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…
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…
Have you drunk Irish recently?
I have recently been revisiting albums from my more youthful years! Whilst browsing my library…
“There is no peace on earth, I said.”
None other than American science and fiction writer Ray Bradbury described “I Heard the Bells…
Next up…
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…
Looking Up… Grand Central Terminal
I first passed under Grand Central Terminal’s Sky Ceiling in 1985 as a young actress…
Waiter! There’s Peat in My Whisky
Peat is decomposed vegetation that is thousands of years old. It is mostly found in…
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Inner-city race issues turned my home town of Cleveland, Ohio into a war zone during…
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…
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…
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night…”
We know the year was 1968 when we first heard “Blackbird,” this hypnotic simple song…
“The Fuzzy Bird Sonata for Saxophone,” Part 2, “Sing”
When I think of the saxophone, I think jazz. I think Coleman Hawkins, an early-on…
The Start of a New Thanksgiving Dinner Tradition
I know Thanksgiving dinner is a matter of tradition. I learned the hard way when…
Sun, Sea, Sand and you got it!…Whisky
I just came back from a trip to Barbados, the home of the most important…
Remember the Maine…The Cocktail
There is no Waterloo whisky, no Bulge bourbon, no Yorktown cocktail, no Titanic tonic, but…
Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks”
Edward Hopper’s iconic 1942 painting of a diner at night in Greenwich Village, New York…
In Wine as in Music, the Three Bs Suffice
This is more BarTalk, our pages on TD for the miscellaneous whisky, wine, beer stuff.…
The Story of How the First Two Cans of Schlitz Beer Landed in Normandy on D-Day
Sam Gibbons was my Congressman when I was in college. What I remember about him…