The Spirit World

Invented by the inimitable Gary Regan, this cocktail’s combination of ginger and smoke always feels very festive to me, like pies and roaring fires and flushed cheeks and getting way smashed at your parents’ house. Be warned: this baby’s pretty potent, so be careful not to end up face-down in the Yorkshire pudding. Maybe best […]

The Macallan Masters of Photography is a new website and concept that links the whisky world of Macallan with fine photography.
 ”a new concept that will see the Macallan Siongle Malt Scotch Whisky collaborate with some of the world’s most remarkable photographers”
 The Rankin Edition consists of an original Rankin polaroid photograph paired with a bottle of […]

The first thing most viewers notice about AMC’s Mad Men TV series is the faithful recreation of an early 1960s “white shoe” ad agency. The costumes, the hairstyles, and the furnishings all seek to immerse the audience in a far-off, but still modern time. For those of us who pay attention to such things, the […]

Glenfiddich has announced that the bottling of this year’s Vintage Reserve has now been completed.
Distilled and laid down for maturation in 1977, the Glenfiddich has made every one of its 31 years count to be carefully selected for bottling by the panel, who met each of the craftsmen during the selection process.
Glenfiddich Malt Master, David […]

If you didn’t have the foresight to attend Tales this year, you missed out on a whole mess of great stuff. Great people, great food, and most of all, great spirits. A number of companies are producing organic or all natural products which make for great beverages all around. One spirit, which I refer to […]

Exhausted and grimy, a cream colored label flashed in front of my eyes. In the lobby of the Hotel Monteleone, a gentleman by the name of Brandon Bach was kind enough to give me a bottle of something I had never seen before. He didn’t tell me much about it other than it was bourbon…he […]

As most whisky aficionados know at least two per cent of each cask evaporates through the oak after the distilling process. This is known as ‘the angels share’.
If you envisage the financial amount this equates to across thousands of barrels and over the years you can see why drink producers would look at limiting the process. Giants […]

Well, you may have thought I was done for the evening (as I did), but the bottles started speaking to me as I sauntered by. I don’t have a story that accompanies this drink, other than it was sent to me through the ether……which is enough for me.
 

 
 
I give you the
 
Phoenix
2 oz of Diabolique Bourbon
1/2 […]

When distillers Laphroaig launched their first ever live online whisky tasting, an army of malt fans from around the world made it the largest interactive event of its kind.
From New Zealand to Sweden, New York to Sydney, thousands watched the live WebTV show in London and mailed in hundreds of questions to the eminent panel of […]

Malt Advocate’s John Hansell reports that Old Forester will release Repeal Bourbon, this fall, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the US.
Repeal is a new expression, which Hansell’s post quotes master blender Chris Morris as describing thus: “it is an Old Forester that has more of a robust aged character […]