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Grain to glass: Craft distilleries welcome visitors for tastings, tours

Grain to glass: Craft distilleries welcome visitors for tastings, tours

With more than 1,500 distilleries around the nation, it's easier than ever to find a local drink. Fueled by t…

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The Willy Wonka of Whisky: An Interview with Dr. Bill Lumsden

The Willy Wonka of Whisky: An Interview with Dr. Bill Lumsden

Dr. Bill Lumsden, Director of Whisky Creation at Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, is one of the most recognized names…

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Sweetens Cove: Tennessee Tradition - The Land Report

Sweetens Cove: Tennessee Tradition - The Land Report

Mark Rivers knows a thing or two about branding. At a recent sit-down with him in Dallas, he wasn't shy about…

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Four Roses 135th Anniversary Limited Edition Review

Four Roses 135th Anniversary Limited Edition Review

When I finished the Zoom tasting, I was skeptical about the 25-year-old whiskey in the final blend. Did it co…

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The Wild Spirit of Texas

The Wild Spirit of Texas

Standing on stage next to representatives from ­corporate heavyweights such as Dell and Bank of America, Ryan…

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Off-Road at the Biltmore Estate

Off-Road at the Biltmore Estate

"Take your pictures now because it will be filthy by the time we are ­finished here today."

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Articles

Review: AJ Bond Tennessee Whiskey

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David already got the full backstory on AJ Bond when he talked last month with whisky-maker Allisa Henley. We discovered in that interview that she was the ‘A’ in AJ Bond, with the ‘J’ being the late John Lunn, a veteran of George Dickel, like Allisa, who joined Sazerac in 2016 when the company purchased their then employer Avery Trail Distillery and set in motion grand plans to give Jack and George a run for their money.
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Review: Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey 20th Anniversary Limited Edition

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By Drew Beard Verified
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Has it really been 20 years since Heaven Hill dropped the first wheat whiskey on us? How time flies. While it didn’t exactly set the whiskey world on fire at the time, Bernheim Original was still an early innovation that helped fuel a decades-long boom in American whiskey experimentation and craft. To honor that legacy, Heaven Hill bottled a special anniversary edition Bernheim. And we somehow missed the news when it dropped earlier this year.
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Review: Probitas Green Label Blended Rum

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Richard Seale has had an outsized role in the rum resurgence of the last twenty years. His Foursquare distillery helped move the category into the super-premium space after a long exile in beach bars and frat houses. But well-aged sippers like Foursquare’s Exceptional Cask Selections weren’t the only rums behind this renaissance. The corresponding cocktail boom, and rebirth of Tiki culture more specifically, gave equal weight to well-made mixing rums.
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Drickhacker

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