“For a taste of your whiskey…”
If ever a song matched a voice, this is it—The Gambler, written by country music…
Author Josh Hammond
Whiskey Poker with a Widow’s Hand
Not sure how this one got called Whiskey Poker, but the game folks over at…
Thomas Hart Benton’s “The Lord Is My Shepherd” With TD’s Parody
This is a remarkable painting of George and Sabrina West who lived on Martha’s Vineyard.…
Jack Daniel’s Pan-Seared Duck with Orange Balsamic Glaze
Jack Daniel’s presents this recipe as part of their current advertising campaign for their Single…
“A Drinking Club with a Motorcycle Problem”—The Boozefighers.
It’s 1946. The war is over. Many returning veterans are adrift, missing the adventures in…
Kavalan’s ex-Bourbon Cask: TD’s Whisky of the Month
The intense expression on this gentlemen’s face (Mr. Ian Chang) was just like mine the…
The Mother of All Hangovers
Yesterday’s St. Patrick’s Day pints and parades, full of joy and laughter, will soon be…
Root Cause of Scottish Whisky Smuggling
It was the wretched English who started it. It was they who wantonly provoked the…
Valentine’s Day: 14 Different Views of Love
Geoffrey Chaucer started it all back in 1382: he was the first to associate Valentine’s…
OYO Wheat Whiskey… TD’s Whisky of the Month
What goes around comes around. I introduced my daughter Kimberly to whisky in the late…
Talisker Storm… Let’er Rip
(Editor’s Note: This is the kind of storm we prefer over polar vortex chills and…
Stoke’em Up… Fireside Cocktails
This is the time of year TD searches out bars and restaurants with fireplaces. I’m…
An Artist Who Uses A Camera… Charles Laurier Dufour
TD knew from the beginning that high-end whisky drinkers have an unusually high affinity for photography…
Beer, Baseball and Boys
Editor’s note: Continuing the conversation from the Virtual Bar. Dr. Eric: Joe Nuxhall used to…
Resolutions without plans are like ladders without rungs
According to Forbes magazine, only 8 percent of us keep our New Year’s resolutions. About…
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet…
Sometime today you will sing or hum “Should all acquaintance be forgot and never thought…
“Founding Spirits”: George Washington’s Eggnog Recipe (Seriously)
This is the guy who used arms to squash the Whiskey Rebellion of small Western…
Maine…and the light that falls upon it.
Editor’s Note: TD is pleased to announce the first in a series of major collaborations…
Shifting Gears With Tracy Ward Photography
Editor’s Note: One of the great things about editing a website about transcendental things is…
The Drunkard and the Drammard
Consider the drunkard,
He reeks of the junkyard,
The sick sticky floor of the bar.
Shots vs. Wee Drams: Drinking Patterns Mirror National Cultures
The illustration says it better: Countries have DNA just as individuals do. These are the…
“Christina’s World” Re-imagined
Just as the great American artist Andrew Wyeth took some liberties with his painting of…
“There is no peace on earth, I said.”
None other than American science and fiction writer Ray Bradbury described “I Heard the Bells…
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Eighty years ago today, on December 5, 1933, prohibition of alcohol use ended in the…
Camera Art, A Focus on Ian Horne’s Scotland
Editor’s Note: Ian Horne is a regular contributor to TD’s Facebook page where his “camera…
Waiter! There’s Peat in My Whisky
Peat is decomposed vegetation that is thousands of years old. It is mostly found in…
We’re Keen on Keens Steakhouse
Americans thrive on choice, big, more, now and what’s new. You get all that at…
As Ralph Steadman’s Sees The Whisky Regions of Scottland
Islay Islay malts are known particularly for their peatiness, and a strong salt-sprayed , aye,…
Speyburn: TD’s First Holiday Whisky of the Month
Three French hens, three wise men from the East, and now three Scottish whiskies for…
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night…”
We know the year was 1968 when we first heard “Blackbird,” this hypnotic simple song…