THE RESULTS ARE IN! Presenting Barleycorn Awards’ Best Of 2021
Six spirits companies, a marketing firm and seven products received Best of the Year accolades today from the John Barleycorn Society.
BARLEYCORN INTERVIEW! Cascade Hollow’s Master Distiller Nicole Austin
This could easily be the most anticipated whiskey mash-up this year.
BREAKING NEWS! Fred Minnick Delivers Festive Holiday Drinks To Keep Spirits Bright
Bourbon curator and Barleycorn Society member Fred Minnick shares his recommendations for festive libations, including Prosecco, pecan liqueur, tequila,…
DISTILLERY TOUR! How Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Creates Its QuintEssential American Single Malt
Cedar Ridge’s hottest expression right now is QuintEssential American Single Malt, classic pot-distilled malt barley finished in an elaborate variety of casks…
MAKE THIS DRINK! Gingerbread Old Fashioned by Millie Tang
Nothing embodies the festive season like gingerbread...
PIRATE BOOTY! The Ultimate Giftable Sipping Rums From Around The World
Rum is the world’s most versatile spirit, meaning there’s a rum for just about anyone: clear, light-bodied expressions for vodka fans; fruity, grassy rhum…
ONE CLICK SHOPPING GUIDE! Barleycorn’s Big And Boozy Book Collection
Tis’ the season where cocktails and fine spirits flow freely. Here’s a chance to knock out some quality holiday shopping for drinks enthusiasts from your own…
DISTILLERY TOUR! How Whiskey Ranch Puts The Texas In TX Whiskey
From the moment you enter the distillery’s campus, known as Whiskey Ranch, through towering gates and drive through the 112 acres of what was Glen Garden…
Holiday Cheer! Barleycorn’s Winter 2021 Single Malt Whiskey Gift Guide
There are some top-tier bottles of single malt to give as holiday gifts this year, and not just from the usual suspect Scotland.
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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.
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