There’s an interesting link between the new George Dickel Rye and Templeton Rye. Though not available in most of the country, Templeton Ry...

It is considered good form to take a host/hostess gift whenever you attend a party in a private home. Obviously, there are exceptions, but e...

I heard from a reader that, at a recent bourbon tasting sponsored by Beam Inc., a company rep mentioned that they are coming out with a stra...

Here is some news from Templeton Rye President Scott Bush that came by way of their email newsletter. I thought it interesting enough to pas...

Fans of American whiskey will sometimes see an unfamiliar label on a liquor store shelf and wonder if they have discovered some previously-u...

It's Fleischmann's Rye, a straight rye whiskey made at Tom Moore (Sazerac's distillery in Bardstown). It's the only straight...

In 1972, a new type of whiskey debuted in the United States. It was called ‘light whiskey.’ Light whiskey was supposed to save the American...

Thanks to High West Distillery & Saloon , I have coined a new term: Potemkin Craft Distillery. It’s a play on the term ‘Potemkin Villag...

The new issue of The Bourbon Country Reader, Volume 12 Number 4, went into the mail just before Christmas. No doubt its arrival warmed hear...

This Thursday, September 24, I'll be doing a tasting in Mansfield, Ohio; at Martinis on Main, 108 North Main Street, to benefit the Mans...

Here are the aging and proof specifications for the 2009 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which should be in stores by the end of October. ...

How much do I love Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-Bond? Not, it turns out, as much as I thought. Rittenhouse Rye is an American Straight Rye Whi...

I am an American whiskey enthusiast. So are many of my friends. By that I mean the object of our enthusiasm is American whiskey, a category ...

I heard from David Perkins of Utah's High West Distillery about Sunday's post . The High West web site has the full text of the Ren...