Whisky Clubs

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Raise A Glass

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Great Whisky Club: Kentucky’s Original Black Bourbon Enthusiasts

Kentucky’s Original Black Bourbon Enthusiasts focus on tasting, learning, and giving to communities in need.

Great Whisky Club: Whisky Blasphemy

This Philadelphia group uses top-shelf whiskies to make classic cocktails—and turns up its nose at snobbery.

Why You Should Be Tasting Whisky Blind—And How to Get Started

There’s a powerful argument to be made for not knowing what’s in your glass.

Shinji Fukuyo on Craftsmanship

“Add a very soft water to your whisky when doing a tasting, just like the water by the Yamazaki Distillery.”

Cocktails

8 Upgrades For Your Bar Cart From Cocktail Experts

Every bar needs a good mix of accessories and complementary pieces, and these gadgets and bottles will add the edge you’re looking for.

Sweet Summer Day [Cocktail Recipe]

Candied ginger combines with mint, whiskey, lemonade, and beer for this bright and refreshing cocktail.

Palm Beach Whiskey Spritz [Cocktail Recipe]

The Palm Beach Whiskey Spritz is a refreshing summer sipper that mixes fresh pineapple and ginger, sugar, lime juice, and rye whiskey.

Whiskey BucKinsey [Cocktail Recipe]

This refreshing candied ginger-garnished recipe uses lime, ginger, and rye whiskey.

Garnish Your Cocktails With Homemade Candied Ginger

More than just a garnish, adding homemade candied ginger to your cocktails puts a personal touch on a Mule, Sour, or other classic.

Video

Pair Bourbon and Smoked Brisket at Your Next Cookout [Video]

With smoked brisket on the menu, we explore different pairing opportunities with bourbon neat and in a refreshing summer cocktail.

Let’s Have a Toast

This virtual tasting features two examples of how toasted and charred oak barrels can affect the flavor profile of American whiskey. With special guest Adam Harris, senior ambassador, American whiskey at Beam Suntory.

VIDEO: Jefferson’s Ocean & Rye

This sommelier-led virtual tasting features two unique American whiskeys from Jefferson’s Bourbon that showcase how this brand uses experimental aging techniques and sophisticated barrel-finishing tactics.

VIDEO: Maker’s Mark House Style with Bill Samuels Jr.

This virtual tasting features two examples of Maker’s Mark’s iconic house-style of red winter wheat whiskey: the long-standing flagship bourbon and its newest, and more limited, high-proof counterpart. With special guest, Bill Samuels Jr., founding family member of Maker’s Mark.

Travel

Craft Distillers Are Bringing New Life to Small Towns

A new generation of rural distilleries has popped up along the Eastern Seaboard, reinvigorating the small towns they inhabit.

The Whisky Lover’s Pittsburgh Travel Guide

Make sure to visit these distilleries, bars, restaurants, and attractions next time you’re in the Steel City.

The Isle of Skye Is Making Whisky As Beautiful As Its Scenery

With rolling hillsides, fairy pools, and—of course—whisky, this small Scottish island makes for the perfect getaway.

The Whisky Lover’s Isle of Skye Travel Guide

This small but mighty Scottish island has all the makings for a fantastic whisky getaway.

The Whisky Lover’s Baltimore Travel Guide

Charm City showcases native rye and other whiskies throughout its bars, distilleries, restaurants, and hotels.

Food

Pair Bourbon and Smoked Brisket at Your Next Cookout [Video]

With smoked brisket on the menu, we explore different pairing opportunities with bourbon neat and in a refreshing summer cocktail.

How to Pair Whisky and Sushi

Japanese highballs are an easy match, but take your whisky and sushi pairings to the next level by trying one of these options.

How to Pair Whisky and Bread

Whether mild-mannered and slightly sweet or dense and hearty, bread can pair with most any type of whisky.

Baking with Whisky: Irish-Coffee Cake

Fans of the Irish Coffee will want to try this cake, which captures all the flavors of the popular cocktail.

Whisky Gear

8 Upgrades For Your Bar Cart From Cocktail Experts

Every bar needs a good mix of accessories and complementary pieces, and these gadgets and bottles will add the edge you’re looking for.

Be Precise With One of These Sleek Water Droppers

Add water to your whisky with style by picking up one of these glass or aluminum pipettes that merge form and function.

Orlando Soria Can Make Your Bar Look Better

The HGTV star and celebrity interior designer shares his tips for how to style and stock your best bottles.

7 Beautiful Bar Carts Worthy of Your Whisky

Place your whisky collection on wheels with one of these stylish and sensible bar carts.

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