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Suntory Plans Two U.S. Releases
Soon, Suntory Hibiki will no longer be lost to whisky drinkers in the United States. The story line of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation has Bill...more
Posted: August 11, 2009 By Jack Bettridge
Rye's Rise Resumes
Straight rye whiskey's recent phenomenal turnaround in popularity continues with a new entry from Beam Global Spirits & Wine named (rī) 1...more
Posted: November 7, 2008 By Jack Bettridge
A New Dew from Tullamore
Tullamore Dew is introducing a limited-release, 10-year-old Irish whiskey that will fill a niche between its standard and 12-year-old versions. Set...more
Posted: October 3, 2008 By Jack Bettridge
Straight Rye Whiskey
It's gratifying when anything flirts with extinction and bounds back into the limelight. Such is the case with rye whiskey. Ten years ago it was an...more
Posted: November 30, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
Knappogue Castle Unveils a New Vintage -- and a Rare Retrospective
As well as adding the latest expression of its vintage Irish single-malt whiskey series, Knappogue Castle has created a unique opportunity for...more
Posted: August 20, 2007 By Michael Marsh
Irish Whiskey
Show your pride on St. Patrick's Day this year by avoiding the oceans of green beer that flow in pubs, and instead sip the Emerald Isle's venerable...more
Posted: April 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Wild Turkey Tribute
The irony of this whiskey is that it tastes so good even though the master distiller didn't know exactly what he was making when he set out to...more
Posted: December 1, 2004 By Jack Bettridge
Straight From The Barrel: The Glenlivet Cellar Collection 1964 Limited Edition
The Glenlivet master distiller Jim Cryle has scored another hit with its fifth release of the company's series of Cellar Collection whiskies, this...more
Posted: May 28, 2004 By Jack Bettridge
Straight from the Barrel: The Other Tennessean Returns
Look lively, Jack Daniel. George Dickel is back. When Bourbon was feting itself with it annual September festival in Bardstown, Kentucky, another...more
Posted: October 1, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
Straight Form the Barrel: A Pocketful of Rye, Page Two
I soon found that I was not at all alone in my ignorance. The drink is generally either unknown or dolefully misunderstood. Though rye was this...more
Posted: January 8, 2001
Straight From the Barrel: A Pocket Full of Rye Whiskey
How many slugs -- of the meaty-fisted,.45-caliber or rye-whiskey variety -- can one man take? That was the question that got me here. A few years...more
Posted: January 8, 2001 By Jack Bettridge
Irish Gold
The Old Bushmills Distillery is the Oldest in the World and Makes Irish Whiskeys from Blends to Single Malts
Posted: April 1, 1994
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