August 31, 2023
SPIRITS WE LOVE! Discover These Five Double Gold Gins From Around the World
Our panel of expert tasters rated dozens of beautiful gins in our Spring 2023 Barleycorn Awards, and here are some of our favorites from around the planet,…
August 27, 2023
WHISKEY SWEEPSTAKES! Enter Here To Score An Old Forester 2023 Birthday Bourbon
Between now and September 1st, fans can enter the Old Forester 2023 Birthday Bourbon Sweepstakes, where winners jump the line to purchase a bottle for the $170…
August 26, 2023
WHAT’S NEW! Blue Run Spirits Trifecta
Blue Run set made a splash recently after being acquired by Coors Spirits Company. And now the Georgetown, Kentucky-based whiskey puts its money where its…
August 25, 2023
WHAT’S HOT! Vintage Rums By Appleton Estate Hearts Collection
This Hearts series explores the flavors procured from extra-aged pot stilled Jamaican rums, and these latest vintage bottlings were caskedi in 1993 and 2002.
August 23, 2023
WHAT’S NEW! The Latest Chapter of Little Book ‘In Retrospect’
It’s hard to believe it was 2017 when young Freddie Noe launched Little Book, his first release as a budding Beam Empire Master Distiller.
August 11, 2023
WHAT’S HOT! Baker’s 13-Year-Old Single Barrel Is Back
Like the original Baker’s Bourbon, this special edition is bottled at a robust 107 proof. But the real difference comes in maturation here as the original…
August 9, 2023
ONE MINUTE READ! RTD’s Go Upscale With Lake Hour Sparkling Cocktails
Lake Hour is a new line of sparkling cocktails focused on quality ingredients and low-sugar offerings
August 9, 2023
WHAT’S NEW! Hardin’s Creek Kentucky Series: Frankfort Edition
To create this trio of bourbons, a single batch of distillate was shipped to three Kentucky-based locations for maturation: Clermont, Frankfort, and Boston.…
August 6, 2023
WHAT’S NEW! A Brand New Bourbon And Rye By Barrell Craft Spirits
Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS) latest releases include Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 and the long-anticipated Barrell Rye Batch 004.
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Check out Barleycorn Contributor and author of The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book, Frank Caiafa’s review of Vermont’s honey-laden Barr Hill Gins from Caledonia Spirits, then serves up a few perfect cocktails with which to enjoy.
Is Imitation the sincerest form of flattery? When it comes to lifting a writer’s work and claiming it for your own, chances are they’ll feel more litigious than flattered. It happened to Barleycorn judge and contributor Tony Sachs, who discusses being thieved by a French website, and what he did about it.
In The Daily Beast, Barleycorn’s Wayne Curtis’ focuses on Cooper Spirits’ resurgence, purveyors of Hochstadlers Slow & Low Rock-and-Rye, after founder Rob Cooper’s passing in 2016.
This week Amanda Schuster de-mystifies the seemingly complicated sherry category by exploring Lustau’s incredible portfolio at Forbes.com.