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What Has People Camping Out Overnight For Whiskey?

The first person arrived 11 days early. Spots behind him filled up quickly as other whiskey fans set up campsites around Stranahan’s distillery in Denver. Hundreds of people slept overnight in this bustling tent...

How Bartenders Are Using No-alcohol Alcohol

Editor’s Note: As so many beverage alcohol trends begin at bars and restaurants, we occasionally cross-post content from our on-premise sister magazine, Cheers. Mocktails. Non-alcoholic cocktails. Zero-proof libations. Whatever you call them, the modern versions are...

Here Comes Cannabis Beverages

Canopy Growth, a leading Canadian cannabis company that received significant investment from Constellation brands, has begun production of cannabis-infused beverages. This comes after the company received an operating and secure storage license from Health Canada for...

When Will Consumers Understand American Single Malt?

U.S. distilleries produce an impressive diversity of American single malt whiskey, yet the question remains — do consumers understand the category? This question was discussed during a panel hosted yesterday in Manhattan by the American Single...

Interview: Jim Murray on the Evolution of American Whiskey

Among writers, what name is more synonymous with whisky than Jim Murray? The British journalist pioneered full-time whisky writing in the 1990s, and continues to shape the industry with his immensely influential Whisky Bible series....

U.S. Beer Volume Continues Decline, According to 2019 Beer Handbook

Overall beer consumption continued to slide, with total volume decreasing 1.3% to 2.77 billion 2.25-gallon cases in 2018, according to the Beverage Information Group’s 2019 Beer Handbook. This marks the sixth consecutive year of declines in...

Interview: Maker’s Mark’s Jane Bowie on Innovating Bourbon

Maker's Mark Distillery, which is not necessarily known for new products, last month announced its first-ever nationally available limited-release bourbon. With the (long) name of Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 2019 Limited Release: Stave...

Talking Whiskey With Eddie Russell

What’s more traditional in the world of whiskey than the Russell family at Wild Turkey? You might say that bourbon is in their blood, this multigenerational team of master distillers. Today, Eddie Russell and...

Organic Vs. BioDynamic Wine: What’s The Difference?

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, all farming was organic by today’s standards. Nowadays, the norm in commercial agriculture is to boost crop productivity with chemicals, hormones and genetically modified organisms. In conventional grape growing for...

The 2019 Beer Growth Brands: What’s Driving the Category

We calculated our annual Beer Growth Brands Awards a bit differently in 2019. This year we polled beverage alcohol retailers and other industry professionals about what brands and companies sold the best in 2018, while...