There is a fraternity of enthusiasm that encompasses spirits makers on various scales. But when it comes down to the actual production of drinks, building the businesses certainly remains a matter of scale.
Tag: bourbon
Dowd on Drinks: It’s That Special Time of Year
Holiday shopping season extends well beyond video games, gaudy sweaters and plasma TV sets. Take the spirits industry, for example.
Dowd on Drinks: A Timeline Tasting Of Old Forester Bourbon
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The average person doesn’t live long enough to sample the total range of output of a long-time whiskey distillery. That’s what made a recent tasting of Old Forester bourbons held here so special.
Dowd On Drinks: Diversity in a Glass
Product diversification is becoming more commonplace in the beverage world. And, we’re speaking not just of what’s in the bottle, but where it is produced.
Dowd on Drinks: Competition Judging A Lot More Than Free Drinks
What brands of bourbon, rye and Canadian whisky will you be drinking later this year? If my vote is typical, Nos. 102, 103, 203 306, 310 and 311 will be the bourbons of choice, Nos. 501 and 502 among the ryes, and maybe No. 703 among the Canadians.
Dowd On Drinks: But Is It Beer?
Non-carbonated. Resealable bottle. Aged in used sherry or bourbon barrels.
Dowd On Drinks: Extra-Aged Scotches Cross The Line
They’re doing very interesting things these days in Scotland’s Glen of Tranquility, maturing whiskies in non-traditional ways.
Dowd On Drinks: Four Roses Comes Home at Last
Long, long ago, in a market not so far from where I now live, Four Roses was a commonplace whiskey brand. I can still recall seeing it on the bar shelves at the homes of family friends, and pictures of it in magazines and on bulletin boards.
Dowd on Drinks: Trust Labels More Than Bragging
I was perusing a heavily-advertised superstore in upstate New York the other day, a wine and spirits emporium near fabled Saratoga Springs — a great business location when the historic thoroughbred horse racing season runs in August through Labor Day and lots of money comes to town.
Dowd on Drinks: Scotch That Acts (And Tastes) Its Age
NEW YORK — With the United Nations building looming in the background and busy ships plying the adjacent East River, the whisky maker from Wick, Scotland, was soaking in his first visit to the United States.
