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I am often asked what I consider the “best whisky in the world”, and my response isn’t meant to be coy, but it probably comes off that way as I often answer, “For who?” The truth is, there are a number of amazing whiskies out there, and the best in the...

This special Plantation Rum release is the second collaboration between Cocktail Historian David Wondrich and Alexandre Gabriel, owner of Cognac Pierre Ferrand and Plantation Rum. Their first collaboration was Pierre Ferrand 1840 Original Formula, a...

Eddie Russell has learned the craft of distilling from one of the masters of American whiskey, his father, Jimmy Russell. Over the past few years there’s been a measured transition from Jimmy Russell to Eddie Russell as Wild Turkey’s Master Distiller...

When it comes to spirits, rum is by far the biggest “undiscovered” category. There are so many exceptional rums being produced around the world, and consumers have access to only a very small fraction of them. Increasingly, we’re seeing businesses pop...

It’s difficult to imagine major mistakes happening at big spirits brands. When you think how much a single cask of a spirit is worth, there’s an extremely high incentive to make sure everything is meticulously labeled, tracked, and referenced. Sure,...