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Global Whiskey Market - Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024 December 6, 2019

The "Whiskey Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 76.9 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.2% during 2019-2024. The global whiskey market was valued at US$ 56.7 Billion in 2018. Whiskey is an alcoholic beverage manufactured by fermenting the grain mash of malted barley, rye, wheat or corn...

Like Bulleit Bourbon? Try These Three Upgrade Whiskeys Next December 5, 2019 by Will Price

Everybody has a go-to bourbon, but sometimes, whether by choice or by limited selection at the liquor store, a backup bottle is needed. With Bulleit Bourbon, only one of these scenarios is possible. Love it or hate it, Bulleit is on every shelf in every town, city and state...

The Best Bottles Of Bourbon To Give As A Gift This Holiday Season December 4, 2019 by Zach Johnston

The gift of bourbon is the gift that keeps on giving all year long. Giving a friend or lover a great bottle of bourbon is… an event. There’s a bit of ceremony involved in opening, pouring, and sipping that first dram. It lingers, as does every sip until the bottle is gone — making bourbon a great gift for anyone who wants to be remembered all year long...

Can’t find Pappy? Try another wheated bourbon, like Weller — but it can be scarce too December 4, 2019 by Zak Stambor

It’s natural to want what you can’t get. The desire for the unattainable is a large part of Pappy Van Winkle’s mystique. Although it’s been years since I last tasted Pappy, the rare, expensive bourbon that inspires rabid devotion, I remember it being remarkably balanced, smooth and complex. It was a beautiful, elegant whiskey. And I’d gladly welcome the chance to have a dram of Pappy at just about any time...

The Best Bourbon Whiskey You Can Buy for $25 or Less December 3, 2019 by Chris Wright

Even when your bourbon budget is tight, the liquor store shelf beckons like a boozy vending machine. Bourbon, despite going off like a bomb this past decade, remains an affordable man’s game. But it’s also tough...

We Asked Bartenders To Name The One Whiskey That Gets Them Into The Holiday Spirit December 1, 2019 by Christopher Osburn

To truly embrace the holiday spirit, you need a passion for coziness, that deeply warming, keenly nostalgic feeling that this season just seems to exude. You can do this in a variety of ways — sitting by a roaring fire, cuddling up with the family to watch Christmas movies, or baking sugar cookies...

Guinness Open Gate Brewery, Bulleit Bourbon Release Stock Ale November 27, 2019 by Emily Cappiello

Beer and bourbon is one of those matches made in boozy heaven. And, keeping with its promise to focus on barrel-aged beers, the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore announced its newest edition to the barrel-aged family: Guinness Stock Ale Aged in Bulleit Bourbon Barrels. This is the second nationally available barrel-aged beer from the Baltimore offshoot of the Irish staple...

Mastering Bourbon Innovation November 25, 2019 by Jamie Trower

Woodford Reserve has created a reputation for itself as one of the world’s most innovative bourbons and is also credited for being one of the brands leading the growth and reputation of the American Whiskey industry as a whole. We talk to Woodford Reserve’s Master Distiller, Chris Morris, about how history and innovation can work hand in hand...

How Two Sneaker Moguls Are Bringing Drop Culture to the Whiskey World November 22, 2019 by Jonathan Evans

If you've ever longed for a pair of hyped Jordans or pretty much anything from Supreme, you know the drill by now. But let's run through it, just in case. First, you hear about an upcoming, limited-edition release. Maybe it’s a leak, maybe a tease directly from the brand, but either way, your interest is piqued...

Here are your favorite whiskey bars in the US November 22, 2019 by Rei Padla

Whiskey may not be your choice of alcohol but for others who do, there are plenty of choices especially in the US. If it’s not a favorite, why not visit a whiskey bar and taste and see for yourself how it can be life-changing. Okay, so it may not be the answer to your problems but maybe, just maybe, for a while, you can forget about your problems...

Michter's to Release Its Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey for the First Time in Three Years November 21, 2019

After a three-year hiatus, Michter's Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey will be released again in December 2019. This year's release of Michter's Celebration is a blend of whiskey taken from six carefully selected barrels. "Working on my first Celebration release was a labor of love for me...

ack Daniel's Whiskey Advent Calendar Finally Arrives in the U.S. This Christmas November 21, 2019 by Mike Pomranz

Despite being generally less religious than Americans, the British get even crazier about Christmas. While people in the U.S. are still sorting out their Halloween costumes, many U.K. stores are already putting out the Christmas stuff. (Perhaps blame the Brits' lack of Thanksgiving for jumping the gun.)...

The Best Bourbons Ever, According to One of the Biggest Whiskey Forums on the Internet November 20, 2019 by Will Price

Counting nearly 110,000 subscribers strong, Reddit’s /r/bourbon community is among the largest bourbon discussion platforms on the internet. From the most soughtafter bourbons in the world to Wild Turkey 101, the majority of the board’s discussion swirls around user-submitted bottle reviews...

Why Woodford Reserve’s Chocolate Malted Rye Is The Perfect Bourbon Lover’s Gift November 19, 2019 by Katie Kelly Bell

It’s that time of year again, time for the annual release of Woodford Reserve’s Master’s Collection expression and, as Master Distiller Chris Morris notes, “act fast, because once this is gone, it’s gone. We will never make another one like it.” This year marks the 16th iteration from the Master’s Collection...

New Buffalo Trace O.F.C. Bourbon Heralds From 1994 November 18, 2019 by FOX43 Newsroom

The Buffalo Trace O.F.C. Vintage bourbon series, now in its fourth release as we report about below, is a chance for the popular Kentucky distillery to push out to market some of its rarer and older whiskey stocks that have yet to be over-oaked in barrel. The latest is also among the oldest, having been distilled in 1994 and put into bottle some 25 years later...

The Tequila Lover's Guide to Whiskey November 17, 2019 by Nick Heil

Tincup Whiskey, launched in 2014, takes its name from the town of Tincup, Colorado, a once wild mining outpost turned summer tourist destination tucked into a scenic valley at 9,000 feet, about 30 miles from Crested Butte...

Whiskey Essentials for Novices and Connoisseurs Alike November 15, 2019

There are those for whom whiskey is so much more than a drink. For some, it’s a hobby, which might include traveling around the world to distilleries, collecting bottles, and thus becoming a walking encyclopedia for bourbon, scotch, and single-malts. Then, there are those...

The Best Whiskey Collection Releases Of 2019 November 14, 2019 by Zach Johnston

Starting a whiskey collection is no simple task. There are a lot of variables at play and plenty of different definitions as to what a “great collection” actually means. Do you start with a single distillery? Or maybe you start by collecting...

NWSL expansion team named Proof Louisville FC in nod to bourbon industry November 13, 2019 by Caitlin Murray

The newest expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League now has a name, and it’s one with a tie to a popular Kentucky drink. The Louisville team set to join the NWSL in 2021 will be known as Proof Louisville FC, a name that provides an intentional nod to the local bourbon industry, the club confirmed Tuesday...

Are we in a bourbon bubble? November 8, 2019 by Fortune Magazine

Clay Risen, author of American Whiskey, Bourbon and Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit, discusses the billion dollar bourbon boom with Fortune Magazine. He says the bourbon trend is because of American's focus on authenticity and the growth in bourbon is focused on the super premium level ...

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