The Grouse & The Commonwealth Games 2014
(Editor’s Correction: Originally, this post showed the gymnast pictured here wearing the Union Jack flag,…
Author Stephen Winch
Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon
Everybody who loves great bourbon knows that times are hard right now. The main players…
White Manhattans?
This iconic gargoyle has seen many things since finding its perch on the art deco…
El Cinco de Mayo: Salute!
There are three sides to El Cinco de Mayo: the fun side, the serious side,…
The Buzz About Tom Cat Gin
Tom Cat is many things to different people! A male cat. A Grumman F-14 Tomcat,…
Interest In U.S. Straight (Single) Malts Is Soaring
Of all the knots used to tie two ropes together the Zeppelin Bend is the…
The Name Behind The Labels
So you like your Talisker, your Caol Ila, your Cragganmore. Some of you may even…
The Face Behind Bourbon Labels
Last week whilst sipping on the Elijah Craig 12 Year bourbon from Heaven Hills, it…
One From The Heart
After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be…
Whiskey, The Times They Are A-Changin’
The times have never been so good for us whisky drinkers. More and more fascinating…
Armorik… qu’est que c’est?
There is nothing quite as awe-inspiring as seeing the haunting image of Mont Saint-Michel we showed…
Like Sacred Mount Fuji—Perfectly Shaped Whiskies from Japan
The sacred Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island in Japan, has an exceptionally symmetrical cone…
Suntory…Not “Lost in Translation”
What most Americans know about Japanese whisky comes from the 2003 Best Picture-nominated movie “Lost…
Have you drunk Irish recently?
I have recently been revisiting albums from my more youthful years! Whilst browsing my library…
Our First Annual Whisky and Bourbon/Rye Gift List
This is TD’s First Annual Whisky Gift List for all of you out there that…
Sun, Sea, Sand and you got it!…Whisky
I just came back from a trip to Barbados, the home of the most important…
The Ways of Whisky and Water
Rene Magritte got this one wrong if you are out and about dramming and it…
Hunting Antique Buffalo?
At around this time every year, one of big questions whisky drinkers, especially bourbon drinkers,…
Cask Strength: The Ins and Outs
What is cask strength? Is it how strong the cask is? Is it the stress…
The 31 Year-old Inchgower: A Very Rare Whisky
It’s rare that I come across a single malt whisky that I had never heard…
Manhattan.
Manhattan. It’s a name of a very special place that over the last three years…
High West Whiskies from the State with the Deciding Vote to End Prohibition.
I have met many whisky people and it’s hard to find some one more passionate…
Caribou Crossing and Other Canadian Spirits
Have you drunk Canadian recently? I hadn’t. I don’t know why. Maybe I only thought…
The Ealanta… from Glenmorangie
Earlier this year I went to the Crosby Street Hotel for the New York City…