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1,000 Craft Distilleries Now Operating in the USA
If you’re reading The Whiskey Wash, odds are good you’re familiar with the whiskey aisle at your local retailer. So […]
Tasted: Anchor Old Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye Whiskey
The San Francisco-based Anchor Distilling Company is the spirits division of Anchor Brewers & Distillers. In addition to 10 […]
Tasted: Firestone and Robertson TX Blended Whiskey
Texas: big, bold, brash. At least, that’s what Texans claim and the bumper stickers adamantly repeat and affirm. Texas is […]
Tasted: Stein Blended Whiskey
I’ll just lay out my biases right away: I’m enamored with Stein Distillery. It fulfills my idealized notion of what […]
Tasted: High West Bourye
High West, Utah’s first distillery since the 1870’s, has proven itself as one of the premier whiskey blenders in the […]
The L.A. Whiskey Society: Birth of a Whiskey Authority
Down in Los Angeles, there are a group of people who are much more passionate about whisk(e)y then most average consumers. […]
Whiskey With Wes: How to Taste Whiskey [VIDEO]
You’re reading this whiskey lifestyle website because you like, maybe even LOVE, whiskey. And for many, the reason they like […]
Legendary Whiskey Bars: Kentucky’s Spirits at The Miller House
Spirits at The Miller House isn’t a bar that grabs national headlines, but it should be on every whiskey lover’s […]
Tasted: Feisty Spirits Rye Whiskey
In the restaurant biz there’s an adage about diners first tasting with their eyes. So, when I saw the bottle […]
Tasted: Coppersea Green Malt Whiskies (Barley, Rye)
Coppersea Distilling is a field-to-glass distillery located in New York’s Hudson valley that’s part of a small but growing group […]
New: Stark Spirits Peated Whiskey Surfaces Near Los Angeles
The rapid rise of the California craft whiskey scene has so far mostly been dominated by young distilleries in and near […]
Tasted: Tatoosh Rye
Hailing from our sister city of Seattle, Washington, Tatoosh Rye is another in a long line of Northwest craft spirits. […]
Tasted: Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
By now, Jim Murray’s pick for 2015 Whisky of the Year is old news. His selection – Crown Royal Northern […]
Tasted: Corsair Quinoa Whiskey
Tennessee- and Kentucky-based Corsair distillery is one of the older small distilleries in the game, with a history that stretches […]
New: John Drew Rye Whiskey the Latest From a Cigar Mastermind
John Drew, the cigar mastermind behind the Drew Estate’s Pappy Van Winkle cigars we wrote about last year, appears to be ready for […]
Look Out, Glencairn Glass – This Invention is on the Rise
Innovation in the spirits industry is on the rise; the vessels through which we consume those spirits? Not so much. […]
Tasted: Far North Roknar Minnesota Rye
As a native Minnesotan I was both nervous and excited to review a whiskey from Minnesota. Minnesota whiskies are few […]
10 Best Valued American Whiskies
American whiskey is on fire right now, but often difficult to know which ones are all hype and which actually […]
The Rise Of The Tennessee Craft Whiskey Industry
Tennessee craft whiskey is beginning to pop up all over the state, from the Mississippi River to the Great Smoky […]