Whiskey News

Planning on doing a road trip around Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming early next year, and would love to know if there are any good whisky "locations" in that area? I have already heard of the Clear Creek distillery, and cant wait to try the American version of Lagavulin!

Generally when people sit down to discuss whisky, the conversation settles around the single malts of Islay, Speyside or the rare and unique brands from Campbeltown.

New regulations that will put a stop to the bottling of single malt whiskies outside Scotland will come into force later this month.

After 150 years, business is booming at Pakistan's only beer and whisky firm. Andrew Buncombe finds out why REX FEATURES An employee of the Murree brewery, which has ambitions to export its beer to Britain enlarge On the walls of the historic Murree brewery, Pakistan's sole producer of beer, hangs a slogan that its owners would wish upon the entire ...

By Mike Rankin WHAT does a Bostonian woman have in common with a girl from Seattle? They are the first female figureheads of a long-established charitable whisky society based in St Andrews.

By jonathan trew With nine distilleries on an island of 3,500 people, it is little surprise that whisky plays a large part in life on the Hebridean island of Islay.

The King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations.

Jimmy Russell and Fred Noe aren't household names, but they're stars when it comes to fine sippin' spirits made in bourbon country.Russell is in his 55th year at the Wild Turkey Distillery, where he has been the master distiller in charge of plant operations since the late 1960s.

A unique whisky is expected to raise up to 20,000 when it is auctioned next month.

Autumn is whiskey season in Kentucky, and at the recent Whiskyfest in San Francisco, I was able to try out some of the recent releases now appearing in bars and liquor stores .

Bourbon's one of those subjects that tends to inspire strong opinions. Maybe it's the effect of the bourbon itself, but there are some bourbon extremists who claim that the very existence of the United States as a sovereign nation owes something to corn liquor.

My old man is a single malt demon and I've tried a few absolute rippers there over the years.

A few highlights from the big brown booze celebration. Last week WhiskyFest blew through SF, leaving behind a trail of dead.

J&B Scotch whisky: the label is ubiquitous these days, but the story behind the label and the founders of the distillery take a little more space to tell.

Tomatin Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been given a new look by Breeze Creative. Established in 1897 and located south of Inverness in the Monadhliath Mountains, the Tomatin Distillery Company has opted for a 'less is more' approach with a "clean and fresh" look for its branding and packaging.

This Friday is Whiskyfest in San Francisco, the annual event that's part collector's geek-out and part Detroit Auto Show for booze, where distillers reintroduce thousands of enthusiasts, media, and industry colleagues to their standard selections, as well as debut unique and rare bottlings and special editions.

Glasgow design house Randak has produced the new branding for scotch whisky brand Smokey Joe.

When Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey teamed up with the Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails , it was a match made in heaven.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a giant wind farm straddling the hills between two iconic whisky-making glens on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park have been rejected.

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