Johnnie Walker – Dear Brother
When viewing the rabble that make up the pantheon of video liquor advertisements, one will be hard-pressed to match “Dear Brother” from Johnnie Walker…
Whiskey Articles
American Whiskey v. Irish Whiskey: Dawn Of Justice
In not exactly the most representative conglomeration of the society of international whiskey drinkers, three Irish people try three Irish whiskies and three American whiskies in this video presented by Facts. Feel free to ignore any or all of the trio and decide with your own tongues, but find delight – as Jim Beam certainly […]
Chattanooga 100 Choo Choo Steams Out Of Tennessee
A new white whiskey – named Chattanooga 100 to celebrate 100 years of prohibition in Chattanooga – has emerged in Tennessee. The limited edition white whiskey has a mash bill containing more than 51% corn. Only 100 cases of Chattanooga 100 have been produced.
Diageo Creates Whisky Union With Smoky Goat And Boxing Hares
International spirit industry giant, Diageo, has created the whisky equivalent of the craft brewing industry in beer with the formation of what they are calling Whisky Union – an “experimental craft whisky offshoot” that aims to promote various whiskies from a collection of small distilleries. First up on the promotion board are two whiskies called […]
Dramatically Improve Bad Whiskey
The best way to dramatically improve bad whiskey is, of course, to have the gul’darned good sense not to buy it in the first place! Barring that, well, there is always the pet rock idea of the whiskey industry as represented by Whiskey Elements and lampooned [we think…well, we hope] by VAT 19…
A Whisky Tumbler For The Man’s Man – A Chunk Of Barrel
Why waste all that time drinking your fancy whisky from a fancy crystal glass tumbler when you can be a man’s man and rink your fancy whisky from a hunk of wood like real men would if they couldn’t afford their fancy glass tumblers? That is what Oka wants you to think as they debut […]
Ballantine’s Gets Hard Fired Up
Ballantine’s has introduced Hard Fired – a blended Scotch whiskey whose aging barrels have undergone an extra charring process. Ballantine’s has the American oak barrels used for its Hard Fired whiskey charred twice for an unspecified amount of time, producing a whiskey that will then be bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof] while accentuating […]
Ragtime Rye Makes Its Appearance
Ragtime Rye, a three-year-old rye whiskey from New York Distilling Company, has been released for the holiday gift-giving season. Ragtime Rye was aged in American oak barrels and has a mash bill of 72% rye, 16% corn and 12% malted barley and is bottled at 45.2% alcohol content [90.4 proof]. Ragtime Rye is available for […]