If you see a sherry cask sitting somewhere in Scotland, it’s a pretty safe bet that there’s some whisky aging in it. But using these Spanish fortified wine barrels to age tequila in Mexico, while not ...

If you didn’t know it already, legally all Scotch whisky must be matured in oak barrels for at least three years. It’s just ...

A well-made whisky needs no dressing up. But sometimes traditional whisky likes to accessorize a bit, and there’s a growing, global trend to accentuate flavors with extra time in casks that previously ...

is rolling out the barrel for their customers. In this week’s Brewvine, we’re learning about the distillery’s barrel-aged cocktail program and a whiskey that comes straight from the cask. Two sherry ...

Single malt scotch and sherry barrels—name a more iconic duo. Like chocolate and vanilla—both flavors you’re liable to find within sherried single malt scotches, actually—some things are just natural ...

For those who like their Scotch defined as much by the ex-sherry barrel aging as the liquid itself, you’re in luck: The Glendronach recently announced two new ultra-aged expressions of their renowned ...

At its best, whisk(e)y can be almost inscrutably complex while never losing touch with its simplest building blocks. While there are various styles and rules for each unique iteration of the spirit, ...

Because I write the Street Smarts column for the Star, Randy Agron, Rob Brack and Jon Fenton of the local development company A.F. Sterling Homes asked me in 2021 to help them come up with a couple of ...