Quick Shot! Barleycorn’s Two Minute Guide To What’s New In Spirits

Basil Hayden Toast results from the Jim Beam Harvest Bourbon Collection, an experimental bourbon series released in 2015 featuring six bourbons with…


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Whiskey Rebels Part III: How ADI, ACSA, And DISCUS Elevated Craft Spirits

Part III of the Whiskey Rebels excerpt series focuses on advocacy and education. Craft visionaries like Westward’s Tom Mooney and ADI founder Bill Owens…


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The Pros Pick The Ultimate Tasting Glass, And It Might Not Be What You Think

There’s no shortage of advice on the internet about nosing a spirit. One “controversial” technique recently spotted is holding the glass to your chin for fruit…


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SPOTLIGHT: Don Q’s Roberto Serrallés Doubles Down On Fine Rum And A Greener Puerto Rico

It was a shock to nobody that 6th generation Puerto Rican rum maker Roberto Serrallés followed his father’s footsteps in the rum distilling business—except…


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Fred Minnick On The Strange Case Of The Missing Pappy Van Winkle

In 2013, somebody had stolen a lot of Pappy Van Winkle from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, and Barleycorn Judge and Bourbon Curious author Fred Minnick covered…


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Ultimate Louisville Travel Guide, Part I: The Hottest Hotels In Bourbon City

If you are reading this and thinking about a trip to Louisville, chances are you are in it for the for the whiskey, and this bourbon-centric city never…


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Celebrate This Fourth Of July With The Best American Single Malts

About 15 years ago, the notion of an American version of single malt whiskey was more of a wild concept than a category.


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