Drink, Liquor, Franklin County, KY

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Tennessean Nashville News

Jack Daniel's master distiller keeps close watch on whiskey

Jeff Arnett takes a sip of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, just enough for it to settle on his tongue, and then spits it out.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Jackson Metro

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Iowa rye whiskey's popularity places demand on maker

Ask Brian Duax about Iowa's best-known, least-available whiskey, and one of the first phrases to spout from his lips is "a pain in the ass." Duax, co-owner of Central City Liquors in Des Moines, said he gets an average of 30 to 35 phone calls a day inquiring about Templeton Rye, a three-year-old whiskey brand made from a Prohibition-era recipe ...

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Related Topix: Iowa, Drink, Liquor, Templeton, IA, Des Moines Metro

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Green Head

Hotwicks Whiskey Scented Candle

If you enjoyed the fine alcoholic scent of the amazing Beer Candle , bring out your inner connoisseur with the Hotwicks Whiskey Scented Candle .

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Beer

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Park Record

Whiskey maker gets a grant

City Hall will award grants to a whiskey maker and a startup on Main Street, deciding that both were worthy of taxpayer support but also denying the full grant requests from each of them.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Park City, UT, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT

Marion (McDowell) News

What a Job! Man drinks Jack Daniel's, gets paid

This photo taken May 20, 2009 shows Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn., testing the aroma of whiskey taken from an aging barrel in one of the barrel houses at the distillery.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Jackson, TN, Jackson Metro

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Global Post

The 'Whiskey Trail' now runs through China

The gateway to the Whiskey Trail is at George Washington's Mt. Vernon estate where the founding father in 1799 was the country's largest whiskey distiller.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, World News, China, Agriculture, Science

Post Politics

Whiskey In A Jar

Avid collectors of commemorative bottles and decanters will now be able to do so legally under a proposal signed by the governor.

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Related Topix: Drink, Liquor, Phil Bredesen, US Governors, Tennessee Government, Tennessee

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