Liquor News

The battle to save 700 whisky jobs is due to intensify on several fronts and across the political divide.

Old Shoe Woman on Flickr. There's no better way to serve a crowd than a punch. It might take a little preparation, but so does potato salad.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond was today accused of "snoozing on his watch" over the announcement that drinks giant Diageo is to shed 900 jobs.

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Diageo is closing its drinks packaging plant and 200-year-old distillery with the loss of 900 jobs.

We asked some spirits experts for suggestions on great buys. Each of their picks can be had for about 20 bucks or less, but none comes in an easy-grip plastic bottle.

Buffalo Trace Distillery has purchased Old Taylor Bourbon, named after E.H. Taylor Jr., the great-nephew of President Zachary Taylor.

Jeff Arnett takes a sip of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, just enough for it to settle on his tongue, and then - spits it out.

Suppose you are Christian Waldschmidt. You wake up on a summer morning in a sooty, one-room homestead that is more bunker than house.

This photo taken May 20, 2009 shows Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn., testing the aroma of whiskey taken from an aging barrel in one of the barrel houses at the distillery.

Do not ask for a salt rim. Really. New York is in a tizzy of new cocktail boites -- Clover Club, Rye, Dutch Kills -- but my one must-stop this past trip was to Mayahuel, the new project from Phil Ward, an East Coast bartender cocktail virtuoso who we've featured before and who has made the occasional appearance behind a San Francisco bar.

Avid collectors of commemorative bottles and decanters will now be able to do so legally under a proposal signed by the governor.

It has been a long road for Brian McKenzie, president of Finger Lakes Distilling, and Thomas McKenzie, master distiller.

Back in April, SING ALL KINDS noted the unveiling of Justin Timberlake's line of tequila, called 901 in honor of his native-West TN area code.

There are two types of booze-loving dads: Those who long ago established a favorite drink and those eager to taste something new .

An iconic cocktail, having received innumerable makeovers and reinterpretations, the Martini has been a symbol of refined libation for over a century.

A Lauderdale County man has been freed on $15,000 bond after being charged with making moonshine in Noxubee County.

Temp: 90.0 F Heat Index: 99 F Meridian, Key Field, MS The Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control unit has arrested Elbert "Al" Williams of 5286 Water Valley Road for possession of an illegal whiskey still.

Join the Rogue Nation and EastBurn for the launch of Rogue's John-John Dead Guy which is Dead Guy Ale aged in Dead Guy Whiskey barrels, and named after Rogue Brewmaster John Maier and Rogue Master Distiller John Couchot , John-John's collaborators.Chef inspired specials using Rogue's John John Ale and Rogue Bourbon Whiskey.

I haven't tasted this one yet but if we are judging books by their covers and tequilas by their bottles this one might be worth checking out.